In this week’s #FeministFriday post, Elle talks Marvel with a review of the first Kamala Khan Ms. Marvel trade paperback, Ms. Marvel: No Normal. *** Hot on the heels of my happiness from the all-female […]
In this week’s Skeptical Tuesday post, I’m explaining why I think we should all go a little easier on Brian Williams. *** By now I’m sure you’re all aware of Brian Williams’s “#chopperwhopper” in which […]
The Short List The Mars One folks are at it again. If you need reminding, Mars One is the peculiar, not-for-profit (yet strangely commercial) brainchild of Dutch entrepreneur Bas Lansdorp, who’s trying to send people […]
Okay, this is only kind of a #FeministFriday post, and it’s because the world will soon get more of two of my favourite badass sci-fi actors: Amanda Tapping and Torri Higginson. But I’m also super-excited about […]
I was trying to decide what to cover this week, bogged down as I am under the weight of this insufferable cold that’s going around, and I seriously considered doing a bit on self-proclaimed “food […]
Going Solar This week’s top stories seem to circle around solar power, so let’s have a look: Apple announced plans earlier this week to invest big in solar — to the tune of $848 million […]
This week’s #FeministFriday is just good news: Elle’s here to tell us about the first all-female Avengers team! *** So in honor of my possible future as the supervillain/antihero Feminist Fury (or perhaps in an […]
In this week’s #SkepticalTuesdays post, I take a look at a recent study of the microbiome of the NYC subway, and urge calm on the populous while trying not to type the words “anthrax” and “plague” […]
Title II The biggest news this week (that is, if SpaceX doesn’t pull off a first-stage landing this evening) has to be FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler’s decision to recommend to the FCC that it reclassify […]
In a slightly more ranty #FeministFriday post than usual (with good reason) Lindsey talks about the way social media campaigns are waged by rapists against their victims, and the next to damn-near-nothing we seem to […]