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Kate Kane, aka Batwoman, will be getting her own series this year, DC comics revealed. It will be the first time a major American comic book publisher has released a series with a gay character in the title role. [NYT] More »
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This video, of a girl identifying Star Wars figurines with her mouth, just validated the many painful hours I've spent in German class. Because there is nothing better than her "talent" - except maybe the blindfold. Or the presenters. [BoingBoing] More »
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She's been a doll, a Sim, and now Lady Gaga will become - most naturally - a cartoon. Bluewater Productions is releasing the comic books as part of a celebrity series, which will also include Taylor Swift. [E!Online] More »
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The Princess and the Frog doesn't hit theaters until December 11, but it's already making money — and it joins New Moon and Precious as proof that audiences respond to female-driven stories. More »
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Oh, Twilight. It's embarrassing that something so crappy is associated with being female. In this Fox and Friends clip about the movie's "fangirls," a reporter claims that 81% of all women(!) plan to see the movie. He also says females are "better known as babes" and that girls were turned on to the books by their moms — even though it's most likely the other way around. In fact, Nancy Gibbs writes about this for Time: "If there is any greater pleasure than watching your child vanish into a book, it is following her there to see what she sees. This is how it comes to pass in my household that my almost 14-year-old daughter and I are AWOL for long stretches these days." Gibbs also wishes "Bella were a bit more Buffy, slaying vampires and not just falling for them." Clip above. More »
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"'When I used to go to the San Diego comics convention, the only women were children or wives of fanboys who looked oppressed being there,' says Eric Reynolds, an editor at the graphic-novel publisher Fantagraphics. 'Now it's just as common to have a woman come up to our booth, and for her husband to be the tag-along.'" — from a Newsweek article about Gail Simone, the first "ongoing" female writer for the Wonder Woman comic book series. [Newsweek] More »
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