Sady Doyle went off on a magnificent Twitter rant aimed at the director who thought the original Frankenstein novel was boring – she lays down some important lit crit and historical context about Mary Shelley and her sister Frances which is pretty damned epic.
I’ve been reviewing Jessica Jones episode by episode over at Tor.com – here are the posts so far:
Jessica Jones Does Not Respect Doors
Jessica Jones Can’t Have Nice Things
The Jessica Jones Paranoid Conspiracy Support Group
Speaking of Marvel and women, check out this great interview with Sana Amanat, director of content and character development at Marvel Comics, who has been working to create the change she wants to see in comics as far as female heroes and diversity is concerned.
The Mary Sue saved me a bunch of time this week by publishing We Don’t Need Supergirl or Jessica Jones. We Need Both.
Phoebe Robinson writes about How Daria Shaped a Generation of Women (Especially This Black Lady) and is therefore responsible for me ordering the complete box set for my kids for Christmas…