Dystopia Ladies: The Selection Series

Within months, The Hunger Games film series will come to a close with Mockingjay Part II — and filmmakers are already in search of the next blockbuster in the dystopia genre. One studio is one step ahead in the YA book-to-film process. Last April, Warner Bros. had…

Farenheit 451: Still Relevant after All These Years

By Maureen Thomas

Exposing Sexism in Tabloid Headlines

An Interview with Erin Valentine and Ashley McGetrick of “Breaking News: Deconstructing Entertainment Journalism”

First, we’ll be bringing the Awesome Con write ups and news over the next week. The totals we won’t announce formally until…

Game of Thrones & the Women of Westeros 5/7 and 5/8

Game of Thrones & the Women of Westeros 5/9

“The Dance of Dragons” wasn’t enough to drown out the screaming

Game of Thrones & the Women of Westeros 5/10

“Mother’s Mercy” is bleak, bloody, and drains you of all hope for the future. And…

Thoughts on Game of Thrones Season 5, episodes 6–7

by Valerie Estelle Frankel

Feminism Does Not Have an Expiration Date

How Netflix’s “Grace and Frankie” is Changing the Conversation about Ageism and Sexism in Hollywood

He’s Ba-ack: The Horror that is Grey

Hey, has everyone heard about the new horror novel that’s sweeping the nation? Told from the perpetrator’s perspective, this terrifying tale tells the story of a man who threatens to bind and gag his lover into submission, who traces her whereabouts via her cell phone, who draws blood and…

A Night of Etheria: Amazing Advice from Jane Espenson