Nerds and Male Privilege

Nerds and Male Privilege

The idea that perhaps the way women are portrayed in fandom is aleetle sexist is regularly met with denials, justifications and outright dismissal of the issue. So regularly, in fact, that there's a Bingo card covering the most common responses.

The Best Viral Videos of 2011

Kittehs, Chatbots, Kim Jong-Il: The Best Viral Videos of 2011

These are the videos that kept millions of us mesmerized (and caused some of us to spit milk out our noses) this year. Watch at your own risk.

22 TV variations on It’s A Wonderful Life

Enjoyable list for everyone in general. But Helen, what a coincidence... see number 4.


“Every time a bell rings...”: 22 TV variations on It’s A Wonderful Life

1. Raising Hope, “It’s A Hopeful Life” (2011)
Though it took some time for It’s A Wonderful Life to become the seasonal staple it is today, Frank Capra’s 1946 film serves dual purposes in TV land. One, it reliably fills in a few two-hour programming holes around Christmastime; two, its most famous sequence—where destitute protagonist George Bailey wishes he’d never been born, and his guardian angel Clarence shows him the flaw in that logic—has become a perennial source of inspiration for television writers. In one of the most recent It’s A Wonderful Life ...