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[UPDATED] Marvel’s New Thor Is Going To Be A Woman, According To The View
“It’s a huge day in the Marvel universe,” said Whoopi Goldberg on ABC’s The View just moments ago. As we mentioned yesterday, Marvel was going to reveal an “all-new thundering title” on the...
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Why You Should Love Mass Effect‘s Dr. Chakwas - Get a glass of Serrice Ice...
The Mass Effect universe is full of incredible women. Tali, Liara, Jack, Miranda, Samara, Ashley, Aria, Kasumi, Nyreen… the list of motivated, intelligent ass-kickers goes on and on. And, of course,...
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Unrealistic Female Anatomy Tumblr “Escher Girls” Currently Facing Harrassment...
If you’re a comics loving feminist on the Internet, then you probably have a passing familiarity with Escher Girls and the sometimes snarky, oftentimes insightful work they do. If you’re a comic book...
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5 Feminist Lessons Little Girls Can Learn from Gravity Falls and Mabel Pines...
Aw yeah, the summer got a little sweeter in my house because Gravity Falls is back, baby! The Disney Channel animated series, which focuses on siblings Dipper and Mabel Pines spending the summer with...
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Click to view gallery Meanwhile in related galleries Minimalist Movie Posters, Made With Simple Sheets Of Paper These Paper Video Game Dioramas Are On A Whole 'Nother Level 7 Role-Playing Games You...
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Games for Girls? How About Games for Everyone? - Gender-neutral games are too...
The following was originally posted on Mary Lee Sauder’s blog and has been republished with permission. The portrayal and treatment of women in and around video games is a sore subject for a lot of...
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Six Leading Ladies of Shonen Anime Part 1: The ’90s - In the world of anime,...
Shonen is defined as anime and manga aimed towards preteen or teenage boys. A lot of the genre is thought of as being shirtless guys wrestling each other and comparing power levels (Example:...
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Six Leading Ladies of Shonen Anime Part 2: The 21st Century - Meet the beast...
We’re continuing our look at dynamic leading ladies from anime and manga aimed towards boys, this time getting into more modern stories. Here there be monsters! Lots of monsters. Shonen is defined as...
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Josei Gems: Anime for Adult Women - Card games, jellyfish, and running from...
Josei is anime and manga created mostly by women for an audience of adult and young adult women. Since it’s aimed at an older demographic, it tends to focus more on the concerns of adulthood and is...
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Haters Gonna Hate: Colin Farrell Confirmed for S2 of True Detective. But...
Now let’s cast Channing Tatum and really watch the world squirm. About twenty gazillion actors have been rumored for season two of True Detective, from Taylor Kitsch to Vince Vaughn to Elisabeth Moss...
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But Why, Though? DC’s New Licensed T-Shirts Suggest Some Terrible Things...
It’s Monday and we can only spend so many brain cells being frustrated with DC’s marketing and licensing department on a regular basis, so let’s try to ease you slowly into the annoyance you’re about...
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The Mary Sue Review: Thor #1 Brings The Lady Thor Thunder - All hail, female...
The much-anticipated Thor #1, with its introduction of female Thor, is here! A new era in the Thor mythos has begun, and it couldn’t be off to a better start. Setting aside the new incarnation of Thor...
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Lady Thor To Make Her Video Game Debut In Marvel Puzzle Quest - Marvel-ous!
“Hey, can you cover this so I can both praise and rant about MPQ in the comments?,” wrote the anonymous tipster who sent us this link. Absolutely, nonnie. We live to serve. We might not know a lot...
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A Girl’s Gotta Have Guts: Representation of Women in Hiromu Arakawa’s Manga -...
As a creator of shonen (“boy’s”) manga, Hiromu Arakawa is a woman working in a male-dominated industry. I noted in my last article about Arakawa that she has spoken about how she actively tries to...
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[UPDATED] Rumored Confirmed Female-Led Ghostbusters 3 Just Hired A Woman Writer
Yes, we like this news. [UPDATE: Paul Feig confirms Ghostbusters 3 will feature "hilarious women." It's official. I'm making a new Ghostbusters & writing it with @katiedippold & yes, it will...
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Happy Monday: Jada Pinkett Smith Brought a Man On a Leash to Her Gotham...
Reactions in the Mary Sue office to what Jada Pinkett Smith revealed at the Gotham Paleyfest panel over the weekend: “fUCK YES,” “god bless,” “woah,” “BOW DOWN,” and “DAMN.” That’s really all that can...
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The Mary Sue Exclusive Interview: Disney Infinity 2.0‘s Brand-New Playable...
Today, Disney announced the release of eight new figures for Disney Infinity 2.0 as part of their Disney Originals line – and half of the playable characters are female. We spoke with executive...
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Ladies Kickin’ Butt on Hulk: The Mary Sue Exclusive Interview with Disney...
Last year The Mary Sue spoke to Disney Infinity 2.0‘s executive producer John Vignocchi about Disney Infinity‘s commitment to having tons of awesome playable female characters, and Disney Infinity 3.0...
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Ex Machina‘s Ava and 6 More of Our Favorite A.I. and Robot Women
Ex Machina‘s a pretty compelling look at human interaction with artificial intelligence, and that’s got more than a little to do with its AI protagonist, Ava. AI can help us ask tough questions about...
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Clark Gregg Shares Thoughts on Female Characters and Agents of SHIELD Season...
In an interview with CBR, Clark Gregg opens up a bit about his view on how Marvel has been handling its portrayal of female characters. He also shared a bit on where Agent Coulson is now versus where...
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