Hmm, now here’s something that I really kinda want feedback on but I wonder how many people are going to be willing to comment given the subject matter. Ah well… lets see. Let’s talk about geek porn! A few weeks back, I tweeted that I was watching porn or academic research but that it was totally 100%…
Tag: Barbara Gordon
Academics, Comics, Gender & Sex, Movies
Too Much Not Enough Batgirl (a Batman: The Killing Joke movie review)
by mav • • 4 Comments
(This is a review of the Batman: The Killing Joke animated movie adaptation that was just released. I’m going to mostly avoid spoilers if I can, but they will be there. But the book is from 1988. Honestly, there isn’t much to spoil… but if you’re worried about that… well, i guess that’s your damn fault for waiting…
Comics, Gender & Sex, Race & Class, Rants, TV
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…