Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Illustrator & Graphic Novelist Ashley A. Woods is joining Marvel Comics! The independent comic book creator (one of the artists behind Amandla Stenberg’s upcoming ‘Niobe’ comic) announced her new gig via twitter: “Excited to have my art on the world stage. After Niobe I work w/ Marvel & Rosarium Press”. Take a look out her amazing work below….
Photo At East 125th Street and Lexington Avenue. The sheer number of K2 users has left officers on this block on edge. Credit Josh Haner/The New York Times What happens when you blend into the field better than you imagined you might? This was never an issue for me. I spent most of my career…
An Interactive Guide to Ambiguous Grammar. Depending on whom you ask, the use of the active voice over the passive is arguably the most fundamental writer’s maxim, thought to lend weight, truth, and power to declarative statements. This absolutist view is flawed, however, because language is an art of nuance. From time to time, writers…
Well, That Escalated Quickly: A Samus Followup | The Mary Sue.
There’s been a lot of talk lately about the lack of women protagonists in videogames. But our problems with diversity don’t stop there. As one article recently noted, shockingly, there have only been 14 playable black women in videogame history. Gamers who aren’t cisgender white men often find themselves lacking characters they can rally behind….
On Sunday, August 23, Tyler, the Creator, was riding through France on the nicest tour bus he’d ever rented—a giant TV screen, a circle couch, extra beds—and heading towards the end of what was meant to be a month-long tour of Europe, reveling in the amenities his hard work had afforded him. The 24-year-old Los…
“I agree!” The enthusiastic word vomit fell out of my mouth before I could stop it. I grabbed my $13 dragon fruit-infused cocktail in front of my face and sipped, creating a makeshift barrier between my brain and what I just said. My eyes rolled back out of embarrassment as I tipped the martini glass…
So, there is this story making the rounds where Paul Dini on a podcast explains why execs do not want female viewers for their super hero shows. There’s a link in the resources below. But the gist of it is basically “Girls do not buy our merchandise.” Sounds horrible right? People are shocked! Yeah, well,…
Ending the Wild West The exceptions, the problem First-person shooters, action games and sports games have been popular among boys ever since the early ’90s. In 2012, the three categories combined were responsible for 58.8 percent of video game sales in North America. They’re easily some of the most visible kinds of games, lining…
Congratulations, gamer girls—you’re officially at the top of the food chain when it comes to games. A new study released by the Entertainment Software Association has revealed that adult women now occupy the largest demographic in the gaming industry. Women over 18 made up a whopping 36 percent of the gaming population, followed by adult…