Into the Spider-Verse is a Sony animated Spider-Man movie that came out in December and is arguably the BEST film of 2018. One of the things that made this film unique was its representation of women, including its inclusion of female Spider-people, the gender-bending of Doc Ock, and the portrayal of Aunt May. With all these badass women, I was SHOCKED when I was rewatching … Continue reading Spider-Verse and the Bechdel Test

Did you know I moderated a panel at San Diego Comic-Con International 2018? With sci-fi comes science, hence Comic-Con invites local organizations, including the Science Center, to host panels. For six years, I was a member of the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center’s program Better Education for Women in Science and Engineering (BE WiSE). They connect girls in seventh through twelfth grade with opportunities to … Continue reading Badass Female Scientists in the Lab and On the Screen

Seriously? He just said that? I’m gonna copy strike this guy. Just for that word, gonna copy strike him. Yo! Can we copy strike PewDiePie’s latest video, like, right now? He called us ‘Twitch thots.’ Alinity Natalia Mogollon (a.k.a. Alinity) isn’t the first female streamer to be called a ‘Twitch thot’ and she won’t be the last, but she blew up gamer news feeds last … Continue reading Twitch Thot or Not

I remember a conversation between the producer and his executive assistant in which they were deliberating over what categories there should be for the awards. It started getting contentious when they discussed whether there should be an award for Fan Favorite Gamer/Streamer or separate awards for male and female gamers/streamers. The executive assistant was trying to argue that other award shows are trying to move … Continue reading Must We Continue to Gender Awards?