Taylor Swift, the biggest pop star on the planet, was recently interviewed by Maxim. The piece was short, but allowed a brief moment for its writer to unleash her inner stan and ask if they could be be best friends. Swift responded with a laugh, and the interview went back to business. But what if it hadn’t?
Whether or not you embrace or eschew the term "fangirl", this adorable video about ladies who obsess over certain shows might strike a geeky chord with some of us.
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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]
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]
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]
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.
"'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…
