Brought to you by Alan Swist’s True-Blood paper doll collection! Print them out and dress them up!
Boo-hoo – he hasn’t done one for Alcide yet. Can I just say: fantastic casting!
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Sudden fansquee Sunday
Realising that True Blood‘s maenad Maryann Forrester and Star Trek: Next Generation‘s Ensign Ro were both played by the same actor, Michelle Forbes. Plus…
Gratuitous southern vampires (with bonus bad photoshopping!)
HBO have released some new character poster-shots, since Season 3 starts in the US on Sunday night.
(Belated) BADD: Fictional Heroes with Disabilities
(My apologies for the lateness of this post — still, I’m sure it’s still May 1 in one or two timezones. :)) While it’s true that people with disabilities are under-represented and misrepresented in popular culture, I wanted to spend… Read More ›
The Bland Perfection of Token Women
Why the glamorous hair and make-up? Why not a more realistic neat/tidy small town look? All I will be thinking is “why is she working in that laundromat instead of trying to be a Hollywood actress?” when of course the answer is that the real woman is indeed trying to be a Hollywood actress, and the director/producers have, for some reason, chosen to highlight this Tinseltown glamour instead of costuming their female characters as typical inhabitants of a small town.
Does Twilight deserve any “feminist defence”?
There’s been so much criticism levelled at fans of the Twilight series of supernatural romance novels (as the publicity machine has cranked up for the release of the second film in the franchise) that feminist hackles are rising, because the criticism tends to be along the lines of “See! We told you women are just stupid! Look at what they’re doing now!”
Linkfest: wheelchair dancing, acafandom, Declare Yourself, and “This ain’t rude”
In “How Do Wheelchairs Work? A Word to Choreographers”, Wheelchair Dancer writes an open letter to non-disabled choreographers on the “replication” of disability, and how not to work with dancers who use wheelchairs. ~~~ For acafans – those interested in… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 