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General Fandom
We Need More Badass Women: TV Bosses Tell Us Why The Bechdel Test Isn’t Enough": shaunna murphy (blog) - "The heads of "The Walking Dead," "Pretty Little Liars," "Jane The Virgin," and "The 100" talk about how they tackle complex female characters."
"Tumblr Fandom": Gail Simone (tumblr) - "I asked what she meant, and she said that she felt there was a growing group of fans who love the characters and love MOMENTS of stories, but don’t read the actual comics ever. She said that they will buy a CHARACTER X t-shirt in a heartbeat, but don’t own any graphic novels.They will reblog a scene they like from a comic, but never go to an actual comics shop to get that same book."
Michelle Rodriguez Talks Representation, Fridging, and Hollywood’s Problem With Female Characters: Carolyn Cox (blog) - "During a recent interview for Furious 7 with NJ.com, Rodriguez elaborated a little more about the importance of creating that new content in Hollywood, and shared how that belief has informed her career"
Reconsidering Revenge: How Revenge Of The Nerds’ Misogyny Is Evident in Current Nerd Culture: William Bradley (blog) - "But I can’t help but feel that this movie actually has something to tell us about our cultural attitudes surrounding violence, misogyny, and notions of masculinity."
Love Live: School Idol Festival and Trends That Should Not Be Trending In the Consumption of Cartoons: Tsunderin (blog) - "However, as I was playing through, unlocking different character stories and just shitting around, I noticed a trend that is also indicative of a worrying cultural shift in cartoon consumption both in Japan and in America."
Conventional Conduct: How to Ask Questions At A Comic Convention Q&A Panel: Andrew Wheeler (blog) - "We can’t do anything to help with the lines, the crowds, or your sodium intake, but we do want to help make those Q&A sessions a little more comfortable, so we’ve put together seven simple suggestions to help attendees ask better questions."
How ‘Kingsman’ and ‘Furious 7’ brought the fun back to action movies: Dan Marcus (blog) - "If Kingsman is any indication, it seems audiences are getting tired of watching their secret agents and action stars looking distressed and would rather their secret agent drink a nice glass of whiskey and kick some butt with a smile rather than a grimace."
I seem to have unwittingly taken a side in the fannish "content warnings" debate…: jae (DW) - "Apparently, despite the fact that I am someone who worries a lot about potentially triggering readers (and has done so for years and years), I am still not willing to do the kinds of things to prevent that which have become standard in fandom. And maybe if I didn't have the option to "choose not to warn," I might be more willing to use content warnings...but then again, I might not, you know? This is a very strange (and not entirely comfortable) thing to realize about myself, but it is apparently true."
Women in SF&F Month: Rachel Hartman: Rachel Hartman (blog) - "I am so pleased to have been included in this year’s line-up of guest posters, not least because it’s a wonderful excuse to talk about one of my favourite topics: gender."
Why are ‘Mary Sue’ stories so popular in today’s China?: Li Lin (blog) - "Daydreaming about the kind of life one wishes one had, rather than the life that one actually must live, has long been the refuge of frustrated adolescents. Now this seemingly frivolous pastime is being pegged as the basis for one of China's most popular fiction genres in recent years - the "Mary Sue" story."
Just Because You Can, Doesn’t Mean You Should: Sam Maggs (blog) - "You may not be surprised to learn that we don’t like Frank Cho’s Spider-Gwen sketch cover – but you may be surprised as to why."
Untitled: aiffe (tumblr) - "I’m seeing a lot of back-and-forth on whether it’s "okay" to ship badwrong ships (noncon, dubcon, underage, abuse, unhealthy relationships, etc) and a lot of abuse survivors have come forward to call the ship shamers out and point out that in fact they’re harassing the people they’re claiming to defend. It’s certainly true that survivors are often found among the shippers of such ships, and it’s a good justification for letting people live (if you needed one). But it’s started to bother me that people HAVE to disclaim this."
Open Thread: Oracle Hotline: mithen (LJ) - "Do you ever get rude reviews and how do you deal with them?"
Untitled: isfanficlegal (tumblr) - "At the time, DailyActor wrote about the play and the fact that writer David Adjmi didn’t have the money or resources to push back against a copyright claim from DLT, the entity that owns the copyright to Three’s Company."
Specific Fandoms
Agent Carter
Untitled: laylainalaska (tumblr) - "haha, I had the exact same reaction to that line about Bletchley, because the actual Bletchley codebreakers didn’t even talk about it TO THEIR OWN SPOUSES until it was all declassified sometime in the ‘70s or ‘80s, I think."
Mega Marvel Rewatch: Agent Carter: owlmoose (DW) - "Peggy Carter was already one of my favorite characters and this show has just cemented her onto my all-time list."
Agents of SHIELD
"He listens for a living and she doesn’t speak" - Why Melinda May is a Classic Hollywood Action Hero: secretallie (tumblr) - "Dr. Garner is interesting on his own, and if we ever get the chance to know him better, my crush on him would probably grow to epic proportions, but right now I’m just giddy over how he highlights what a subversive character Melinda May is. With her ex-husband beside her to provide contrast, it’s so much clearer what a beautiful role reversal we’ve been seeing here."
Angel
I would have preferred Faith to move onto AtS, not Spike: areanna123 (tumblr) - "Then I thought about all the reasons that I think I really would have enjoyed seeing Faith back on team Angel, and weighed it up to what Spike brought to the table. I honestly, think that the 5th season could have been stronger."
Batman
The Arkham Sessions, Ep. 53: "Mudslide": Andrea (podcast) - "In this episode of The Arkham Sessions, we explore the lovable villain Clayface in his sobering last appearance on Batman: The Animated Series."
Beautiful
Beautiful Made Me Feel, Well, Lots of Things: Lady Saika (blog) - "Beautiful is based, as the subtitle might suggest, on the life story of Carole King, a singer-songwriter whose work you’ve definitely heard, even if you’ve never heard of her."
Bend It Like Beckham
Always a New Musical: Squid, Inc. (blog) - "Case in point: there is an upcoming production of a Bend it Like Beckham musical at the Phoenix Theatre in London that I’ve been thinking about for a couple of months."
Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu LOVE!
Why Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu LOVE! Stole my Heart: Jessica Uelmen (blog) - "While the synopsis was benign enough, I was concerned that the show would just be a cynical mockery of the shows I love most."
Boardwalk Empire
Untitled: littlelansky (tumblr) - "Tell us more about Meyer/Charlie and food!"
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
More Thoughts on S10: rahirah (DW) - "The funny thing is, a lot of the complaints the Bangels have with S10's story are ones I agree with. Yes, absolutely, it's long past time to stop dicking around with Buffy dithering between Spike and Angel, and have her either pick one, or dump them both definitively and move on. Or hell, go for that threesome."
