A fantastic screencap I took of David Tennant if I do say so myself. It’s from the BBC show CBeebies where a bunch of the Doctor Who cast got a chance to tell bedtime stories. It’s wonderful, check it out on The Mary Sue.
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JILL AND SUSANA WRITE ENTERTAINING REVIEWS THAT GET LOTS OF PAGEVIEWS
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Susana:
I bought saga yesterday. It was super interesting and I want more. And it was super pretty.
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Jill:
i also read it yesterday. And am looking forward to more.
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but yo for realz it was super good you should get it
So here’s an ad I noticed next to our Harry Potter genderswap piece on The Mary Sue. It involves Hedwig’s varying neck.
Geek media doesn't exist in a bubble: themarysue.com is getting it right
It’s bound to buy them controversy, but The Mary Sue has been establishing itself as more than a hotspot for geeky women to get their daily dose of squee. Addressing issues of media misogyny, education, and now: choice. Geeks are not a politically homogenous bunch, no matter what gender they are, we’re a microcosm of a larger society. Taking on an issue as volatile as choice is risky, for a relatively young site. It is, however: the right risk. Although the article remains objective in reporting the facts without espousing a particular view on choice itself, it does take on the misogyny of legislators to their peers and highlights the fact that the vast majority of people trying to dictate what anyone with a uterus or vagina does with their bodies, are people who don’t share the anatomy they’re trying to control.
Women are geeks, and we aren’t wilting flowers. Much the way Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, and Bill Maher have become sources for actual news for a generation tired of the networks, geek media is poised to do the same for not only entertainment, but hard news: especially for young women. Being a geeky woman is itself, still a point of controversy. As DC’s Catwoman #0 cover and.the sexual violence-as-character development in the new Tomb Raider prove, we are often overlooked, dismissed or abused as an audience. And that’s not even counting the vitriol in comments. In the 21st century. Forget the flying cars, where is gender parity and equality? Reality, much as we’d like to ignore it, means that if you’re a geek with a vagina, we are a long way off from it being a non-issue. The fundamental right to bodily autonomy, self-determination, and sexual agency is one that politicians still feel they can ignore, as long as the people they are trying to strip those rights from, have vaginas. We have forced internal ultrasounds in Texas, rape jokes abound, and anyone who thinks being a geek site makes those things irrelevant probably also thinks that the gendering of toys is okay, too.
I applaud themarysue.com for not taking the easy path, but genuinely addressing issues that affect (geeky) women. Now, if they start dealing with other intersections like PoC as geeks: I will die of squee. This is what my news needs are, and having them met, is a joy.
Interoffice Communication
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Could someone take a stab at drawing an adipose carrying the sonic screwdriver?
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Jill:
new images of doctor who coming tonight
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Susana:
one of those images is a dalek carrying the doctor
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Susana:
then there's one of a slitheen carrying rory
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Susana:
and then an adipose carrying the sonic screwdriver
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Susana:
...
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Susana:
oh come on I thought those were good jokes
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Jill:
hahahaha
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Jill:
i didn't know they were jokes
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Susana:
hahahaha
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Jill:
i thought those were real things
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Jill:
and now i'm sad
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Jill:
am i going to have to pull out the sad \doctor gif for a 3rd time today?
I think there are many actresses that could play [The Doctor] because there are so many wonderful actresses. I mean, it would change the role because she would be a woman so when you put her in a room full of men, it’s a different scenario than if you put a man in a room full of men, because she’s a different sex. Would it change the fundamentals of the character? No. But it’s an interesting idea, if the Doctor’s a woman, does she have a Doctor baby? Is there a mini-Doctor? I don’t know, who knows? What actresses could play her? Oh gosh, so many, so many could play her. It depends on what age you would want…. It could be…Charlize Theron is pretty kick ass, isn’t she? They just have to find a brilliant actress.
Also: if you’ve seen the misquote that Matt Smith supposedly says that there will never be a female Doctor, here’s what he actually said:
Matt: I never see that happening any time soon to be honest. I don’t think it will happen.
The Mary Sue: Because you’re not leaving us?
Matt: No. (because he’s not leaving us) And I’m not turning into a woman.
(via doctorwho)
Noticing the Doctor Who tumblr reblogged a quote from my Matt Smith interview…
Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Jill:
i want us all to video interview Neil deGrasse Tyson, ask a question, and then just sit there with stars in our eyes while he talks
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Susana:
and then he'd be like "the constellations in your eyes are all wrong let me fix them"
Derailing 101: when less than intelligent internet users try to stick it to us women folk with opinions
Or not, as the case may be.
This comment was left on The Mary Sue last night. Specifically our post from November 28th on Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn. We’ve since deleted it but I felt the need to bring attention to it here.
See, this is a perfect example of derailing.
Someone who’s never visited or commented on our site before (yes, I checked) posts a comment they believe makes a vital “point” when in fact, they’re just showing their ignorance and prejudice. The Mary Sue is a geek girl culture blog, the James Gunn incident was squarely in our purview. To claim Susana doesn’t care about serious issues around the world is erroneous and an attempt to discredit her very valid opinions and concerns on the topic at hand. We get this kind of thing a lot in our chosen profession which, to be sure, is one we enjoy. So while I normally wouldn’t waste my time on someone who chooses to make this type of comment on our site (over a month after the article was posted I might add) I felt the world should know this is not a line of reasoning that will get you anywhere.
And FYI, Batwoman was the character in question, not Catwoman. Batwoman is an open, kick-ass lesbian with her own solo title at DC Comics.
As to the Clara business, Gaiman told us: “I love the idea of a TARDIS who doesn’t particularly like a Companion, just in the same way that there were Companions…Leela springs to mind, the old Tom Baker Companion after whom the character on Futurama was named, who the TARDIS really liked. It was always sort of part of the script, for reasons never adequately explained, the TARDIS liked Leela a lot. So if she doesn’t like Clara [pause] that’s something that may or may not ever be explained, it may get deeper, it may not. But I like that. I like the fact that the TARDIS is a character.
