Recently, there's been stuff said about the treatment of women in DC comics. Stuff that seems to have some real truth behind it, and for that reason is quite depressing.

For example, female characters whose creators call them "liberated" but who are shown acting - and perhaps more obviously, posing - in ways that seem much more about the straight ( Read more... )

Aw, the video doesn't seem to want to embed. But: awesome video about comics and graphic novels in the works.

Also, Happy Banned Books Week!

Post title is more than usually symmetrical on a word level. Nice.

I'm currently enjoying Donald Maass' The Fire in Fiction. Might actually do some of the writing exercises in it, as they seem fun ( Read more... )

This isn't super-new, but I'm still mulling over this article on the casting call for The Hunger Games movie. The article's focus is a little scattered, but I do think it makes some good points ( Read more... )

I don't usually use this blog to talk about movies, but guys, guys . . .

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I love this book SO MUCH and I just ordered a t-shirt that says "Cinna told me to wear this shirt" and I CANNOT WAIT FOR THIS MOVIE!