comic con

Heads-up, geeks in the northern American Rockies and inland northwest! I'm going to some comic cons in the next few weeks. It'll be a veritable con-topia! [...continue...]

Well hello there, my darlings. I just got back from SpoCon 2018—Spokane, Washington's local science fiction and fantasy convention! [...continue...]

Last selfie of 2014? Maybe! Hello, my beautiful wintertime darlings! As 2014 draws to a close, everybody is doing Facebook posts and blog entries about their year in review. I was grumpy at first and was all, “My 2014 was dumb. I’m not writing one of those.”Because this year has [...continue...]

I sat down with the co-creator and writer of M3 and The Unauthorized Biography of Winston Churchill: A Documentary, and writer on Marvel's Revenge: The Secret Origin of Emily Thorne, to talk about making comics independently, as a woman. We also discussed baked goods, salmon, her co-creators, keeping all your e-mails on your phone, and lots more! [...continue...]

What is it that makes the display of the female body for consumption permissible, so long as nipples and pubic hair are not specifically shown? Why is it that women's bodies can be sexual, so long as they're never shown actually having sex? Why can't we own our bodies and do what we want to with them, instead of having some artist or publisher or consumer tell us what's ok? [...continue...]

I'd like to think this guy recognized me from my feminist blogging online persona, but something about his behavior makes me think he was just too much of a creep to enjoy taking permission-granted photos of cosplayers. I think he got a thrill out of taking unwitting, non-consensual photos of con attendees who weren't in costume. Because that's more of a thrill. I think I was one of them. I think I am creeped out. [...continue...]

"Hey, I like your… ears. Lemme take a picture!" Before this weekend, it had been years since I’d been to a convention that didn’t revolve entirely around sex. Adult entertainment conventions, sex-positivity conventions, adult novelty conventions… Sex, sex, sex. So [...continue...]