I was perusing Facebook a little bit ago and my friend Dan mentioned that he’d recently bought the DVD of Cannonball Run, a great film classic if there ever was one (yes it is! Fuck you!) This got him talking a bit about Cannonball Run vs. Cannonball Run II and it made me ask if…
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Not All Refrigerators: Gender Violence in Geek Literature
by mav • • 63 Comments
Recently, my friend, and frequent conference collaborator, AJ Ortega posted a story about one of his students complaining about a short story he assigned for them to read. The story was “How to Date a Brown Girl (Black Girl, White Girl or Halfie)” by Junot Diaz. AJ’s student felt that it was inappropriate for a teacher…
Gender & Sex, TV
Fuck the FCC… Don’t screw them… Fuck them…
by mav • • 62 Comments
Here’s a little secret about me that you might not have guessed. I like fucking. Really, fucking is very fun. It’s awesome. If you haven’t tried it, I highly recommend it. Best thing ever. But, do you know what’s significantly less fun than fucking? Screwing! Fucking is hot. It’s sexy. It just sounds like a a good…
Race & Class, TV
Dem Duke Boys, Semiotics and Good Ol’ Southern Pride…
by mav • • 46 Comments
tSo for the last couple of days, Facebook has been full of people talking about the Confederate Flag. First the push to get it taken down from the South Carolina capitol. Then several retailers (Amazon, eBay, Walmart, Sears and a growing list of others) said they weren’t selling it any more. Then there was a…
Gender & Sex, TV
Caitlyn Jenner didn’t deserve her award — but she does now…
by mav • • 9 Comments
I find the whole Caitlyn Jenner thing fascinating. I haven’t bothered to say anything about it til now, because there was nothing really to say. “Oh look, Bruce Jenner is becoming a woman. That’s interesting. Good for him. Hope he’ll be happy.” But that wasn’t a blog post. I saw a lot of people bashing him…
Comics, TV
Non-Spoiler Review of The Flash (in Play form!)
by mav • • 33 Comments
So the season finale of The Flash was tonight. Steph watched it with me. Now she hasn’t really watched the rest of the season, and she’s not a fan of the comics, so she doesn’t really know what’s going on. I’m mentioning this because Steph hates when I misquote her, so fair warning: this is somewhat edited…
Comics, Movies, TV
Why Geeks Should Love Supergirl Even Though They Won’t Like It
by mav • • 13 Comments
Comics, TV
Please Don’t Save Constantine…
by mav • • 121 Comments
Comics, Movies, TV
Ok, enough with the Superhero shows…
by mav • • 43 Comments
I remember a few years ago when Tobey Maguire Spider-man movies were coming out and Marvel had just started Phase 1 of their Avengers film series, Howard Stern made a comment that ALL movies and TV shows should have superheroes in them. He said it didn’t matter what it was… you’ve got a police procedural going…
Gender & Sex, TV
Real Life Barbie with Kari Byron
by mav • • 10 Comments
Kari Byron in FHM ©2006 In the future, all celebrities will be interactively programmed by twitter group think! This future will be a wonderful magical place! In the mean time, I’m kinda curious about something that I noticed on Twitter earlier tonight. And it has to do with Mythbusters and Kari Byron,…
TV
Lucy Lawless to be on Agents of SHIELD
by mav • • 41 Comments
Huh… so apparently, Lucy Lawless has signed on for next season’s Agents of SHIELD. Because clearly, like George Takei, Mark Hammill and Summer Glau before her, she has realized that there is no point whatsoever to taking any role that can’t raise her autograph fee at comicons is useless and to be avoided at all costs. And…
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Oh My God, the Long Island Psychic is a scam?!?!? Who knew?
by mav • • 5 Comments
I am NOT shocked that someone has discovered that the Long Island Medium isn’t psychic. I AM shocked that someone spent more than 2 min writing an article exposing her. Tomorrow on Jezebel, we explore the controversial topic of are “Pamela Anderson’s boobs real?” The answer will surprise you! Then come back Monday for our…