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Jan 03, 2018Nov 18, 2020

In Remembrance of Allan G. Johnson, 1946-2017

Several years ago I was on an NYC subway and my friend told me to listen to this speech he had on his primitive, first-generation iPhone. We listened together, one earbud in each of our […]

Dec 22, 2017Nov 18, 2020

Anita’s Most Memorable Media of 2017

Every new year I say to myself, “Self, keep track of the media you love this year so when December rolls around you know exactly what to write about,” and every year, I don’t do […]

Dec 22, 2017Nov 18, 2020

Carolyn’s Fave Five: Games in 2017

It’s no secret that I put a premium on compassion and humanity in games and really, in all art, but if ever I felt a particular need for art that said something about hope, friendship, […]

Dec 21, 2017Nov 18, 2020

Ashley’s Happy Distractions from 2017

For me, this was the year of the podcast. Whether waiting in an airport terminal or securely seated on a train, I was happy to temporarily retreat from the world and listen to folks speak […]

Dec 20, 2017Nov 18, 2020

Caro’s Fave Five: Movies in 2017

Cinema, like all the arts, felt particularly urgent and necessary to me this past year. In the midst of all the sometimes overwhelming shock, rage and fear of 2017, these are the five films that […]

Dec 19, 2017Nov 18, 2020

Ebony’s 2017 Comfort Blankets

For what it’s worth (quite a lot, actually), there were moments of solace and triumph in the largely fetid swamp of 2017. For my money, 99% of those moments were born from the work, passion, […]

Dec 18, 2017Nov 18, 2020

Carolyn’s Fave Five: TV in 2017

In times of particularly intense struggle or hardship, people sometimes say that it’s difficult to see why film or TV or video games might matter. To me, it’s often times like this when the necessity […]

Dec 04, 2017Nov 18, 2020

Eleven Is the Hero I Needed in 1984

NOTE: This piece references events that take place at the end of Stranger Things season two. I want to tell you about Eleven, and why she’s my favorite in a long line of young magical […]

Nov 08, 2017Nov 18, 2020

Peach’s Tiny Taste of Freedom: Gender in Super Mario Odyssey

SPOILERS: Super Mario Odyssey’s climax sees our hero Mario, who has made a 30-plus-year career out of rescuing Princess Peach, once again doing battle with Bowser to save her from his vile clutches. Okay, okay, […]

Nov 07, 2017Nov 21, 2017

Ask a Feminist: What does it mean to “live a feminist life”?

Happy fall, y’all! We’ve added a new recommendation to our list of nonfiction feminist media: Sara Ahmed’s newest book, Living a Feminist Life. Anita can’t put it down, and my copy is here beside me […]

Oct 17, 2017Nov 18, 2020

Officer K and the Real Girl: Cultural Dehumanization in Blade Runner 2049

The original Blade Runner is a film without heroes, but to me, the most sympathetic characters have always been the four rogue replicants that Rick Deckard hunts down and kills over the course of the […]

Oct 03, 2017Nov 18, 2020

Geek Girls, Assemble!

  The FemFreq team had a great weekend in Seattle at GeekGirlCon 2017, and we’ve got the pictures to prove it! We had a dynamite time getting to talk to long-standing FemFreq supporters, and meeting […]

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