Feminism & Geekery

We need to re-think race in the post-apocalypse.

By: Amanda Wallace This commentary is going to include some spoilers for the film Mad Max: Fury Road. If you haven’t seen it yet: what are you waiting for? If you’ve seen the film Mad Max: Fury Road you’ve probably gotten excited about Imperator Furiosa, the tough, bald-headed driver of the War Rig played by the indomitable Charlize Theron. Even before Fury came out, there was talk that Furiosa…

I'd buy a Poison Ivy comic any day of the week, what do you guys think?Fans Leverage #DCYOU To Ask DC For Poison Ivy Comics

This week, DC Comics announced their DCYou campaign that is promoting DC’s post-Convergence line-up of books. If that sentence felt like nonsense to you, let me put it another way: DCYou is a marketing campaign trying to grab readers who aren’t interested in DC’s big upcoming crossover event. So they’re trying to hype the books that the cross-over event will lead to. Honestly, this wouldn’t be…

Review: Heathen #1

If you’ve followed this site for any length of time, you know that here at Feminism/Geekery, we truly appreciate a good lady-led title. I’ll read the first issue of almost anything with a female protagonist though unfortunately that doesn’t mean that everything I read is good. That said, in the case of Heathen #1 created by Natasha Alterici, I not only adored every frame but truly appreciated…

Anna Kendrick as Indiana Jones: Should This Joke Become a Reality?

New non-profit organizations pop up all the time, particularly ones with celebrities. Red Nose Day is another such endeavor that aims to raise money for youth in poverty through making people laugh. To do so the organization is teaming up with NBC to launch a 3-hour long special on May 21, featuring tons of celebrities and (hopefully) tons of laughter. To give us a preview of what to expect,…

If you’re not familiar with DC Comics Bombshells here’s all you need to know: they’re cool. Also, the Bombshells were created as re-designs by Ant Lucia who turned popular heroines and villainesses into mid-century pin-ups. Both the statues, and the line of Bombshell variant covers from June, 2014 did so well that DC is bringing them back!

In fact, DC plans to release a digital-only Bombshell…

Waffling Around Games Ep. 5: Life is Strange

After taking a short break from all our Waffle Bites, the Waffling Around Games crew is back!  The fifth WAG episodes takes on Life is Strange – created by Dontnod Entertainment and published by Square Enix – a game where teenage Max learns she can rewind time. It’s a pretty neat mechanic for an episodic story-game, so we definitely have a lot to say!

Trigger Warning: Discussion of Suicide and…

Lady Thor’s Identity Revealed and It Is…..

First, obviously, spoilers. The identity of the new, female, Thor will be revealed in the pages of Thor #8…and also got leaked to the internet a few days early. So before we go any further, BE WARY OF SPOILERS.

So the woman worthy enough to wield Mjolnir is none other than Jane Foster. Apparently she was last seen in the comics refusing magical treatment for cancer, so we’re not really sure how…

A look at rape culture and video games, fun times! "Life is Strange and the 'Perfect Victim'"

TW: Discussion of date rape and rape culture. Brief references to suicide.

(Also: Spoilers for the first two episodes of Life is Strange, but I thought the above information was more important)

Here’s what we know as of Episode 2 of Dontnod Entertainment’s game, Life is Strange: Girls who go to Vortex Club parties are getting drugged, probably by Nathan Prescott, who has a demonstrated ability…

"Infertility and False Equivalence in #AgeofUlton" from @barelyconcealed

By: Amanda Wallace

Here there be spoilers, you are warned.

With the weekend release of Avengers: Age of Ultron still fresh, a lot of commentary has come out about Marvel’s principal female character: the Black Widow, Natasha Romanov. Most of that attention has been focused on male actors from the franchise calling the character “a slut”(some apologizing, and others doubling down), the series…

Iron Man – The True Villain in Avengers: Age of Ultron

It goes without mentioning that I am not pleased with the treatment of Black Widow in Avengers: Age of Ultron. That said, I decided to take a break from the gender issues in the movie (which the ever excellent Amanda Wallace will cover for us) and take a look at an even bigger problem in AoU: the Tony Stark/Iron Man problem.

A Bit of Backstory

When the first Iron Manmovie came out, I nearly…

Hopefully you’re already familiar with Free Comic Book Day, the first Saturday of May when local comic shops give out thousands of free comic books in the hopes of getting more people interested in the hobby.

Since there are 51 total titles being given out for FCBD, there are going to be books for every member of the family. Here are our suggestions, broken down by age/interest. Remember, if you…

Suit Up for Age of Ultron with @WeLoveFine's Age of Fashion Collection

Every since WeLoveFine came out with Ghostbuster’s rompers, they’ve been my go-to online clothing store for geek madness. This week, they continue to impress by launching pre-orders for their Age of Fashion collection, which is clothing based off the Avengers.

They’ve got women of all shapes and sizes dressed as Hawkeye, Thor, Black Widow, Iron Man, Captain America and Loki. When I go and watch…

Considering #HowOldRobot has been trending on all my social media platforms for the past day, I’m going to assume most of you have gotten the chance to play with it by now. For those that haven’t, the #HowOldRobot was created by a Microsoft Team and it will guess the age and gender of any picture you throw at it.

I’ve had fun with this, my friends have had fun with this, and  Kotaku has…

Comic Picks of the Week including work from @Joelle_Jones @jamieESrich @NateSonOfSimp and @hopelarson

It’s Wednesday which means it’s time for you to head to your LCS (or however you obtain your comics) and pick up something new! This week is a short week for me (I’m currently ignoring the upcoming DC and Marvel events) so let’s jump in.

Nonplayer #1

Creator: Nate Simpson

To be fair, this isn’t a new release, this is actually the third reprinting of Nonplayer. The comic follows Dana Steven in a…

This week's episode of Waffle Bites: Reproduction in Gaming

When I told Tim and Seth (from Acagameia) that I wanted to talk about reproduction in video games for our Women’s Month podcasts*, both were at a brief loss. Reproduction in all its gross glory is not something that many people think about when they think of video games. Still, we all dove deep. At thirty minutes, the result can’t quite be considered “bite-sized” but we hope you enjoy it all the…

3 More Projects for Nintendo & the Playboy Playmates

Earlier this week Nintendo invited Playboy Playmates Amelia Talon and Pamela Horton to play the upcoming third-person shooter game, Splatoon. Five months ago Nintendo teamed up with Playmate Pamela Horton for a nude Bayonetta Playboy spread. We can sit around and wonder why Nintendo keeps teaming up with the Playboy Playmates, or we can embrace this new partnership with wild speculation. So let’s…

A fun podcast celebrating some of our favorite characters in gamgin -Waffle Bites: Women Characters in Gaming

In honor of March being National Women’s Month, we are releasing a series of short podcasts, “waffle bites” if you will, to celebrate women in gaming. For our first Waffle Bite, we explore female characters that have personally made an impact on us.

0:34 – Seth (Acagameia.com) talks about Damoi Sochua from Civilization IV, and how…