Game of Thrones? Forget that… if you want to watch a sci–fi/fantasy show with unquestionable feminist bona fides, look no further than BBC America’s Orphan Black.
Read MoreThe Testosterone Injection That Could Ruin Orphan Black…And how to make sure it doesn’t“We Are Comics” was born from frustration.
In April of 2014, every woman in comics was talking about Janelle Asselin: one of us, an editor and writer who’d been getting a nonstop barrage of graphic rape threats and other harassment in response to an article where she criticized the hypersexualization of a teenage girl on the cover of Teen Titans.
Read MoreWe Are Comics: A Visual Message for Visual MediumA past’s vision of the future can teach us something about its present, or, in the case of the “Big Two” superhero comic book publishers, about how it ever was and sometimes seems like it ever will be.
Read MoreBlack Communities of the 30th Century: Racial Assimilation and Ahistoricity in Superhero ComicsOne of the many perks afforded a journeyman writer/producer in television is receiving scripts for network television pilots as they are being made. It’s like the best possible version of the TV Guide Fall Preview Issue I used to compulsively reread under the covers with a flashlight as a kid.
Read MoreFinding the Next Lost: What Is an “Operational Theme” and Why Don’t I Have One?Humans are ridiculous and wonderful. We are incandescent spirits walking around inside clumsy, fragile meat–puppets, and we are such clever creatures that we routinely exceed the survivability limits of our bodies.
Read MoreAfter Our Bodies FailOne of the best moments in any episode of Doctor Who is in “The Doctor Dances” when the Doctor explains to Rose that their new friend, Captain Jack Harkness, is “flexible” with his sexuality. Jack doesn’t restrict himself to monosexuality.
Read MoreInvisible Bisexuality in TorchwoodHumans have always been fascinated with stories about the end of the world. Almost every culture and religion has some myth dealing with the death of Earth. The natural question that follows “Where did the world come from?” is “how does it die?”
Read MoreSo How Does It End?From the beginning women have played a central role in horror fiction and film in India and China — not just as victims, but as protagonists, and even as villains.
Read MoreWomen in Pre–1947 Chinese and Indian Horror Fiction and FilmA few years ago, someone in the publishing industry crossed out a line I wrote in a novel. I’m pretty good with taking criticism; I don’t usually get gooey over the words I write, even if the stories are close to my heart.
Read MoreAnother World Waits: Towards an Anti-Oppressive SFF