This is game-related but also feminist-related so I hope personal reviews are okay. I linked it to my blog for length and because I'm lazy and already had this copy-pasta'd. I finished my finals last week and, to my disappointment, completed Far Cry 3.

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I know this probably isn't quite the right place for it, but as I'm sure it's a topic that would be very important to many of you here, so I'd like to call to attention CreepShot [note, while this link to the tumblr blog post calling them out is safe-for-work, the links to CreepShot itself contained in the post are NSFWCreepshot is dedicated to ( Read more... )

I hope this post is okay - it's more of a yayrade than anything, before the new year sucks all the optimism out of me!

2012 was a bit of a rough year for this comics journalist, what with the threats, abuse, and slander thrown my way for daring to suggest that there was a percieved gender bias in the brand new British Comics Awards. Yeah, they ( Read more... )

"Dead Island: Riptide is the sequel to Dead Island, the survival horror video game that has players stranded on a tropical island with a zombie outbreak. To promote the game, publishers Deep Silver are offering a special “Zombie Bait Edition” which includes the console game, artwork, a weapons pack, and a statue of a woman’s bikini-clad torso with ( Read more... )

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I'm a comics journalist, and normally my writing focuses on women creators in comics and the portrayal of women characters. But the Bechdel Test is so famous, and so equally derided by a lot of the general readership, that I figured it was worth a go to Bechdel Test ALL THE THINGS.


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TRIGGER WARNING: Descriptions of rape, sexual assault and violence.

The Invisible War is a documentary about the prevalence of rape within the U.S military and how it gets covered up by the system.
According to the Department of Defence 20% of all servicewomen have been assaulted while serving.

Trailer.

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Interview with the director and two soldiers who ( Read more... )

Andrew Stanton Explains 'John Carter' Name Change, Says Girls Won't See A Movie With 'Mars' In The Title
Many fanboys and literary fanatics became ruffled when Disney (and director Andrew Stanton) changed the name of this spring's Edgar Rice Burroughs adaptation "John Carter of Mars" to simply, "John Carter." Apparently Stanton was in London to ( Read more... )