"I didn’t know you were that cool." - Faith: areanna123 (tumblr) - "When I first heard this line, I just thought it was kind of funny. It amused me, then I moved on, didn’t think about it much, y'know? Like haha, as if Faith didn’t know exactly how cool Buffy is. Faith not knowing how awesome Buffy is was never the problem with their relationship. So, I just wrote it off as a funny, sarcastic dig, which it still is. I’m just thinking that there might be more to that."
Untitled: muchbuffy (tumblr) - "BtVS is a very feminist driven show. But I feel like a lot of people completely missed the point of Why.
It’s not cause Buffy is a women with superpowers, in fact this is an oppressive aspect in a lot of ways. It’s how she uses them that’s empowering."
Untitled: kikibluemay (tumblr) - "I’ll try to explain why Spangel is really a thing and not just an hate-ship."
Untitled: funforahermit (tumblr) - "My Buffy marathon has reached series 3. Here are some of my thoughts on the characters so far"
Captain America
Mega Marvel Rewatch: Project Intro and The First Avenger: owlmoose (DW) - "I've been thinking for awhile that I wanted to rewatch the MCU, see where it hangs together as a single story -- and where it falls apart. With the release of Avengers: Age of Ultron looming fast upon us, I decided I'd better get started if I wanted to finish before May 1st. Bearing all that in mind, April 1st seemed as good a time to start as any. So here goes!"
Daredevil
Looking Back at the First, Failed ‘Daredevil’ TV Show: Matt Singer (blog) - " In fact, The Man Without Fear made his TV debut over 25 years ago in a forgotten film that was nonetheless a significant moment in Marvel’s transformation from comic-book publisher to one of the most powerful studios in Hollywood."
Doctor Who
Staggering Stories Commentary #142: Doctor Who - The Fires of Pompeii: Staggering Stories Podcast (podcast) - "Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller sit down, pyroclasticed, in front of the 2008 Doctor Who episode, The Fires of Pompeii, and spout our usual nonsense!"
Dune
Oh, My Pop Culture Religion: Dune and the Making of a Messiah: stinekey (blog) - "Dune is the story of Paul Atreides and his ascendancy to the Messiah-like Muad’Dib during a geopolitical conflict known as the "Arrakis Affair". That may sound pretty dry; I assure you it’s not. It’s more like dropping Warrior Jesus into A Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones for you HBO peeps), set on Tattooine."
Farscape
Untitled: campylobacter, virkatjol, and jackelstuff (tumblr) - "so i keep hearing how awesome 'farscape' is. i watched the first episode. not hooked. you love it? sell me on it haha"
The Fast & The Furious
Episode 353: It’s Curious That It’s Furious: Overthinking It Podcast (podcast) - "Ben Adams, Peter Fenzel, and Matthew Wrather overthink Furious 7, starring Vin Diesel and Paul Walker."
Furious 7 Review: Vroom Vroom, Beep Beep, F*** Yeah: Carolyn Cox (blog) - "But there’s way more to the Fast and the Furious franchise (and Furious 7 in particular) than meets the furious eye."
Furious 7’s Record-Breaking First Weekend Fueled by 75% POC and Nearly 50% Female Ticket Buyers: Carolyn Cox (blog) - "Furious 7 just had the ninth-biggest opening weekend of all time (and the biggest April opening weekend ever!), pulling in $384 million at the global box office and $143.6 million domestically."
’Furious 7’ and diversity: Why Hollywood needs to catch up with reality: Chris Lee (blog) - "But over the franchise’s transformation into one of the highest-grossing series of all time, boundary lines of turf and skin color have become increasingly blurred."
11 questions you were too embarrassed to ask about the Fast & Furious movies: Todd VanDerWerff (blog) - "The Fast & Furious movies stand as one of the best film franchises America has going for it right now — and maybe even a gloriously dumb representation of everything good about America."
5 reasons the ‘Fast & Furious’ franchise keeps getting bigger - and better: Feliks Garcia (blog) - "Usually when a franchise runs this long, it’s relegated to the DVD bargain bin at Walmart, never really seeing any time in the box office. However, the Fast & Furious movies have defied Hollywood physics."
The Flash
The Big Flash Twist and an Extended Look at the Rest of the Season Have Us Running Wild: Jill Pantozzi (blog) - "Last night’s episode of The Flash was an excellent one but it ended with a extra long "this season on The Flash" promo which revealed some seriously cool things. Let’s discuss!"
Harry Potter
Discussion: House Elves: amorette (LJ) - "What do House Elves symbolize in the Harry Potter series? Why did JKR include them the way she did throughout the books?"
Hugo Awards
Puppies Fetch Hugo Nominations and the Neighbors Have Plenty To Say: Mike Glyer (blog) - Round up of excerpts and links from both sides of the Sad Puppies affair
The Hugos (*sigh*): The G (blog) - "But another structural issue plaguing the Hugos centers on the way selections are made."
Hugo Awards Ballot Stuffing Affects Nominations: Janelle Asselin (blog) - "This weekend, the Hugo Awards nominations were announced, and almost every category was affected by the "Sad Puppies" campaign, which encouraged anti-liberal voters to push specific works by conservative authors."
How the ‘Sad Puppies’ Internet campaign gamed the Hugo Awards: Gavia Baker-Whitelaw (blog) - "Everyone loves to say that awards ceremonies are rigged, meaningless, or just blatant popularity contests. In the case of the most prestigious honor in the sci-fi/fantasy community, this kind of accusation now feels worryingly true."
10 Hugo Thoughts: Jim Hines (blog) - "The 2015 Hugo nominees were announced yesterday. As much of the internet has noted, the vast majority of the nominees come from the Sad and/or Rabid Puppies slates. Most reactions seem to fall into either anger/grief or gloating/triumph, with very little in between."
To Vote Or Not To Vote: That Is The Question: Shara (blog) - "And I don’t have an answer, not yet. I always wait to buy my membership until I see the nominees, and this year, the question is do I really want to spend $40.00 just to step in a pile of dog shit?"
The Sad Puppy-Free Hugo Award Voter’s Guide: Deirdre (blog) - "If you are voting the strict ix-nay uppy-pay slate, here’s the options in each category"
A Detailed Explanation: Matthew David Surridge (blog) - "This is going to come out at some point, so I might as well say it here and now: I declined a Hugo nomination for this year’s Best Fan Writer award. I think it’s only fair to the people who voted for me to say why."
The 2015 Hugo finalists: Patrick (blog) - "Here and elsewhere, we’ve seen a bunch of people try to make the "Sad Puppy" campaign seem reasonable and unexceptionable. That’s one face of their initiative."
