The Hathor Legacy

Midweek Media: Kayak WTF

Brief transcript: The scene: a nice, large home. An older (white) man sits at a table, working on a laptop. A (white) woman approximately the same age as the man enters the room with mail in her hand. She pauses and says, “Honey, your eyes.” The shot changes so we can see that the man’s pupils are completely black. He says, “It’s for our vacation. [...]

Choose Your New World Frontierswoman

Alright, This week’s challenge: You’ve set sail (on a sailing ship or a spaceship, take your pick) to a Brave New World (which, oddly enough, always seems to resemble the US east cost or an amalgamation of Australia and New Zealand, ‘cos don’t y’all know they’re the same country) and you need (at least) three women that you know will get straight into cultivating this [...]

Reaction: Fringe (4×22)

Had I been coherent enough to give an actual post on last week’s Fringe episode, I would have mentioned my suspicions about Jessica Holt. She was too calm and cool with the whole “gonna die” thing. I’m generally skeptical of TV people who can remain that calm. Perhaps it happens in real life, but I’d imagine that when people face imminent doom in a horrible [...]

Reaction: Supernatural (7×22)

You know, I still hate the Leviathan plot. I still think they’re a tad over the top and silly, but I have to say that the guy playing Dick Roman has that slimeball charm thing down pat. He’s creepy, yet oddly fascinating to watch. Or is it just me? Poor Kevin Tran. Are we really to believe they let his mom go just like that? [...]

Call to action: radio personality would murder his wife if she breastfed too long

Amy McCabe submitted this link for LoGI, but I think it deserves it own article and a call to action. You really should read the whole article, but the gist of the story is this: a radio personality who calls himself “Coop” was ranting about a Time Magazine cover of a woman breast-feeding her three year old. He said: “What I blame is the husband-or [...]

A Thursday Interruption: Hooray for Thursdays!

This song always makes me think of the Tyrells. Tamara Wellons’ Songs for Janie should be available soon. I’m ambivalent about Kimbra’s “Settle Down.” It’s got elements I normally really dig (husky female vocalist, scatting, retro feel) but it’s so weirdly anti-the-other-woman. What. Welcome to 2000, baby.

Spoiler-Free Reviews: The Avengers

I went to see The Avengers yesterday! And, okay, you know how I’m usually Ms. Betty Buzzkill when it comes to SF/F, right? With my Critical Thinking Cap on and everything? And how I don’t like Joss Whedon, because his character-writing is formulaic, and he has significant issues writing women, PoC, and queer characters? And how I’ve never been an Avengers fan, and even if [...]

Choose Your Three Business Partners

OK, So you have a fantastic business idea that’s totally going to rock the world as we know it, and you need three partners. Women who are intelligent, hard-working, know how to get the ball rolling. Who do you choose? My picks: 1. Corinna Chapman from Kerry Greenwood’s series. She already has her own business – a successful bakery that manages to do well despite [...]

What I’m Not Reviewing: Smash

I’m gonna be real with y’all– I love Smash. It’s just the right balance of cheesy soap-opera drama and something interesting enough to make me care about the vapid interpersonal stuff, the inner workings of show business (with characters played by stage pros). Seriously, show me some behind-the-scenes stuff, for the stage or the screen, and I will at least give your story a shot. [...]

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