- 41. Margaret Atwood Is Here To Save Us (Again), But This Time With Self-Quarantine Recommendations
- (Books)
- ... by Atwood as a “literary cartoon,” this webcomic series sees parodies of historical figures fiction characters like Jane Eyre, Dracula, Elizabeth I and all your other favorites in quick little comedic, ...
- Created on 20 March 2020
- 42. "How To Be Fine" Is Exactly The Kind of Self-Help Book We Desperately Deserve ...
- (Books)
- ... “Admit You Are a Liar.” In this way, life-enhancing techniques are comically critiqued and divvied up into what is hooey and what is helpful. Spoiler alert: the best ways to be fine favored kindness and ...
- Created on 17 March 2020
- 43. Love The Feminist, Spirited Harley Quinn? Thank Amanda Conner And Jimmy Palmiotti
- (Books)
- Harley Quinn took over this year at C2E2, Chicago’s annual comic and pop culture convention. The Brooklyn native mistress of mischief, clown princess of crime has struck out on her own – she’s left ...
- Created on 12 March 2020
- 44. What We Can Learn From “Birds of Prey” and the Male Gaze
- (Movies)
- ... Quinn: Birds of Prey. It focuses on the infamous birds of prey comics, an all-girl vigilante/superhero team. This film follows Harley after her breakup with the Joker as she has to defend herself from ...
- Created on 12 February 2020
- 45. Week Of Women: February 7-13, 2020
- (Entertainment)
- ... and starring Margot Robbie, the latest film from DC Comics is told from the wacky perspective of Harley Quinn. In theaters February 7. The Lodge In this horror film, a woman’s secrets rise to surface ...
- Created on 06 February 2020
- 46. 6 New Books Perfect For The Coldest Winter Months
- (Books)
- ... story appears alongside countless imagined deaths, her desires and advice, and the sort of silly but acute observations on human oddities that have made her a beloved comic. (“I can’t really imagine an ...
- Created on 10 January 2020
- 47. Ali Wong Continues To Be Hilariously Raunchy In "Dear Girls
- (Books)
- ... reasons as to why more women aren’t stand-up comics, Wong presents an astute theory that safety is a major factor. "When I go on the road, I have to get into a car with a stranger four times a day," she ...
- Created on 20 December 2019
- 48. Janelle James Gives Listeners The Scoop On Her Major Brooklyn Comedy Fest On BUST's Poptarts Podcast
- (Poptarts)
- Janelle James is a bi-coastal comedian who you may know from The Comedy Lineup on Netflix, Late Night with Seth Meyers, or from Crashing on HBO. She’s toured with Chris Rock and Amy Schumer and she’s ...
- Created on 26 November 2019
- 49. Thanks To Kami Garcia, "Teen Titans'" Raven Gets Her Own Stor
- (Books)
- ... a wicked sense of style. “Diversity was important to me in general,” Garcia told me at a comic book signing with artist Gabriel Picolo in Chicago. “I taught for 17 years in public schools at Capital ...
- Created on 10 October 2019
- 50. How Overzealous Research Landed A Cross-Dressing Victorian Writer In Jail
- (Feminism)
- ... Mr. Limner presented what many found to be a comical appearance. He was bald with a bristly, grey moustache and wore a pair of gold-rimmed spectacles perched on his nose. In every other respect, however, ...
- Created on 09 October 2019