Both more and less than political: Abi Sutherland (blog) - "Throughout this long recent discussion, I’ve had a passage from The Left Hand of Darkness rattling around in my head. It popped up because it strikes me that one of the fundamental cultural clashes that we’re dealing with is between the belief that the ends—getting the "right works" or the "right authors" their rockets*—justify the Sad Puppies’ means, and the weirder and more subtle belief that the "right result" of a Hugo vote is unknowable, and can only be achieved by using the right means to go about it."
A Note About the Hugo Nominations This Year: John Scalzi (blog) - John Scalzi’s thoughts on the 2105 Hugo Nominations
The Hugo Awards Were Always Political. But Now They’re Only Political: Charlie Jane Anders (blog) - "Last August, the Hugo Awards for science fiction and fantasy were swept by a younger group of women and people of color. At the time, we said "This was really a year that underscored that a younger generation of diverse writers are becoming central to the genre." So maybe it's not surprising that there was an organized backlash."
Signal boost: Vox Day and the Rabid Puppies strike back: beatrice_otter (DW) - "For the past several years, a slowly-getting-louder vocal minority of poo-slinger dudebros has been whining about how "biased" the Hugos are because their poorly-written white-male-power idfics don't get nominated."
Writing this makes my stomach hurt but I feel obligated to say it: kate_nepveu (DW) - "Laura J. Mixon is the only person on the Best Fan Writer ballot for this year's Hugos who wasn't on the Sad/Rabid Puppy Slate. I want to urge people not to reflexively vote for her, that is, to consider no-awarding the entire category."
About Voting No Award: kevin_standlee (LJ) - "I've been asked once again to explain how No Award works in the Hugo Awards."
i spent all day yesterday waiting at a red light: Elizabeth Bear (LJ) - "Here's a thing about science fiction fandom that a lot of people who are new to the community may miss, SF prodom is an industry, yes--it's a group of interrelated sole proprietors and corporations and nonprofits all working in the same word mines."
Author Dave Creek Declines Sad Puppydom: Mike Glyer (blog) - "Dave Creek, whose novella "The Jenregar and the Light" (Analog, Oct. 2014) was part of Brad Torgersen’s original Sad Puppies 3 slate, has posted a public statement on Facebook that he doesn’t want to be associated with Sad Puppies."
James Bond
Bond Girl: Re-Watching and Re-Evaluating Dr. No: Zina Hutton (blog) - "So this rewatch of James Bond, where I’m actively looking for things that I would have passed me by, has me noticing all of the things that I missed as a little kid."
Legend of Zelda
Zelda Dungeon Talks: Do Other Swords Have a Place Alongside the Master Sword?: Alexis Anderson (blog) - "This begs the question, does the option to use other swords in Zelda take away from the significance of the Master Sword? Or does having multiple swords make Link’s arsenal more diverse and actually improve gameplay?"
Is the Moon in Majora’s Mask a Black Hole? Space Time (video)
Why Link Is Actually an Awful Protagonist: Alasyn Eletha (blog) - "Iain Garner, a writer for Haogamers, has come up with a rather extensive analysis as to why our favorite hero is actually a terrible hero."
A Study in Storytelling: the Role of Anju and Kafei in Termina: Aaron Suduiko (blog) - "In this final installment of With a Terrible Fate’s analysis of the original "Majora’s Mask," I will try to convince you that the quest to reunite Anju and Kafei is as narratologically significant as the game’s main quest, and that it leaves us with unique insights about Termina and the world beyond."
Voidcast #13 - A Link to the PTSD: Jon Lett (video) - "Link has been given a bit of personality in a few games, sure, but should he not be seeing some of the scarier things in the games, and be totally freaking out?"
Leverage
Untitled: gyzym (tumblr) - "OKAY okay, what's your favorite "It's a distinctive _____" AND/OR just general Eliot + children feelings?"
Looking
’Looking’ for Complexity: Why HBO’s Great Show Can’t Seem to Break Out: Andy Greenwald (blog) - "But Looking is far more emotionally intricate and aware than most series that will be competing for that Drama prize come September."
Mad Men
7 ‘Mad Men’ conspiracy theories fans should be nervous about: Ramon Ramirez (blog) - "After seven seasons, AMC’s Mad Men arrives at its final subway station Sunday night with all the momentum of a customer service representative who just got off work."
Man from UNCLE
Round Table - H/C … Why We Love It: glennagirl (LJ) - "It is, perhaps, the most popular of genres within fanfiction, fandom and beyond. It fuels fantasies, inspires scads of stories and makes our hearts ping a little. Why is it such a draw?"
Just Wondering: spikesgirl58 (LJ) - "When does MFU fanon become canon? Does any fanon become canon? Who's to say what is does or doesn't make the leap?"
Mushi-shi
Anime Review: Mushi-shi: K. Hopson (blog) - "This show is one of those rare gems of masterful storytelling that you only see every now again these days, what with all this random camp strewn about."
Only Lovers Left Alive
Only Lovers Left Alive Is A Different Kind of Vampire Movie: Lady Saika (blog) - "Suffice it to say, Only Lovers Left Alive is not like any other movie I’ve seen."
Orphan Black
Orphan Black and the Reverse Bechdel Test: Marie Brennan (blog) - "There’s something else that struck me while watching the first season, and it has to do with the way Maslany carries the show. In a nice reversal of what we so often see on TV, the male characters are almost completely defined by their relationships to the women."
The Many Faces of Tatiana Maslany: Lili Loofbourow (news) - "In portraying a horde of clones on ‘Orphan Black,’ the actress has created TV’s strangest — and most sophisticated — meditation on femininity."
Princess Tutu
Throwback Thursdays: Changing Character Roles With Style in Princess Tutu: MarchHareMoe (blog) - "As someone who focuses on character development, I was ecstatic to see that Princess Tutu and the main cast are given different roles than you’d expect, and the lessons they reflect real emotional challenges in life that people struggle with."
Pushing Daisies
Magical Mondays: Vague Mythology and Pushing Daisies: Lady Geek Girl (blog) - "Sometimes, however, having a vague mythology can be a good thing depending on the type of story you are trying to tell and the atmosphere you are trying to create. This is demonstrated excellently in one of my favorite shows."
Requiem of the Rose King
Gender & Shakespeare in Aya Kanno’s ‘Requiem of the Rose King’: Janelle Asselin (blog) - "Mangaka Aya Kanno is perhaps best known for her plays on gender and gender roles in the manga Otomen, and she does not disappoint on that front with her new series Requiem of the Rose King, which Viz started publishing in March."
The Robe
The Robe: The Evil Empire: aelarsen (blog) - "My first look at 1953’s The Robe focused on the film’s treatment of religion. But I thought I’d toss in a few thoughts about its attitude toward the Roman Empire, which is, shall we say, negative."
