Where To Draw The Line for Wonder Woman?
As long as Wonder Woman fans are willing to hand over their money no matter what, DC has every incentive to stay the course, even if they’re damaging the character and their fandom in the process.
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Superheroes
The Heroine’s Journey: How Campbell’s Model Doesn’t Fit
Why isn’t the existing Hero’s Journey model already good enough to use for heroine-centered stories? In this post, we address the three main problems we see in Joseph Campbell’s monomyth and its impact on storytelling, and how we hope to design the Heroine’s Journey model differently to avoid them.
Read moreIt’s a Big (Expanded) Universe – A Fangirl’s Thoughts on Where to Start
Last year at GeekGirlCon’s Star Wars Expanded Universe panel, an audience member posed the question – Where should I start? In our Expanded Universe where the books and comics present one continuous canon, this question pops up with regularity. I’m always interested to see how fans answer it. It’s natural to want to pitch our personal favorites in response, but not everyone who’s asking is going to have the same tastes. So when I’m presented with that question by a curious potential fan, I try to return a question to him or her before considering my response – What is it that you like?
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Korra Kicks Animated Butt
Following yesterday’s post about the new animated series with a strong female heroine, Nickelodeon’s press release (spotted on FutonCritic.com) highlights some of the key reasons this series found success straight out of the gate.
Read moreGeek Girls Losing Their Heads
Thoughts on the resurfacing of the “fake geek girls” discussion and the controversy over DC’s New 52 Wonder Woman.
Read moreHistory of the Universe as Told by Wonder Woman
The “History of the Universe as Told by Wonder Woman” panel wasn’t originally on my to-do list, but after I realized that my sister’s departure would conflict with the “Ink-Stained Amazon and Cinematic Warriors” panel I had to rethink my plan. I couldn’t go to the first geek girl convention and not see panelists discuss Wonder Woman.
Read moreFanboys, Feminism, and Frank Talk About Wonder Woman
I’ve blogged previously about Wonder Woman, and the struggles of the entertainment industry in its current state to get her back on the screen, whether small or silver. So I was intrigued yesterday to see this tweet from Geoff Boucher of the Los Angeles Times Hero Complex…
Read moreDC’s New 52: Business Misdirected?
The DC Comics relaunch is now well underway, with issue #1 for each of the New 52 having hit comic book store shelves. With all the attention this business move has garnered since it was first announced, I thought it was a good time to take preliminary stock of the early stages of its actual implementation.
Read moreREVIEW: Ink-Stained Amazons and Cinematic Warriors
As I prepared my review of Ink-Stained Amazons and Cinematic Warriors: Superwomen in Modern Mythology by Jennifer K. Stuller, I found myself jotting down some comments about fandom, feminism, and storytelling that I wanted to share in the introductory blog post. Some turned into more – then a lot, and I reconsidered how to present all the ideas the book had inspired for me. So I’m keeping today’s post short; I don’t want a voluminous blog with my own commentary to overshadow how important Stuller’s book is.
Read moreGeek Girl Con Saturday Roundup
It was a day of firsts: the first ever Geek Girl Con, my sister’s and niece’s first convention, my first time with a press pass, and most importantly the first punctuation point of many to come that redefine the power of geek girls.
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