Ask for recs in the comments of this post: fic, art, books, video games, meta, what have you. Hopefully, some kind soul will stop by and point you in the direction of the fic/art/book/video game of your dreams.

For example:
"I'm looking for stories with strong female friendship."
"Have you tried the manga Skip Beat!?"
"Yay, thank you!"

Last year I decided to catch up on Gossip Girl after having dropped it mid-season three. I was deeply unsettled by how a lot of the stories in season three had played out after I left, especially Jenny Humphrey's story arc. I spent a couple weeks thinking about it, then a couple days writing nine thousand words of meta.

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A wonderful essay on The Hunger Games: Katniss Everdeen, and Character Strength from Unexpected Sources by puella_nerdii. Written for last year's womenlovefest, so some of you may have seen it. Spoilers ahoy!

This is Anthy meta I wrote. I think Anthy is a fascinating character and has amazing development throughout Revolutionary Girl Utena.

( Spoilers for Revolutionary Girl Utena )

Guys, what's up with halfamoon this year? It's so very, very quiet... Anyway, to breathe a bit of life into this community, I decided to come up with the ever popular Unpopular Woman Love Post.


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Here are some of my favorite fanart depictions of Katniss Everdeen, the heroine of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.

(Warning for SPOILERS for the first book of the Hunger Games trilogy!)


Katniss Studies Take 4 by *Ratgirlstudios on deviantART

( Katniss Everdeen fanart picspam + mini-meta )

For Half A Moon last year, I wrote enthusiastically about Tominaga Sei, the heroine of the manga Kaze Hikaru. This year, I'm going to showcase the other women of Kaze Hikaru: the supporting characters and minor characters who nevertheless have a lot of personality and a lot of heart.


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This picspam/mini-meta in honor of Castle's Kate Beckett is for halfamoon, which is a fourteen day challenge celebrating female characters in fandom, running from February 1 through Valentine's Day.

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7 female characters I love that I'm calling my halfamoon7. It's a mini-spam, a favorite quote, a brief explanation of their awesome, and ten icons.

Gwen (Merlin) [Livejournal] [Dreamwidth]
THE SHORT VERSION: Sunshine in a golden package.

Previously:

Faith Lehane (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) [Livejournal] [Dreamwidth]
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I approached the beginning of February hoping to write some fic about the awesome ladies of the Final Fantasy game series, but it soon became clear that I wanted to write meta instead.

Title: In Defense of X-2
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