Salem
Salem: Torturing the Facts: aelarsen (blog) - "One of the things that the average person knows about witch trials is that they involved a lot of torture."
A Song of Ice and Fire
Sexual Violence in Epic Fantasy (TW): Manic Pixie Dream Worlds (blog) - "I’m interested in how these two ideas may intersect, and ponder how much gratuitous depictions of sexual violence in epic fantasy are used not just to titillate but to punish female characters for being too strong, too powerful, too subversive."
Quick Analysis of new TWOW excerpt, "Alayne": Steven Attewell (blog) - "A new Sansa Alayne chapter is up on GRRM’s website."
Episode 379- ASOIAF w/Miles Schneiderman And Steven Attewell: UNspoiled Podcast (podcast) - "This episode, Miles, Steven, and I cover the North section of AWOIAF, and there is some tension in the air as Miles and I continue to disagree while Steven watches and wishes mom and dad wouldn’t fight."
Absent perspectives of the day: Johnny (blog) - "Which begs today's question of the day: was all that time spent with the Greyjoys and the Martells a necessary expansion of the world, or was it just an interesting diversion? In other words, should George R. R. Martin have skipped those chapters in A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons?"
Star Wars
Star Wars: Building Tension When You Already Know the Ending: Shara (blog) - "Once the trilogy was over (and the prequels were just a distant dream), nobody really wanted to know what happened between the movies. We wanted to know what happened after."
Untitled: norcumi and others (tumblr) - "Hey Star Wars geeks on my dash? I gotta a thing I’m wondering about. The Kaminoans made and trained the clone army, ok, great, but, uh — where did all the ships, tanks, guns, and other logistical support come from? And who paid for it?"
Full of Sith Episode CIX: Full of Sith (podcast) - "Mike and Bryan chat about all things Star Wars before they launch into Bryan’s interview with Rebels’ Supervising Director, Dave Filoni. Dave and Bryan discuss Ahsoka, Rebels, and all things Star Wars."
The Wampa’s Lair #124: Your Worshipfullness: The Wampa’s Lair (podcast) - "In their latest episode, Karl and Jason delve into the character of everyone’s favorite Disney princess: Princess Leia Organa! They look at her character development through the films and go off on some tangents along the way!"
Star Wars Rebels
Star Wars Rebels, Hera Syndulla, and Twi’lek Slavery: MadameAce (blog) - " I was both pleasantly surprised and super excited for Rebels when I first saw Hera, because Twi’leks have been a longtime favorite species of mine, and that love has only grown in recent years. Hera has solidified that love."
Steven Universe
To Plot, Or Not to Plot?: Patrick Carland (blog) - "Can Steven Universe remain a fun, lighthearted cartoon in the mold of Adventure Time, hinting at a larger story while remaining essentially about smaller events? Or will it have to let itself grow out of its current mold and become a story-arc driven series?"
How Does Steven Universe Expand Our Ideas of Family?: PBS Idea Channel (video)
Supernatural
10x16 "Paint It Black" (includes mild spoilers for 10x17 wrt Rowena): kalliel (LJ) - "I mean, I think if I didn't have six more episodes to catch up on and I'd been waiting on it a week I'd be less patient with it, because it's pretty MotW and the segments dedicated to the larger mytharc (Rowena's bits) aren't immediately arresting."
Tolkien
They Are No Men: Tolkien’s 6 Most Bad-Ass Forgotten Ladies: Elise Ringo (blog) - "Tolkien’s wider mythology, as published in The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales, contains a number of memorable female characters that, outside of a small community of aficionados, all too often go unmentioned."
A Speculative History of Aragorn II in Peter Jackson’s Middle-earth: Otaku-sempai (blog) - "Forum member Otaku-sempai has submitted an informative, in-depth analysis of how the time-line of Aragorn’s life was changed and condensed as presented in The Lord of the Rings movies, and alluded to in "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.""
Reflecting on Ruins with Michael Drout: Michael Drout (video) - "In this week’s "Talk on Tolkien" listen to Michael Drout as he constructs a lecture on "How to Read J.R.R. Tolkien" out of personal reminiscences, a discussion of the features of oral tradition, and images of stone and textual ruins."
Tortall
Sexualized Saturdays: Challenging Sexism in the Tortall Universe: porluciernagas (blog) - "The Tortall universe is a book series made up of intersecting quartets about amazing female protagonists, set in the fictional kingdom of Tortall. Each quartet spans several years and there are long chronological gaps between each quartet; thus, the series has a chance to discuss some social trends in great depth. And it does just that with sexism."
Wolf Hall
Mini-Series Review: Wolf Hall’s Ending Makes it Worth the Journey: Lesley Coffin (blog) - "The new PBS miniseries Wolf Hall, about the rise of King Henry’s advisor Thomas Cromwell, is one of the few times I’ve watched a miniseries on Masterpiece Theater and thought "I wish this were a seasonal series.""
Woman in Gold/ Effie Gray
Review: Woman in Gold and Effie Gray Prove Films About Women In History Need A Little More Actual History: Lesley Coffin (blog) - "Two new movies feel very much like that; movies which would have been in promoted during awards in 2014 had they been just a little bit better."
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Links
General Fandom
We Need More Badass Women: TV Bosses Tell Us Why The Bechdel Test Isn’t Enough": shaunna murphy (blog) - "The heads of "The Walking Dead," "Pretty Little Liars," "Jane The Virgin," and "The 100" talk about how they tackle complex female characters."
topic:femalecharacter, topic:television
"Tumblr Fandom": Gail Simone (tumblr) - "I asked what she meant, and she said that she felt there was a growing group of fans who love the characters and love MOMENTS of stories, but don’t read the actual comics ever. She said that they will buy a CHARACTER X t-shirt in a heartbeat, but don’t own any graphic novels.They will reblog a scene they like from a comic, but never go to an actual comics shop to get that same book."
topic:fandom, topic:tumblr, fandom:comics
Michelle Rodriguez Talks Representation, Fridging, and Hollywood’s Problem With Female Characters: Carolyn Cox (blog) - "During a recent interview for Furious 7 with NJ.com, Rodriguez elaborated a little more about the importance of creating that new content in Hollywood, and shared how that belief has informed her career"
topic:representation, topic:femalecharacter
Reconsidering Revenge: How Revenge Of The Nerds’ Misogyny Is Evident in Current Nerd Culture: William Bradley (blog) - "But I can’t help but feel that this movie actually has something to tell us about our cultural attitudes surrounding violence, misogyny, and notions of masculinity."
