We all need a little Faith
So teenskepchick isn’t really a space for religion, but it’s definitely a space for super heroes and Faith is shaping up to be a favourite of mine. Faith is a relatively new series which began in 2016 by Valiant entertainment and created by a host of lovely people: Jody Houser …
Anonymity online
Happy new year everyone, I hope the next year brings plenty of happiness for us all. To break in the new year, after receiving some unpleasant responses from some men on a personal social media account, I thought it was about time to talk about being anonymous. It’s unfortunate that …
Why the world is angry at Joss Whedon (or a few marvel fans at least)
I like Joss Whedon’s work, before anyone starts to get angry with me, but like anything it has its flaws. I hate to break it to you, but people aren’t perfect and this whole putting people on a pedestal thing isn’t good. For you or the person on it, have …
The Not So Beautiful Game, Step 11 and Last: In Which Our Narrator Dispenses Parting Cliches
As this, “Manage Expectations,” is the final step, one might be tempted to think that a great denouement might loom. Some things do actually change, but most things don’t. We open with the various denizens of the mansion in Hollywood holding a housemeeting to mediate between Herbal and Mystery with …
50 shades of fail chapter 4 : Where friends are bad friends and stalking is somehow romantic.
Content Warning: This post has a fairly graphic description of sexual harassment within it and as usual is discussing 50 Shades of Grey which is rife with abusive behaviour including stalking. The last time I wrote I left you with the breathtakingly romantic image of Ana clutched in Grey’s arms …
The Not So Beautiful Game, Step 10: In Which Critical Thinking Would be Better than Mindlessly Following Directions and Making Assumptions
After all the foreboding of doominess in the last step, one would have thought that step 10 (Blast Last Minute Resistance–it’s a euphemism for rape) would find the den of internet libertines in their $50k/month mansion in Hollywood in a slightly different situation than the last step. One would, however, …
The Not So Beautiful Game, Step 9: In Which Our Narrator Blames Everything on a Woman and is Horrified by Mental Illness
Remember how last step Style was explaining the tensions in the house full of internet Don Juans? Forget all that. “It took just one woman to bring Project Hollywood down.” Style then describes Katya, the woman in question, though he immediately reverts to calling her a girl, as in “standard-issue …
The Not So Beautiful Game, Step 8: In Which our Narrator Dislikes his Housemates and Falls Prey to Consistency Bias
Trigger warning: discussions of taking photos of sex without permission. Sexy photos, taking and distribution of, without permission, is what I would consider a sex crime. See Jennifer Lawrence for more. Other than that, it’s just generally kind of a tawdry and creepy sort of step, this, so if you …