July 6, 2010
[tweetmeme] After many months (and years of watching TV) I have finally completed my thesis, bringing to a close my master’s degree. The submitted document is available for download in PDF format for those who are interested in reading it. Download PDF (756KB) Heroic women in science fiction and fantasy television shows have done much [...]
Filed under: Writing
Tags: Archetypes, Battlestar Galactica, Buffy, Dollhouse, Firefly, Gender, Homophobia, Joss Whedon, Lost, Patriarchy, Racism, science fiction, Star Trek, SyFy, Terminator, Tropes, TV
May 6, 2010
[tweetmeme]Yesterday may have been the first Canadian Video Game Awards but I doubt they are the first instance of overt sexism in the Canadian video game industry. Last night I attended the first Canadian video game awards and minus the bad dialogue, the sexist jokes and the glorified “booth babes” as stage candy it wasn’t [...]
Filed under: Event
Tags: Allan G Johnson, Canadian Video Game Awards, Gender Knot, Jokes, Racism, Resistance, Sexism, Video Games
July 15, 2009
** You can watch, comment, share and subscribe on YouTube Veronica Mars has got to be one of my favourite shows of all time. No seriously, it’s funny, witty, smart, progressive. Women are technologically savvy, the privilege of white rich kids are exposed (well sort of…), and it generally has progressive commentary. Watch this video [...]
Filed under: Television
Tags: Buffy, Classism, Gender, Joss Whedon, Racism, Veronica Mars, Violence