topic:misogyny
Love Live: School Idol Festival and Trends That Should Not Be Trending In the Consumption of Cartoons: Tsunderin (blog) - "However, as I was playing through, unlocking different character stories and just shitting around, I noticed a trend that is also indicative of a worrying cultural shift in cartoon consumption both in Japan and in America."
fandom:anime, fandom:manga, fandom:gaming, topic:porn, warning:childabuse
Conventional Conduct: How to Ask Questions At A Comic Convention Q&A Panel: Andrew Wheeler (blog) - "We can’t do anything to help with the lines, the crowds, or your sodium intake, but we do want to help make those Q&A sessions a little more comfortable, so we’ve put together seven simple suggestions to help attendees ask better questions."
topic:conventions
How ‘Kingsman’ and ‘Furious 7’ brought the fun back to action movies: Dan Marcus (blog) - "If Kingsman is any indication, it seems audiences are getting tired of watching their secret agents and action stars looking distressed and would rather their secret agent drink a nice glass of whiskey and kick some butt with a smile rather than a grimace."
topic:movies
I seem to have unwittingly taken a side in the fannish "content warnings" debate…: jae (DW) - "Apparently, despite the fact that I am someone who worries a lot about potentially triggering readers (and has done so for years and years), I am still not willing to do the kinds of things to prevent that which have become standard in fandom. And maybe if I didn't have the option to "choose not to warn," I might be more willing to use content warnings...but then again, I might not, you know? This is a very strange (and not entirely comfortable) thing to realize about myself, but it is apparently true."
topic:warnings, topic:fanfic
Women in SF&F Month: Rachel Hartman: Rachel Hartman (blog) - "I am so pleased to have been included in this year’s line-up of guest posters, not least because it’s a wonderful excuse to talk about one of my favourite topics: gender."
topic:gender
Why are ‘Mary Sue’ stories so popular in today’s China?: Li Lin (blog) - "Daydreaming about the kind of life one wishes one had, rather than the life that one actually must live, has long been the refuge of frustrated adolescents. Now this seemingly frivolous pastime is being pegged as the basis for one of China's most popular fiction genres in recent years - the "Mary Sue" story."
topic:marysue
Just Because You Can, Doesn’t Mean You Should: Sam Maggs (blog) - "You may not be surprised to learn that we don’t like Frank Cho’s Spider-Gwen sketch cover – but you may be surprised as to why."
topic:art, topic:comics
Untitled: aiffe (tumblr) - "I’m seeing a lot of back-and-forth on whether it’s "okay" to ship badwrong ships (noncon, dubcon, underage, abuse, unhealthy relationships, etc) and a lot of abuse survivors have come forward to call the ship shamers out and point out that in fact they’re harassing the people they’re claiming to defend. It’s certainly true that survivors are often found among the shippers of such ships, and it’s a good justification for letting people live (if you needed one). But it’s started to bother me that people HAVE to disclaim this."
topic:shipping, topic:abuse
Open Thread: Oracle Hotline: mithen (LJ) - "Do you ever get rude reviews and how do you deal with them?"
topic:feedback
Untitled: isfanficlegal (tumblr) - "At the time, DailyActor wrote about the play and the fact that writer David Adjmi didn’t have the money or resources to push back against a copyright claim from DLT, the entity that owns the copyright to Three’s Company."
topic:copyright, topic:fairuse
Specific Fandoms
Agent Carter
Untitled: laylainalaska (tumblr) - "haha, I had the exact same reaction to that line about Bletchley, because the actual Bletchley codebreakers didn’t even talk about it TO THEIR OWN SPOUSES until it was all declassified sometime in the ‘70s or ‘80s, I think."
fandom:agentcarter, topic:history
Mega Marvel Rewatch: Agent Carter: owlmoose (DW) - "Peggy Carter was already one of my favorite characters and this show has just cemented her onto my all-time list."
fandom:agentcarter
Agents of SHIELD
"He listens for a living and she doesn’t speak" - Why Melinda May is a Classic Hollywood Action Hero: secretallie (tumblr) - "Dr. Garner is interesting on his own, and if we ever get the chance to know him better, my crush on him would probably grow to epic proportions, but right now I’m just giddy over how he highlights what a subversive character Melinda May is. With her ex-husband beside her to provide contrast, it’s so much clearer what a beautiful role reversal we’ve been seeing here."
fandom:agentsofshield
Angel
I would have preferred Faith to move onto AtS, not Spike: areanna123 (tumblr) - "Then I thought about all the reasons that I think I really would have enjoyed seeing Faith back on team Angel, and weighed it up to what Spike brought to the table. I honestly, think that the 5th season could have been stronger."
fandom:angel
Batman
The Arkham Sessions, Ep. 53: "Mudslide": Andrea (podcast) - "In this episode of The Arkham Sessions, we explore the lovable villain Clayface in his sobering last appearance on Batman: The Animated Series."
fandom:dcanimated
Beautiful
Beautiful Made Me Feel, Well, Lots of Things: Lady Saika (blog) - "Beautiful is based, as the subtitle might suggest, on the life story of Carole King, a singer-songwriter whose work you’ve definitely heard, even if you’ve never heard of her."
fandom:theater
Bend It Like Beckham
Always a New Musical: Squid, Inc. (blog) - "Case in point: there is an upcoming production of a Bend it Like Beckham musical at the Phoenix Theatre in London that I’ve been thinking about for a couple of months."
fandom:benditlikebeckham, fandom:theater, topic:adaptations
Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu LOVE!
Why Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu LOVE! Stole my Heart: Jessica Uelmen (blog) - "While the synopsis was benign enough, I was concerned that the show would just be a cynical mockery of the shows I love most."
fandom:anime
Boardwalk Empire
Untitled: littlelansky (tumblr) - "Tell us more about Meyer/Charlie and food!"
fandom:boardwalkempire
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
More Thoughts on S10: rahirah (DW) - "The funny thing is, a lot of the complaints the Bangels have with S10's story are ones I agree with. Yes, absolutely, it's long past time to stop dicking around with Buffy dithering between Spike and Angel, and have her either pick one, or dump them both definitively and move on. Or hell, go for that threesome."
fandom:btvs
"I didn’t know you were that cool." - Faith: areanna123 (tumblr) - "When I first heard this line, I just thought it was kind of funny. It amused me, then I moved on, didn’t think about it much, y'know? Like haha, as if Faith didn’t know exactly how cool Buffy is. Faith not knowing how awesome Buffy is was never the problem with their relationship. So, I just wrote it off as a funny, sarcastic dig, which it still is. I’m just thinking that there might be more to that."
fandom:btvs
Untitled: muchbuffy (tumblr) - "BtVS is a very feminist driven show. But I feel like a lot of people completely missed the point of Why.
