http://www.girl-wonder.org/insideout It's a bird... It's a dame... It's a woman in comics! Thu, 01 May 2008 05:13:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I’ve been working on this review for a while, and it’s been giving me a lot of trouble, because when I try to express my thoughts on Barry Deutsch’s Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword, I usually end up bouncing up and down and making enthusiastic noises of inarticulate glee. ... http://www.girl-wonder.org/insideout/2008/04/30/hereville-a-review/ Phew--that was a lot of con. Today was more intense at the table, and I hardly had any time to wander. Now, I am entirely braindead, so again, just a handful of notes before I crash. Proper write-up and forum thread tomorrow. -No matter how cool you are, Sky McCloud is ... http://www.girl-wonder.org/insideout/2008/04/27/stumptown-miscellany-day-two/ Today, I got up way the hell too early in the morning (after staying up way the hell too late) to table for Girl-Wonder at Stumptown Comics Fest. Now, I am utterly exhausted, and I have to be at the awards ceremony / Saturday afterparty in a bit under an hour, ... http://www.girl-wonder.org/insideout/2008/04/26/stumptown-miscellany/ For your amusement and enlightenment, I'd like to take this opportunity to present an honest-to-fuck panel description from the good folks at NYCC: “Girls Who Kick Ass: How do the ladies creating comics do it? They're constantly blowing us away with the most outrageous and provocative titles. Jenna Jameson (Shadow Hunter), ... http://www.girl-wonder.org/insideout/2008/04/10/oh-blow-me-away/ "You can take the girl out of academia, but you can't take the academia out of the girl." -Kate Corrigan, B.P.R.D. One of my worse-kept dirty secrets is that I do academic research for fun. My friends and colleagues give me a fair amount of shit for this, and I cheerfully ... http://www.girl-wonder.org/insideout/2008/04/08/adventures-in-academia-part-1/ Today is April Fool’s Day. It’s also the first day of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Last year, I recognized this month with a series of semiweekly posts about sexual violence in comics and real life. I’m not going to drag myself back over that ground this year: it is tremendously difficult and ... http://www.girl-wonder.org/insideout/2008/04/01/saam-2008/ This is the final post of a series on Wonder Woman, in context of her recent appearance on the cover of the February 2008 issue of Playboy magazine. You can find the first three posts here: There's Something About Wonder Woman - Introduction There's Something About Lynda Carter / Blogging for Choice Less ... http://www.girl-wonder.org/insideout/2008/02/26/thoughts-on-wonder-woman-link-roundup/ This is the third post in a series looking at the cultural and personal significance of Wonder Woman as a character and a symbol. I've spent the previous two posts introducing a few perspectives on Wonder Woman, but thus far, I've skirted fairly clear of both my own attitude toward the ... http://www.girl-wonder.org/insideout/2008/02/11/less-than-wonderful/ This is the second post in a series looking at the cultural and personal significance of Wonder Woman as a character and a symbol. Today, it just so happens that this Wonder Woman series is intersecting with Blog for Choice day. Make of that what you will. I have never watched Lynda ... http://www.girl-wonder.org/insideout/2008/01/22/theres-something-about-lynda-carter-blogging-for-choice/ For the last week, I’ve been struggling to articulate my feelings about the cover of the February 2008 Playboy (Link probably NSFW). I know that I am very, very upset; I know that I feel deeply violated and profoundly hurt. I am angry - appalled - and disgusted. It’s taken me ... http://www.girl-wonder.org/insideout/2008/01/20/theres-something-about-wonder-woman-introduction/