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…my historically favorite costumed superheroines. Well, sometimes supervillainesses; most of ‘em are ambiguous…or worse…at times.

Clockwise from top left: Lady Deathstrike, Emma Frost, Supergirl, Psylocke, Callisto, and Zarana.
Updated to add, thanks to Ginger’s reminder: My very first heroine, of the sword-and-sorcery variety (I was eight! Thanks, Dad).

Red Sonja
Additional note: Anybody who [...]

Me and a pal have been working our way through all the old Muppet Shows. Completely by chance– honestly it’s the truth– the episode we got to tonight was the one guest-starring Vincent Price. Spooky, huh?
Punkass Marc, don’t know if you’re “back” now or not (or whether I am, for that matter), but… this one [...]

The McCain campaign has refused to give up Heart’s “Barracuda,” in spite of the Wilson sisters’ very vocal protests, as Sarah Palin’s theme song.
I think this 70’s song suits her much, much better. Maybe someone should give the McCain campaign a head’s up?

Lyrics below the fold, for anybody interested.

Hey, I’ve posted another graph at my place about the campaign ads. Come on over and have a look.
PS: I’m less likely to let rude, dismissive, or annoying comments stand at my place. My blog is like my home: I don’t have to let everyone in.

I’ve been insanely busy with class and work lately (UGG! My finals are in a MONTH!), so in an effort to contribute to my duties as a blogger and still keep my life spinning, I’ve decided to do a cop out post. This post will not be moderated, beyond the automatic spam (or [...]

How many feminists does it take to change a light bulb?
The question is problematic, as it contains a number of coded assumptions that make it both inadequate and harmful as a means of developing social justice.

I tried. Really, really hard, I tried to stop myself from reproducing the above actual real, live news headline here. As you can see, I failed utterly.
BWAHAHAHAHA!
While we’re on the topic of bizarre Republican presidential campaign news items, the cops apparently finally noticed that the “B” cut into this broad’s face was backwards, [...]

Did I mention in a previous thread that I’ve never been drawn to the field of child care? I should throw “teaching” in there too. I don’t mind tutoring, and have done a fair amount of that since my high school days, but as far as attempting to control an unruly class of [...]

Perhaps because of the recent large patch download in preparation for the second WoW expansion pack, Wrath of the Lich King (be still my beating heart!), I and my gaming buddy have been witnessing an unusually high number of glitches. Most of them are just annoying, but there have been a couple of rather [...]

As soon as I saw this, I knew I had to read the rest:
Study the topic of “taking offense” and you realize people are like tuning forks, ready to vibrate with indignation. So why do humans seem equipped with a thrumming tabulator, incessantly calculating whether we are getting proper due and deference?
Rarely does one see [...]

The votes are in, and the topic of the day is Domestic Violence Against Men.
This is one of the issues that I, personally, feel is important and a place where MRA’s and feminists would be natural allies. No one should be the victim of intimate violence, man or woman. And, I don’t think [...]