“Fake Gamer Girls” Make Up 48% of Gamers, Play More Video Games Than Teenage Boys
A new survey shows that adult women are one of the largest demographics when it comes to who plays video games.
I Am Struggling With My Opinions Regarding The Following Technology
Three pieces of technology for which I just can’t decide whether I’m Team Yay or Team Nope. Please send opinion-building help.
It Was a Sailor Moon Weekend at Otakon 2014
The East Coast’s largest anime convention came with a premiere of and more info on the new, faithful Sailor Moon dub, and a chance to chat with the voice actors for Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask.
Drawn to Comics: Meet the “Trans Girl Next Door!”
“I mean, who didn’t watch Orange is the New Black Season 2 and think the whole time that it absolutely needed more Laverne Cox?”
Drawn to Comics: Catching up with Supercakes!
Do you remember when I covered Kat Leyh’s amazing queer superhero webcomic “Supercakes?” Well, it’s back with its own website and new content!
Where Are the Superheroines of STEM on the Silver Screen? A Wishlist of Amazing Women
Despite Felicity Jones as Jane Hawking getting top billing and the prominent role and smarts of Joan Clarke (played by Kiera Knightly), these STEM movies are dude heavy. As are STEM fields.
11 Female Superheroes I Wish Marvel Would Make Movies About
Is it really too much to ask for one little movie centered around a female superhero? Or eleven movies centered around them?
Ask A Gay Nerd: “I Don’t Have Room On My Computer”
1. i have no room on my macbook air
2. my 160gb portable hard drive from 2006 is predictably also full
3. i can’t move anything to dropbox from my mac bc my mac is full
Notes From A Queer Engineer: Debunking OITNB’s Deadly Poison
While it’s certainly true that one would face numerous logistical difficulties in carrying out murder via poison inside a prison, the rest of the advice in this Orange is the New Black segment is, um, hit or miss.
Femslash Can Save the World If We Let It
Culture doesn’t need exploring so much as it needs exploding. We need to destroy things and reconstruct them in our own image, because the people who make our media aren’t going to do it for us. That’s why I want femslash to save the world, and I will not take no for an answer.
San Diego Comic-Con 2014: “Mockingjay” Gets a Trailer! Mockingbird Joins “SHIELD!” “The Last of Us” Gets a Movie!
San Diego Comic-Con 2014 just happened! Here’s all the news that’s relevant to your life!
Taking a Look At the Eisner Winners and Wonder Woman’s New Movie Costume!
The 2014 Eisner Awards were announced at Comic-Con! Let’s take a look at the winners. Also, let’s check out that new Wonder Woman movie costume!
Q-Taku: Animesque Web Series RWBY is Everything Wrong With “Strong Female Characters”
Don’t listen to the fandom on Tumblr and TVTropes: There’s nothing in this popular web series for discerning feminist or, really, any viewers.
There Was a Pride Parade in Final Fantasy XIV and You Should Care About It!
The largest group of LGBT gamers gathered for a virtual pride parade in Eorzea to celebrate Square Enix’s decision allowing same-sex marriage in FFXIV.
How To Ditch iTunes in 7 Easy Steps
You’re moving in a week and packing boxes is getting tedious. You need something to focus your energy on that is not packing boxes and is not productive for you in the slightest. Plus you think iTunes is ugly. Now you are ready.
New Thor Will be a Woman! Five Other Heroines Who Have Taken Up a Man’s Title
“It’s pretty common for a younger man to take up the mantle of an older male superhero, a younger woman to take up the mantle of a female hero, or even for a younger woman to sort of take up a male hero’s mantle but then feminize the name. What’s happening here is much less common. While Thor is the most high-profile example of this, it’s not the first. Here are some of my favorite examples of this happening before.”
13 Best Apps For Your Summer Vacation
Y’all are on beaches or in cars road tripping through beautiful mountains or on horses or traversing cities I’ve never been to and ugh, JEALOUS! But not so jealous that I’m not gonna halp a queermo out.
Drawn to Comics: Lumberjanes #4 has Hipster Yetis, Friendship High-Fives and Archery
The Lumberjanes are back! This time they have to deal with mysterious forest apes, campers from the near-by boy’s camp and a whole lot more. We also exclusively have the complete, official playlist from this issue!
Even At Highest Level, STEM’s Leaky Pipeline Failing Women and Black People
Among STEM Ph.D. holders, women and black people are leaving the field in disproportionate numbers. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to connect the dots: sexism and racism strike again, to the detriment of everyone.
Secrets Secrets Are So Fun (Well, Sort Of): All About Secret-Sharing Apps
It seems like every time I go to buy cat litter, a vendor is urging me to connect via Facebook. In a digital world that constantly wants to authenticate your identity via social media, I can definitely see the appeal of anonymous secret apps.