Costumers Ask, "What are Women?"
There is some serious cognitive dissonance between costume companies desire to sell costumes to women, and their understanding of what women are - their understanding of fictional women at least.
Taiwan’s funeral strippers dance for a dead crowd
Should you meet your demise in Taiwan, a funerary option open to you is the Electric Flower Car (EFC), a wheeled, neon-lit platform upon which pulchritudinous women strip down to their skivvies for the benefit of audiences...both living and deceased. [io9
Clueless with Vampires? A look inside Amy Heckerling's Vamps
Meredith Woerner - After the success of Bridesmaids, we're stoked for the next big female-centric comedy. Could Clueless creator's Amy Heckerling's rom-com Vamps be the supernatural answer to The Hangover? We spoke with the producer to get the bloodthirsty details.
25 Geeky Weddings that are just as fantastical as the Royal Wedding
While the rest of the world dons their fancy hats for the Royal Wedding, we wanted to pay tribute to the great amazing science fiction and fantasy-themed weddings that have rocked our universe.
A brief history of Lex Luthor's cake-stealing antics
The Future Of Food Is An All-You-Can-Breathe Buffet
While other scientists have been wasting their time trying to cure diseases, one Harvard researcher has invented a device that lets you inhale food vapors. Finally, we're free from the burden of shoving delicious food in our faces!
Want To Work In Antarctica? Take The Mandatory Pregnancy Test First
This year, for the first time, any woman of childbearing age looking to work for the U.S. Antarctic Program has to take a pregnancy test. Testing positive means you won't get hired or will get sent home. Is that legal?
Even More of 2010's Best Female Comic Creators
Welcome to part two
Favorite Female Comic Creators Of 2010
This year, the first in which I've done a full year of writing about comics for CSBG, I thought hard about what I'd loved and hated over the year, particularly in regard to the issue of "women in comics".
Groundbreaking MRI Shows Childbirth From The Inside
For the first time ever, a woman gave birth inside an MRI scanner, allowing doctors to watch the movement through the birth canal from beginning to end. Here's a video with images throughout the process.
The Impressive(ly Young) Woman Behind Arsenic Aliens Discovery
You probably heard that NASA announced
Buffy Without Joss Whedon Is A Stab In The Heart
Yesterday, it was announced that a new Buffy The Vampire Slayer movie is in the works. Good news! Oh, wait: Bad news. Buffy creator Joss Whedon is not involved.
First Look: The New Spider-Girl Is Less Sexed-Up, More Kick-Ass
"Not every fight can get resolved by punching someone in the face…but Spider-Girl's gonna punch somebody anyway, just to make sure." A new Spider-Girl hits stores next week. Here, advance images and a Marvel writer on writing multidimensional female characters.
The $795 Shoe, And Other Stupid/Expensive Tron Merchandise
Disney has created a 3D reboot of Tron called Tron: Legacy. which looks okay. Not okay? The aggressive marketing, especially when it comes to crappy, bizarre fashion-y tie-ins meant for women. Like the Tron shoe.
Flowchart: Know Your Female Character Stereotypes
This incredible flowchart from Overthinking It breaks down the many clichés female characters fall into. Note to writers: The "Mama Bear" and "Vanilla Action Girl" do not count as "strong female characters."
Daddy Issues: How Can I Keep My Daughter Loving Science?
In our Daddy Issues series, a father of a young daughter seeks guidance, hoping to raise a strong woman. He looks to feminism—and readers—for help.
How A Kid-Lit Favorite Is Really About Trash Television
Katniss Everdeen is not here to make friends — she's here to win. In fact, her livelihood depends on it.
Mind-Melding Possible Through The Power Of Love
When we were eleven, my summer-camp crush and I nerd-flirted by attempting a Vulcan mind-meld. As it turns out, this may be (sort of) possible — and all you need is love.
How I Broke Up With Lost And Never Looked Back
In 2008, I was seeing a seductive, thrilling lover who often mysteriously disappeared, leaving me with hundreds of unanswered questions. In other words, I was watching Lost
28 Days: Special Tampon Can Save Humanity
In February, at a panel
Lost: All The People Who Died
We've heard that "dead is dead," but in the land of Lost—with ghosts, alternate timelines, reincarnation, etc.—that's not literal. Still, that hasn't stopped the show from killing off hundreds in its six seasons. Here, a complete roundup.
Lost: Six Seasons Of Hurley Saying "Dude"
With three episodes—and candidates—left, Hurley has turned out to be central to Lost's story and much-needed comic relief, breaking up the tension with a well-timed "dude." Actually, he's said "dude" a lot in the past six seasons.
Lost's Top 10 Love Scenes
Watching this reel is like having a series of quick-hit emogasms. Granted, true Lost freaks should know what the number-one moment is, seeing as it's the greatest love story of our time and all. Nerdswoon.
The Pyramid Collection: Shopping For Free Spirits & Black Widows
The Pyramid Collection catalog promises "myth, magick, fantasy and romance." And it delivers: Vampires, faeries, Regency-era heroines — the gang's all here!
Lost Finale Clue In Final Cast Photo
The final Lost cast photo has been released, and supposedly contains a clue to the finale. Titled "Final Flight," the picture features someone who's died and is missing one very important character. What does it mean!? We have a theory!
Lost: 6 Seasons Of Sawyer Saying "Son Of A Bitch"
In addition to "live together, die alone," Sawyer's "son of a bitch
Lost: The Complete Clip Reel Of Claire's Annoying Cries
Ever since crashing on the Island in 2004, Claire has obsessed over two things: "Chahlie" and her "baybee." Alas, "Chahlie" is dead and her "baybee" is always missing — and that's all she's been talking about for six seasons.
WTF Moment On Daytime TV
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