This morning I awoke to a fantastic post by Karen Mangiacotti, who wrote about being labeled “the penis mom” because of an email she wrote pointing out the gender discrimination in a school’s request for “dads” to help with trebuchet project: Dear teachers and parents: Are you guys seriously only asking for Dads? Is lifting [...]
Archive for December, 2011
The Ten Best Christmas Movies (ish), Grinch Edition
December 23, 2011This post originally appeared on my humor blog, Risatrix. I’ve made a few changes, and it’s probably even more grinchy than it was in its first incarnation. But if you want to you know how I’ll be spending Christmas, this is a fair representation of my weekend plans. Ah, it’s Christmas, and time for every [...]
Shit Girls Say: Comic/Gender Analysis You Didn’t Ask For!
December 15, 2011Warning: she’s on again about the comedy. I keep seeing this “Shit Girls Say” video on Facebook and Twitter: I am apparently the only person on earth who doesn’t find it funny. I find it mostly boring and predictable, with a smidge of irritating. To be fair, no one’s claiming that this is groundbreaking comedy. [...]
Comics, Canons, Curation
December 2, 2011Please note: if you wish to geek out over comics, I’d advise you to head over to the December Dionysium event page, or, if you’re in Austin, to the show on December 7. It’s totally fine if you geek out here but I really can’t help you in that department. Yes, there were some multi-sided [...]