It’s not cause Buffy is a women with superpowers, in fact this is an oppressive aspect in a lot of ways. It’s how she uses them that’s empowering."
fandom:btvs
Untitled: kikibluemay (tumblr) - "I’ll try to explain why Spangel is really a thing and not just an hate-ship."
fandom:btvs, fandom:angel
Untitled: funforahermit (tumblr) - "My Buffy marathon has reached series 3. Here are some of my thoughts on the characters so far"
fandom:btvs
Captain America
Mega Marvel Rewatch: Project Intro and The First Avenger: owlmoose (DW) - "I've been thinking for awhile that I wanted to rewatch the MCU, see where it hangs together as a single story -- and where it falls apart. With the release of Avengers: Age of Ultron looming fast upon us, I decided I'd better get started if I wanted to finish before May 1st. Bearing all that in mind, April 1st seemed as good a time to start as any. So here goes!"
fandom:mcu
Daredevil
Looking Back at the First, Failed ‘Daredevil’ TV Show: Matt Singer (blog) - " In fact, The Man Without Fear made his TV debut over 25 years ago in a forgotten film that was nonetheless a significant moment in Marvel’s transformation from comic-book publisher to one of the most powerful studios in Hollywood."
fandom:mcu
Doctor Who
Staggering Stories Commentary #142: Doctor Who - The Fires of Pompeii: Staggering Stories Podcast (podcast) - "Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Keith Dunn and Scott Fuller sit down, pyroclasticed, in front of the 2008 Doctor Who episode, The Fires of Pompeii, and spout our usual nonsense!"
fandom:doctorwho
Dune
Oh, My Pop Culture Religion: Dune and the Making of a Messiah: stinekey (blog) - "Dune is the story of Paul Atreides and his ascendancy to the Messiah-like Muad’Dib during a geopolitical conflict known as the "Arrakis Affair". That may sound pretty dry; I assure you it’s not. It’s more like dropping Warrior Jesus into A Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones for you HBO peeps), set on Tattooine."
fandom:dune
Farscape
Untitled: campylobacter, virkatjol, and jackelstuff (tumblr) - "so i keep hearing how awesome 'farscape' is. i watched the first episode. not hooked. you love it? sell me on it haha"
fandom:farscape
The Fast & The Furious
Episode 353: It’s Curious That It’s Furious: Overthinking It Podcast (podcast) - "Ben Adams, Peter Fenzel, and Matthew Wrather overthink Furious 7, starring Vin Diesel and Paul Walker."
fandom:thefastandthefurious
Furious 7 Review: Vroom Vroom, Beep Beep, F*** Yeah: Carolyn Cox (blog) - "But there’s way more to the Fast and the Furious franchise (and Furious 7 in particular) than meets the furious eye."
fandom:thefastandthefurious
Furious 7’s Record-Breaking First Weekend Fueled by 75% POC and Nearly 50% Female Ticket Buyers: Carolyn Cox (blog) - "Furious 7 just had the ninth-biggest opening weekend of all time (and the biggest April opening weekend ever!), pulling in $384 million at the global box office and $143.6 million domestically."
fandom:thefastandthefurious
’Furious 7’ and diversity: Why Hollywood needs to catch up with reality: Chris Lee (blog) - "But over the franchise’s transformation into one of the highest-grossing series of all time, boundary lines of turf and skin color have become increasingly blurred."
fandom:thefastandthefurious
11 questions you were too embarrassed to ask about the Fast & Furious movies: Todd VanDerWerff (blog) - "The Fast & Furious movies stand as one of the best film franchises America has going for it right now — and maybe even a gloriously dumb representation of everything good about America."
fandom:thefastandthefurious
5 reasons the ‘Fast & Furious’ franchise keeps getting bigger - and better: Feliks Garcia (blog) - "Usually when a franchise runs this long, it’s relegated to the DVD bargain bin at Walmart, never really seeing any time in the box office. However, the Fast & Furious movies have defied Hollywood physics."
fandom:thefastandthefurious
The Flash
The Big Flash Twist and an Extended Look at the Rest of the Season Have Us Running Wild: Jill Pantozzi (blog) - "Last night’s episode of The Flash was an excellent one but it ended with a extra long "this season on The Flash" promo which revealed some seriously cool things. Let’s discuss!"
fandom:theflash, warning:spoilers
Harry Potter
Discussion: House Elves: amorette (LJ) - "What do House Elves symbolize in the Harry Potter series? Why did JKR include them the way she did throughout the books?"
fandom:harrypotter
Hugo Awards
Puppies Fetch Hugo Nominations and the Neighbors Have Plenty To Say: Mike Glyer (blog) - Round up of excerpts and links from both sides of the Sad Puppies affair
topic:hugoawards
The Hugos (*sigh*): The G (blog) - "But another structural issue plaguing the Hugos centers on the way selections are made."
topic:hugoawards
Hugo Awards Ballot Stuffing Affects Nominations: Janelle Asselin (blog) - "This weekend, the Hugo Awards nominations were announced, and almost every category was affected by the "Sad Puppies" campaign, which encouraged anti-liberal voters to push specific works by conservative authors."
topic:hugoawards
How the ‘Sad Puppies’ Internet campaign gamed the Hugo Awards: Gavia Baker-Whitelaw (blog) - "Everyone loves to say that awards ceremonies are rigged, meaningless, or just blatant popularity contests. In the case of the most prestigious honor in the sci-fi/fantasy community, this kind of accusation now feels worryingly true."
topic:hugoawards
10 Hugo Thoughts: Jim Hines (blog) - "The 2015 Hugo nominees were announced yesterday. As much of the internet has noted, the vast majority of the nominees come from the Sad and/or Rabid Puppies slates. Most reactions seem to fall into either anger/grief or gloating/triumph, with very little in between."
topic:hugoawards
To Vote Or Not To Vote: That Is The Question: Shara (blog) - "And I don’t have an answer, not yet. I always wait to buy my membership until I see the nominees, and this year, the question is do I really want to spend $40.00 just to step in a pile of dog shit?"
topic:hugoawards
The Sad Puppy-Free Hugo Award Voter’s Guide: Deirdre (blog) - "If you are voting the strict ix-nay uppy-pay slate, here’s the options in each category"
topic:hugoawards
A Detailed Explanation: Matthew David Surridge (blog) - "This is going to come out at some point, so I might as well say it here and now: I declined a Hugo nomination for this year’s Best Fan Writer award. I think it’s only fair to the people who voted for me to say why."
topic:hugoawards
The 2015 Hugo finalists: Patrick (blog) - "Here and elsewhere, we’ve seen a bunch of people try to make the "Sad Puppy" campaign seem reasonable and unexceptionable. That’s one face of their initiative."
