Posts by: Emily
MAC Wonder Woman

Comic Books Kiss and Makeup with Women

By On February 5, 2011 · 1 Comment

I was walking by a MAC cosmetic store today when I was arrested by the sight of Wonder Woman in the window. Yes, the world’s most famous Amazon princess now has her own line of face paint.

I’m not quite sure what Diana herself would make of this. She does have the beauty [...]

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Temeraire and Laurence

Girls Love Dragons

By On February 4, 2011 · Leave a Comment

I was surprised to find that there was no post about the Temeraire series by fellow-geek-girl Naomi Novik on this blog. It’s about time we had one!

Several months ago, TDF Pamela asked us about “comfort reads”–books we read and reread all the time. I didn’t have an answer for her at the time, but [...]

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Young Justice: Geek Girls Get Animated

By On January 24, 2011 · 6 Comments

Cartoon Network’s Young Justice premiered in November, but neither of the team’s female heroines were featured. (And honestly, what’s up with that?) In the January 21st episode, “Welcome to Happy Harbor,” dealt with integrating Miss Martian (voiced by Danica McKellar) into the team. Aside from a few annoying choices by the writers (why exactly would [...]

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Game of Thrones April 17!

By On January 19, 2011 · 4 Comments

Here at TDF we are super (!!) excited about HBO’s upcoming series Game of Thrones. It’s based on George R. R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire” fantasy novels, and has terrific buzz coming out of the Television Critics Association presentation a few weeks ago. At TCA stars Sean Bean (Sharpe, Lord of the [...]

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Mark Your Calendar: Holiday Geekiness and More!

By On November 24, 2010 · 3 Comments

Last time we covered a lot of ground. But there have been some additions and updates to the Geek Calendar. I hope to keep updating every two months or so. Please let me know what kind of “geeky” things you want to be notified of!

November 26, 2010: Forget Black Friday. It’s Superhero [...]

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Is Marvel Animation About to Take Off?

By On November 21, 2010 · 3 Comments

Ever since Batman: the Animated Series, Warner Brothers-owned DC Comics has always had a great animated lineup in film and TV. But Marvel animation has always been hit or miss. The Spider-man and X-Men animated series from the 1990s were hits–they also introduced me to the Marvel Universe. However, I doubt anyone cares to recall [...]

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You Can Do It, and Other Stuff to Say to NaNoWriMo Runners

By On November 7, 2010 · 1 Comment

On November 7, people from all over the world come to my hometown of New York City to run in the New York City Marathon. People line the streets the entire route, cheering the runners onward, waving signs and handing out water. Meanwhile, on the internet, thousands more are running a different kind of marathon–NaNoWriMo. [...]

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Guilty Pleasures: Jem and the Holograms

By On September 28, 2010 · 10 Comments

There was no shame in a girl born in the 1980s (as I was) being a fan of the TV series Jem and the Holograms, but I feel a little bit awkward when I tell people I’m still a fan to this day. In fact, I don’t like people to touch my iPod because they [...]

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Banned Book Week: Speak Up!

By On September 27, 2010 · Leave a Comment

As you may have heard September 25th to October 2nd 2010 is the American Library Association’s Banned Book Week. According to the ALA’s website, these were the most challenged books of last year:

1. “TTYL; TTFN; L8R, G8R (series), by Lauren Myracle
Reasons: Nudity, Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group, [...]

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Mark Your Calendar: Upcoming Geekiness

By On September 15, 2010 · 8 Comments

The weather changing to Fall, it might have you down. Don’t despair! Here are some things to look forward to!

September 12, 2010: True Blood season finale! Will Eric survive? Can Pam be awesomer? Find out this Sunday! [Editor's Note: Oops, we missed this one! Sorry about that! I was on the road and didn't [...]

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