Saturday Morning Cartoons: Work, Hair, Patriarchy
“I just wanted to say that I LOVE your short hair.”
Drawn to Comics Takes a Look at My Feminist Pull List!
This week I thought I’d light a fire, pour out some drinks and get up close and personal. Let’s take a look at the comics I reserve each month at my local comic shop, shall we?
Sunless Sea Knows The Difference Between Presentation and Gender
And also it’s mega-challenging. Like for real, mega-hard. My love for this game far outweighs my skill at this game.
Saturday Morning Cartoons: Toy Story
“But you picked last time!!!”
Amy Falcone’s “Clique Refresh”: An Awesome Webcomic About Online Gaming and Friendship
Amy T. Falcone’s webcomic “Clique Refresh” reminds us all just how great online friendships can be while taking us on a wild adventure.
Without a Safety Net: Talking Women-Owned Tech Startups with Section II’s Allie Esslinger
“Start-up culture is odd. There’s a lot that I struggle with — it’s not something particularly designed for anyone who isn’t already privileged. It’s hard to go into it without a safety net. There’s a certain element of romanticizing struggle that is hard to internalize as a woman, a queer woman, and/or a woman of color. “
Saturday Morning Cartoons: Radical Roots
In which we talk about Pride and activism.
GIVEAWAY: Dattch Wants To Woo You For Pride With An NYC Hotel Room and VIP Party Tickets!
Dattch is offering our readers the chance to win a pretty sweet setup for the most intense day of NYC Pride. They’re offering VIP tickets to one of the biggest Pride parties in the USA, plus a gorgeous hotel room to crash in afterwards.
“Team Girl Comic Issue 10” Brings Together Over 20 Women Comic Creators
Team Girl Comic #10 is a cool compilation of comics by women featuring a wide variety of styles and stories for all kinds of people. Plus, they’re having a cool launch party this Thursday in Glasgow!
This List of 73 Sexy Black Female Scientists Calls Out STEM’s Exclusion of Black Women
I’m so over lists reinforcing the idea that a women’s primary value is as an aesthetic object — but actually, I think McMullen has successfully combated that here. Yes, these women are being described as “sexy,” but it’s an inclusive, stereotype-busting sexy.
Programming Things 101: Hello Queer World!
Let’s talk about python. I picked python for our gentle programming introduction because when you squint really hard it allllllmost looks like regular English.
Saturday Morning Cartoons: The Party
“That jerk! You won that co-op in the breakup!”
Notes From A Queer Engineer: All Tesla’s Electric Car Patents Are Belong To You
I’m rarely (never?) interested in cars, but Tesla’s announcement just made the field a lot more interesting. So that’s something.
Lumberjanes #3 Has Adventure, Math and Science and Logic To The Max!
“I may be preaching to the choir here, but please, everyone, go and buy this comic, go and preorder this comic, go and tell your friends about this comic, go and spread the Lumberjanes gospel.”
Bout of Nostalgia: Chrono Trigger Makes Us All Heroes
“Male, female, what’s the difference? Power is beautiful and I have the power.”
Saturday Morning Cartoons: Whiskey
“Hello genderfriends and ladlespoons! Today we’re going to talk about whiskey tasting.”
Ubisoft Can’t Have Female Characters Because “Women Are Too Difficult To Animate;” One Million Eyes Are Rolled
Although the E3 convention has brought us some great news about women in video games, Ubisoft is stealing the show with it’s steadfast reluctance to include women in it’s games.
Joana Estrela Takes Us To Pride in Lithuania in her comic “Propaganda”
If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to help organize Pride events in one of Europe’s most homophobic countries, or if you love reading journal-style comics about queer women, make sure you check out “Propaganda.”
Saturday Morning Cartoons Special Guest Comic, Straight From “Oh Joy Sex Toy”
This comic is absolutely Not Safe For Work. But dang, is it good for the soul.
.gay And The Quiet War for Gay Internet
Some seem relevant, at least to my interests (.camp) and some seem like a facepalm waiting to happen (.sexy). But the one you haven’t seen quite yet is .gay, though not for lack of trying.