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Everyone’s a Nerd Now (Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying About Clubhouse Cred...

Welcome to the Age of the Nerd The terms “nerd” and “geek” are now claimed by more than the stereotypical loners hiding in their parents basements, surrounded by comic book boxes with a game controller...

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Tony Stark’s Demons Are Staying in the Bottle After All

The “Demon in a Bottle” storyline is arguably the seminal plot arc of the Iron Man comics and Tony Stark’s character. So naturally after two highly successful movies in the franchise, when a third was...

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Guest Post – Tragic Tropes: Transgender Representation in Contemporary Culture

Taking a page from Jim C. Hines’s book, this is a guest post by my good friend and fellow geek, Ora, who was kind enough to provide her thoughts on representation of transgender characters in pop...

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Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: Media-Related Articles

May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month! Given the recent intense spate of conversations about Orientalism, whitewashing, and white saviorism in pop culture, I thought it would be useful to...

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Ready Player One: The Future of Us Screening and Discussion

Before I hit C2E2 next weekend, I’ll be taking part on a panel exploring the cultural and technological themes in the film adaptation of Ready Player One, this Thursday, April 5, 7pm. The panel has...

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C2E2 2018 Schedule

Next weekend will mark my seventh C2E2 (the only year I missed was 2011), and I only (ha!) have four panels this year, so hopefully I’ll have more time to wander Artists’ Alley and catch up with...

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