Just April.

Lately I’ve been reading a lot of sci-fi and fantasy, where the names are as fun as the stories. And I can’t help but imagine them as band names. I can just see them, lit up as banners on stages, with a group rocking out in front of them. Maybe on t-shirts in Hot Topic. Or just on t-shirts period. Authors, please make these shirts.

17 Twitter reactions that point out the utter absurdity of the Rachel Dolezal interview 

For the first few issues of the upcoming Fight Club 2 comic series, Dark Horse Comics is generating a letter column! The premise is simple…

Hey, would-be Space Monkeys!

Break Those Chains. 

Come on Gwen dance

It’s a girl party

GIRL PARTY GWEN

Gwennnn

Did anyone make fun of Jesus for wearing a robe

Ever since I began my Tropes vs Women in Video Games project, two and a half years ago, I’ve been harassed on a daily basis by irate gamers angry at my critiques of sexism in video games. It can sometimes be difficult to effectively communicate just how bad this sustained intimidation campaign really is. So I’ve taken the liberty of collecting a week’s worth of hateful messages sent to me on Twitter. The following tweets were directed at my @femfreq account between 1/20/15 and 1/26/15.

Content warning for misogyny, gendered insults, victim blaming, incitement to suicide, sexual violence, rape and death threats.