Broadsheet blogger Judy Berman today came out to being a geek. I recently had to admit something to myself: I am, it turns out, a geek. I finally came to terms with it earlier this week, after drinks with female friends. We had been catching up and talking shop when someone mentioned Buffy the Vampire [...]
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This week’s Danger Gal Friday profile is a little bit different: Margaret and Helen, two “best friends for sixty years and counting.” Margaret and Helen are both in their 80s — and have started a blog set up by Helen’s grandson. I’m dubbing them Danger Gals because they speak their mind. From their About Us [...]
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Tales from the Inner Sanctum contributor Michael May is starting a new feature on his blog and it’s partially my fault : One of the things I want to do here in terms of content – or whatever we’re calling it – is to explore more of the female heroes in comics and other kinds [...]
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The Romance genre is so often judged on 30 year old bodice-ripper books, but I continue to maintain that it’s got Feminist cred. Case in point, SBTB just posted the obituary of Ms. Barbara Lantz, Romance writer and founder of the Tuscon Saguaro Romance Writers RWA chapter. I’m posting the obit here from the July [...]
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