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PSA: Former Facebook employee buying up fan sites for profit

Posted on July 3, 2011 · 6 Comments · Leave a Comment 

Two major fanfic archives were recently purchased by a man named Keith Mander for the express purpose of turning these not-for-profit fan sites into a money-making venture for himself. If successful, he plans to “quickly enter and dominate new fandoms” in the same way. Continue reading →

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Kate Beaton and superheros!

Posted on April 24, 2010 · No Comments · Leave a Comment 

I’m sorry I didn’t review Last Stand of New Krypton #2 when it first came out, because this past week I caught some random cold and, after getting home from work, have been totally incapable of thinking coherently about anything … Continue reading →

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SciFi/Fantasy Fans of Colour: Not Unicorns After All

Posted on May 12, 2009 · No Comments · Leave a Comment 

The wild unicorn herd check in AKA Global Represent thread hit my fanlist today. 17 pages of comments in only two days. Awesome :) Let’s make it really clear, people. If you identify as a POC/nonwhite person and you read … Continue reading →

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Aug 26

Posted on August 26, 2008 · 2 Comments · Leave a Comment 

I don’t know whose LiveJournal this is, but it’s not mine =) I’m both irked and amused that the anonymous author lists Supergirl: Maid of Might as their website. The sole public post on the site looks like it might … Continue reading →

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DC Universe Online

Posted on July 31, 2008 · No Comments · Leave a Comment 

So, what does everyone think of the upcoming MMORPG for PC and PS3? Here are two videos: Making Of and E3 2008: Live Wire Demo. As I understand it, you can’t play any of the established DC heroes/villains, but you … Continue reading →

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Supernatural’s F*** You to Female Fans

Posted on February 5, 2008 · 2 Comments · Leave a Comment 

I wasn’t going to write about Malleus Maleficarum, the Jan 31/08 episode of Supernatural, because it’s outside the scope of this blog. But it was truly horrific, an over the top display of misogyny which the show has been building … Continue reading →

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The Super-Duper Friends

Posted on January 9, 2008 · 1 Comment · Leave a Comment 

Very funny video: Challenge of the Super-Duper Friends.

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Sold my house! (and cute Supergirl prints)

Posted on September 12, 2007 · 4 Comments · Leave a Comment 

Yay, I sold my house! This is something that’s been weighing on my mind for some months so I’ve been pretty distracted from web stuff (see: the two month gap in posts over the summer, the lack of reviews for … Continue reading →

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