The ongoing movement for more inspirational female toys in the market is really incredible. It’s as if a group of women stood up and declared that no girl should be confined to sexist stereotypes. Girls should no longer be brainwashed into thinking that a man is superior to them in the career front and that only men can get the cool...
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Legion contributor Andrea Levine is recapping and reviewing Arrow for us this season. Follow her on Twitter@wysefyre! This week’s Arrow is very shapely. It’s filled with triangles. There’s Oliver-Felicity-Ray Palmer, Roy-Thea-new guy, Chase (implied triangle), and Tatsu-Maseo-Oliver, but the relationship we start with is not so much a...
As you know, we’re heading to Stan Lee’s Comikaze from October 31-Nov 2 and we are bringing some Icon Insanity with us! The first of our two panels with our friends at the Geek Girl Authority will be on Saturday 11/1 at 2 pm, entitled “ICON-O-CLASH: The Final Femme.” At this fan-centric panel we will be discussing our favorite...
Nominees, presenters and special guests of the 2014 Geekie Awards were definitely With the Legion on Sunday night, offering a wonderful variety of answers to the question: “Who’s your favorite woman or female character from sci-fi, fantasy, comic books or video games? Unsurprisingly, one of the first answers we heard was from...
I met Amy Berg a number of years ago when she was a guest on my Eureka after show on AfterBuzzTV. I thought we were just going to have a guest, but Amy ended up being one of the coolest, most talented women out there! She’s a writer and producer, and she’s behind some of your favorite shows, including Eureka, Person of Interest...
Earlier this week, Amy Ratcliffe over at Geek with Curves delivered a pretty comprehensive post about the lack of Gamora in the new outpouring of Guardians of the Galaxy toys and merchandising. Over at the Mary Sue, they’re bringing more awareness to the public outcry among fans who want the opportunity to spend their hard-earned cash on some...
Joelle Sellner started off as an advertising copywriter, writing award-winning print, radio and television ads for clients such as Lexus, In-N-Out Burger, and Kleenex. While doing all of that, she started writing animation, including animated series featuring the Olsen Twins: Mary-Kate and Ashley in Action. Since then, she’s written for shows...
“Do you know what the definition of a hero is? Someone who gets other people killed.” Meet Zoe Washburne: Fighter for Independence, second in command on the transport ship Serenity and an occasional, if reluctant, big damn hero. Portrayed by The Redoubtable Gina Torres in 14 episodes of “Firefly” and two glorious hours of...