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Lisa Fary's earliest influences are Princess Leia, Rainbow Bright, Astronaut Barbie, and her 6th grade teacher, Ms. Palmer. She's angry that it's 2011 and she still doesn't have a hovercraft, but will accept a jetpack as consolation. That jetpack had better be pink with a rhinestone monogram.
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Once Upon a Time: Red Handed

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Emma could teach Ruby not to wear so much damn make-up and Ruby could teach Emma to rock a pair of pleather pants. It would’ve been the start of a lady cop duo made in fairytale heaven.

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John Carter Didn’t Suck

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John Carter has a sense of humor about itself. It knows its job is to be swashbucklingly outrageous and it delivers. Everything about it is a throwback to a simpler time when an afternoon at the movies was, in itself, an adventure.

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A John Carter Inspired Treasury

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I’ve got a lot of hopes riding on John Carter today and my fingers are crossed that it doesn’t suck. If it does, though, I can still console myself with some Mars stuff.

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Books: Among Others

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Reading this novel is pretty much like reading my own book journal peppered with fantasies of limited witchcraft.

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Casting Michonne

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I don’t care who plays the Governor on The Walking Dead. Michonne, however, is another story.

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The Walking Dead: Judge, Jury, Executioner

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Why the effing hell isn’t someone watching Carl? It’s not like they’re at the mall or the family barbeque where Carl can wander off, get into some minor mischief and maybe burn his eyebrows off.

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Once Upon a Time: Dreamy

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Fairytale dwarves are perfect workers for a conservative country. Asexually hatched, no messy lady business coming or going, and they’re all dudes.

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The Lorax: Fighting the Corporate Machine

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Is anyone else as horrified by the trailers for The Lorax as I am?

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Star Trek 700: What are Little Girls Made Of?

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This episode is fraught with sexual innuendo and frustration: everywhere I looked, it was vaginas and penises.

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Comics: Girl Genius Omnibus #1

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I may have projected some of my issues with American education and anti-intellectualism onto poor Agatha Heterodyne.

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The Walking Dead: 18 Miles

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Lori Grimes and her gender essentialism can suck a zombie butt.

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I’m a Corset Lady Now!

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I’ve been making a point of spending more time in the kitchen and more time on my feet in general, in preparation for culinary school in the fall. I’m finding that my back effing hurts and I want something pretty for support.

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Pilot Season: The Nightmare Continues!

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Remakes! Racial stereotypes! Feminists! More attempts to recreate Downton Abbey even though we supposedly live in a classless society! Also, you have died of dysentery.

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Pilot Season Snap Judgments!

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It’s pilot season, y’all! The Fall 2012 TV season is poised to bring us more police procedurals and racial stereotypes along with desperate attempts to pull of an American Downton Abbey.

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Kris Williams: Ghost Hunting, World Traveling, and Waffles

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Kris Williams has the best job in the world. As co-lead investigator with Ghost Hunters International, she gets to travel the world, stay up all night, and hunt ghosts. Pretty much everything we thought would be awesome as kids. Also, waffles.

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The Walking Dead: Triggerfinger

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Once I realized that zombie was shearing his own face off, I lost it. That was one of the most horrifying things I’ve seen on television in recent memory. Also, don’t forget T-Dog, y’all.

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Once Upon a Time: What Happened to Frederick

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Mary Margaret got a taste of the sexist rage toward adulterous women in this ep. David is the one who cheated and broke marriage vows, yet she’s the one getting accosted at work, getting snubbed by Old Granny from the diner, and getting her car tagged.

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The Untold Story of American Super Heroines

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This doc looks at how representations of powerful women reflect society’s anxiety about women’s rights. Which would explain the dearth of Ellen Ripleys and Buffies right now. For god’s sake, we’ve gone back to fighting for access to birth control pills.

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