Art Attack! An Introductory Guide to Comics for Ladygays
The comics industry is a big, crazy, complicated, ever-changing world with a lot of history — and some of that history is about queer characters.
Facebook Will Be Publicly Traded, and Some Think Users Deserve to Benefit
Technology theorists raise questions about who should be paying whom.
Cozy Up to a Digital Fireplace All Winter Long
Whitney’s Team Pick: Are your feet cold? How about a nice pixelated fire for them frosty toes?
17 Things on My Computer That You Need Too
These 17 things will make you well more than 17% saner if you download them. I’d venture to say 170%!
Birds of Prey Reboot Features Potential Lesbian, Is Also Potentially Problematic
DC’s comic book series, “Birds of Prey,” has a hard-hitting, whiskey-swilling, Betty Page-lookalike who miiiight also be a lesbian. WHAT.
On Booth Babes, CES, and Why This Female Tech Journo Thinks We Deserve A Better Apology
In which I respond to a BBC interview featuring yours truly on the matter of “booth babes” and call for a better apology from Gary Shapiro, all-around really influential technology guy.
This Post is a Test
Will this post publish and be readable on this website? Let’s find out by publishing it and trying to read it!
The Comic Sans Project Rethinks Your Least Favorite Font
Whitney’s Team Pick: Thought you needed more Comic Sans in your life? No? Well, here’s some anyway.
Lesbians Wonder Why We Don’t Have Our Own Grindr, Must Settle For Words With Friends
We’re here. We’re queer. And we have iPhones.
Sarcasm is Better for Your Brain Than Sincerity
“Scientists who have monitored the electrical activity of the brains of test subjects exposed to sarcastic statements have found that brains have to work harder to understand sarcasm.” I think we can all agree this is welcome news.
Make A DIY Infographic Of What Makes You Awesome With Vizualize Me
Carmen’s Team Pick: Look how impressive the internet makes you!
Gaming OPEN THREAD: What Are You Playing Over the Holidaze?
What secondary pixelated world will you be occupying to avoid your respective untold holiday horrors this year?
Batwoman #4: Smart, Feminist and Very Very Lesbosexy
Batwoman #4 passes the Bechdel test! And it includes a ton of tastefully done lesbian sex! What is happening to mainstream comics, you guys?
Write Your Paper Faster With Kittens
Emily’s Team Pick: cats cats cats cats
Talking About Neurosexism Nirvana
Carolyn’s Team Pick: Cordelia Fine has condensed Delusions of Gender into about 45 minutes. Watch this video, expand your cultural science literacy.
Your Favorite Misanthropic Teen Daria As Cosplay
Daria in 3-D!
Nerdist = Obsession + Direction
“Nerds get caught up in minutiae, because there is a tremendous and fulfilling sense of control in understanding every single detail of a thing more than any other living creature. But we also tend to have a very active internal monologue (in some cases, dialog).”
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, A Boundless Fantasy World to Devour You Whole
“Skyrim is an example of a game that pushes the bounds of gaming as we know it, peeling back the surface layer to reveal just what video games can do as a medium for something more.”
What Are You Listening To? There’s a Drink for That.
Lizz’s Team Pick: Drinkify solves the greatest problem of all time by pairing drinks with musical artists.
Battleground Twitter: Women, Misogyny, and #MenCallMeThings
RT @sadydoyle: When we all speak up, it doesn’t sound like self-pity any more, and it’s not hurt fee-fees. It’s structural oppression. #mencallmethings