Great Heroines For Boys
Boys? Yes, I’d like to recommend some books with female leads that your son would enjoy reading. If your next question is “Why?,” then ask your daughter why she liked Harry Potter. She might say it...
View ArticleDelilah Dirk: Swashbuckling Heroine
Image By First Second Books There is a new swashbuckling adventurer on the literary scene, and her name is Delilah Dirk. In her first adventure, Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant, the author and...
View ArticleKorra: Why You and Your Kids Should Be Watching
Image By Nickelodeon There are many reasons to enjoy The Legend of Korra. It’s full of action: stunning martial arts, elemental power fights, speeding car chases, airship rides, and flying bison....
View ArticleJonathan Wood: Being a Man Who Doesn’t Kick-Ass, Writing Women Who Do
Guest post by Jonathan Wood The rule goes like this: write what you know. So what do I know? Well, I’m a copywriter. I’m in my mid-thirties. I have kids and a mortgage. For the record, the closest I’ve...
View ArticlePulp Fiction in Pearl’s Peril
Image: Wooga media I’ll admit that I’m a casual gamer. Kingdom Rush and Plants vs. Zombies on my phone have gotten considerably more play than any game on my PC, and at the moment I don’t even own a...
View ArticleWhy Are We So Hard On Our Heroines?
This is a question that’s been rolling around in my brain for some time. It started when I watched the first episode of Marvel’s Agent Carter and Peggy blew away all my expectations, and it twigged...
View ArticleA Heroine For Girls, PrinceLess, Issue #2
PrinceLess, Issue #2 The second issue of PrinceLess sees our brave heroine, Princess Adrienne, embarking on a quest to save her sisters from their tower prisons. We also learn that it’s not just the...
View ArticleMore Glimpses of Pixar's BRAVE
A while back, I wrote about having high hopes for the new Pixar film Brave. If you’re anticipating it too, you’ll be interested to know there are new trailers out. Go here to watch them, then go...
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