topic:hugoawards, topic:gamergate
Both more and less than political: Abi Sutherland (blog) - "Throughout this long recent discussion, I’ve had a passage from The Left Hand of Darkness rattling around in my head. It popped up because it strikes me that one of the fundamental cultural clashes that we’re dealing with is between the belief that the ends—getting the "right works" or the "right authors" their rockets*—justify the Sad Puppies’ means, and the weirder and more subtle belief that the "right result" of a Hugo vote is unknowable, and can only be achieved by using the right means to go about it."
topic:hugoawards
A Note About the Hugo Nominations This Year: John Scalzi (blog) - John Scalzi’s thoughts on the 2105 Hugo Nominations
topic:hugoawards
The Hugo Awards Were Always Political. But Now They’re Only Political: Charlie Jane Anders (blog) - "Last August, the Hugo Awards for science fiction and fantasy were swept by a younger group of women and people of color. At the time, we said "This was really a year that underscored that a younger generation of diverse writers are becoming central to the genre." So maybe it's not surprising that there was an organized backlash."
topic:hugoawards
Signal boost: Vox Day and the Rabid Puppies strike back: beatrice_otter (DW) - "For the past several years, a slowly-getting-louder vocal minority of poo-slinger dudebros has been whining about how "biased" the Hugos are because their poorly-written white-male-power idfics don't get nominated."
topic:hugoawards
Writing this makes my stomach hurt but I feel obligated to say it: kate_nepveu (DW) - "Laura J. Mixon is the only person on the Best Fan Writer ballot for this year's Hugos who wasn't on the Sad/Rabid Puppy Slate. I want to urge people not to reflexively vote for her, that is, to consider no-awarding the entire category."
topic:hugoawards
About Voting No Award: kevin_standlee (LJ) - "I've been asked once again to explain how No Award works in the Hugo Awards."
topic:hugoawards
i spent all day yesterday waiting at a red light: Elizabeth Bear (LJ) - "Here's a thing about science fiction fandom that a lot of people who are new to the community may miss, SF prodom is an industry, yes--it's a group of interrelated sole proprietors and corporations and nonprofits all working in the same word mines."
topic:hugoawards, topic:fandom
Author Dave Creek Declines Sad Puppydom: Mike Glyer (blog) - "Dave Creek, whose novella "The Jenregar and the Light" (Analog, Oct. 2014) was part of Brad Torgersen’s original Sad Puppies 3 slate, has posted a public statement on Facebook that he doesn’t want to be associated with Sad Puppies."
topic:hugoawards
James Bond
Bond Girl: Re-Watching and Re-Evaluating Dr. No: Zina Hutton (blog) - "So this rewatch of James Bond, where I’m actively looking for things that I would have passed me by, has me noticing all of the things that I missed as a little kid."
fandom:jamesbond, topic:sexism, topic:racism
Legend of Zelda
Zelda Dungeon Talks: Do Other Swords Have a Place Alongside the Master Sword?: Alexis Anderson (blog) - "This begs the question, does the option to use other swords in Zelda take away from the significance of the Master Sword? Or does having multiple swords make Link’s arsenal more diverse and actually improve gameplay?"
fandom:legendofzelda
Is the Moon in Majora’s Mask a Black Hole? Space Time (video)
fandom:legendofzelda
Why Link Is Actually an Awful Protagonist: Alasyn Eletha (blog) - "Iain Garner, a writer for Haogamers, has come up with a rather extensive analysis as to why our favorite hero is actually a terrible hero."
fandom:legendofzelda
A Study in Storytelling: the Role of Anju and Kafei in Termina: Aaron Suduiko (blog) - "In this final installment of With a Terrible Fate’s analysis of the original "Majora’s Mask," I will try to convince you that the quest to reunite Anju and Kafei is as narratologically significant as the game’s main quest, and that it leaves us with unique insights about Termina and the world beyond."
fandom:legendofzelda
Voidcast #13 - A Link to the PTSD: Jon Lett (video) - "Link has been given a bit of personality in a few games, sure, but should he not be seeing some of the scarier things in the games, and be totally freaking out?"
fandom:legendofzelda
Leverage
Untitled: gyzym (tumblr) - "OKAY okay, what's your favorite "It's a distinctive _____" AND/OR just general Eliot + children feelings?"
fandom:leverage
Looking
’Looking’ for Complexity: Why HBO’s Great Show Can’t Seem to Break Out: Andy Greenwald (blog) - "But Looking is far more emotionally intricate and aware than most series that will be competing for that Drama prize come September."
fandom:looking
Mad Men
7 ‘Mad Men’ conspiracy theories fans should be nervous about: Ramon Ramirez (blog) - "After seven seasons, AMC’s Mad Men arrives at its final subway station Sunday night with all the momentum of a customer service representative who just got off work."
fandom:madmen
Man from UNCLE
Round Table - H/C … Why We Love It: glennagirl (LJ) - "It is, perhaps, the most popular of genres within fanfiction, fandom and beyond. It fuels fantasies, inspires scads of stories and makes our hearts ping a little. Why is it such a draw?"
fandom:manfromuncle, topic:hurt/comfort
Just Wondering: spikesgirl58 (LJ) - "When does MFU fanon become canon? Does any fanon become canon? Who's to say what is does or doesn't make the leap?"
fandom:manfromuncle, topic:fanon, topic:canon
Mushi-shi
Anime Review: Mushi-shi: K. Hopson (blog) - "This show is one of those rare gems of masterful storytelling that you only see every now again these days, what with all this random camp strewn about."
fandom:anime, fandom:manga
Only Lovers Left Alive
Only Lovers Left Alive Is A Different Kind of Vampire Movie: Lady Saika (blog) - "Suffice it to say, Only Lovers Left Alive is not like any other movie I’ve seen."
fandom:onlyloversleftalive
Orphan Black
Orphan Black and the Reverse Bechdel Test: Marie Brennan (blog) - "There’s something else that struck me while watching the first season, and it has to do with the way Maslany carries the show. In a nice reversal of what we so often see on TV, the male characters are almost completely defined by their relationships to the women."
fandom:orphanblack
The Many Faces of Tatiana Maslany: Lili Loofbourow (news) - "In portraying a horde of clones on ‘Orphan Black,’ the actress has created TV’s strangest — and most sophisticated — meditation on femininity."
fandom:orphanblack
Princess Tutu
Throwback Thursdays: Changing Character Roles With Style in Princess Tutu: MarchHareMoe (blog) - "As someone who focuses on character development, I was ecstatic to see that Princess Tutu and the main cast are given different roles than you’d expect, and the lessons they reflect real emotional challenges in life that people struggle with."
fandom:princesstutu
Pushing Daisies
Magical Mondays: Vague Mythology and Pushing Daisies: Lady Geek Girl (blog) - "Sometimes, however, having a vague mythology can be a good thing depending on the type of story you are trying to tell and the atmosphere you are trying to create. This is demonstrated excellently in one of my favorite shows."
fandom:pushingdaisies
Requiem of the Rose King
Gender & Shakespeare in Aya Kanno’s ‘Requiem of the Rose King’: Janelle Asselin (blog) - "Mangaka Aya Kanno is perhaps best known for her plays on gender and gender roles in the manga Otomen, and she does not disappoint on that front with her new series Requiem of the Rose King, which Viz started publishing in March."
fandom:manga
The Robe
The Robe: The Evil Empire: aelarsen (blog) - "My first look at 1953’s The Robe focused on the film’s treatment of religion. But I thought I’d toss in a few thoughts about its attitude toward the Roman Empire, which is, shall we say, negative."
fandom:therobe, topic:history
Salem
Salem: Torturing the Facts: aelarsen (blog) - "One of the things that the average person knows about witch trials is that they involved a lot of torture."
fandom:salem, warning:torture, topic:history
A Song of Ice and Fire
Sexual Violence in Epic Fantasy (TW): Manic Pixie Dream Worlds (blog) - "I’m interested in how these two ideas may intersect, and ponder how much gratuitous depictions of sexual violence in epic fantasy are used not just to titillate but to punish female characters for being too strong, too powerful, too subversive."
fandom:asoiaf, warning:rape
Quick Analysis of new TWOW excerpt, "Alayne": Steven Attewell (blog) - "A new Sansa Alayne chapter is up on GRRM’s website."
fandom:asoiaf, warning:spoilers
Episode 379- ASOIAF w/Miles Schneiderman And Steven Attewell: UNspoiled Podcast (podcast) - "This episode, Miles, Steven, and I cover the North section of AWOIAF, and there is some tension in the air as Miles and I continue to disagree while Steven watches and wishes mom and dad wouldn’t fight."
fandom:asoiaf
Absent perspectives of the day: Johnny (blog) - "Which begs today's question of the day: was all that time spent with the Greyjoys and the Martells a necessary expansion of the world, or was it just an interesting diversion? In other words, should George R. R. Martin have skipped those chapters in A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons?"
fandom:asoiaf
Star Wars
Star Wars: Building Tension When You Already Know the Ending: Shara (blog) - "Once the trilogy was over (and the prequels were just a distant dream), nobody really wanted to know what happened between the movies. We wanted to know what happened after."
fandom:starwars
Untitled: norcumi and others (tumblr) - "Hey Star Wars geeks on my dash? I gotta a thing I’m wondering about. The Kaminoans made and trained the clone army, ok, great, but, uh — where did all the ships, tanks, guns, and other logistical support come from? And who paid for it?"
fandom:starwars
Full of Sith Episode CIX: Full of Sith (podcast) - "Mike and Bryan chat about all things Star Wars before they launch into Bryan’s interview with Rebels’ Supervising Director, Dave Filoni. Dave and Bryan discuss Ahsoka, Rebels, and all things Star Wars."
fandom:starwars
The Wampa’s Lair #124: Your Worshipfullness: The Wampa’s Lair (podcast) - "In their latest episode, Karl and Jason delve into the character of everyone’s favorite Disney princess: Princess Leia Organa! They look at her character development through the films and go off on some tangents along the way!"
fandom:starwars
Star Wars Rebels
Star Wars Rebels, Hera Syndulla, and Twi’lek Slavery: MadameAce (blog) - " I was both pleasantly surprised and super excited for Rebels when I first saw Hera, because Twi’leks have been a longtime favorite species of mine, and that love has only grown in recent years. Hera has solidified that love."
fandom:starwars, topic:femalecharacter
Steven Universe
To Plot, Or Not to Plot?: Patrick Carland (blog) - "Can Steven Universe remain a fun, lighthearted cartoon in the mold of Adventure Time, hinting at a larger story while remaining essentially about smaller events? Or will it have to let itself grow out of its current mold and become a story-arc driven series?"
fandom:stevenuniverse
How Does Steven Universe Expand Our Ideas of Family?: PBS Idea Channel (video)
fandom:stevenuniverse
Supernatural
10x16 "Paint It Black" (includes mild spoilers for 10x17 wrt Rowena): kalliel (LJ) - "I mean, I think if I didn't have six more episodes to catch up on and I'd been waiting on it a week I'd be less patient with it, because it's pretty MotW and the segments dedicated to the larger mytharc (Rowena's bits) aren't immediately arresting."
fandom:supernatural
Tolkien
They Are No Men: Tolkien’s 6 Most Bad-Ass Forgotten Ladies: Elise Ringo (blog) - "Tolkien’s wider mythology, as published in The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales, contains a number of memorable female characters that, outside of a small community of aficionados, all too often go unmentioned."
fandom:jrrtolkien, topic:femalecharacter
A Speculative History of Aragorn II in Peter Jackson’s Middle-earth: Otaku-sempai (blog) - "Forum member Otaku-sempai has submitted an informative, in-depth analysis of how the time-line of Aragorn’s life was changed and condensed as presented in The Lord of the Rings movies, and alluded to in "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.""
fandom:jrrtolkien, topic:adaptations
Reflecting on Ruins with Michael Drout: Michael Drout (video) - "In this week’s "Talk on Tolkien" listen to Michael Drout as he constructs a lecture on "How to Read J.R.R. Tolkien" out of personal reminiscences, a discussion of the features of oral tradition, and images of stone and textual ruins."
fandom:jrrtolkien
Tortall
Sexualized Saturdays: Challenging Sexism in the Tortall Universe: porluciernagas (blog) - "The Tortall universe is a book series made up of intersecting quartets about amazing female protagonists, set in the fictional kingdom of Tortall. Each quartet spans several years and there are long chronological gaps between each quartet; thus, the series has a chance to discuss some social trends in great depth. And it does just that with sexism."
fandom:tortall, topic:sexism
Wolf Hall
Mini-Series Review: Wolf Hall’s Ending Makes it Worth the Journey: Lesley Coffin (blog) - "The new PBS miniseries Wolf Hall, about the rise of King Henry’s advisor Thomas Cromwell, is one of the few times I’ve watched a miniseries on Masterpiece Theater and thought "I wish this were a seasonal series.""
fandom:wolfhall
Woman in Gold/ Effie Gray
Review: Woman in Gold and Effie Gray Prove Films About Women In History Need A Little More Actual History: Lesley Coffin (blog) - "Two new movies feel very much like that; movies which would have been in promoted during awards in 2014 had they been just a little bit better."
fandom:womaningold, fandom:effiegray
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