It’s Wednesday Links time! Is it lunch time? Are you eating and reading at your desk? Is it time to go home yet? … This following article was sent to my by one of my friends and I promptly shared it everywhere because it’s awesome – “In Defense of Villainesses” from the Tor.com blog: We love her and we hate her in equal measure. We feel that way because she revels in being all the things … Continue reading Links: Villainess, Badminton, & Fashion!
Like most Jane Austen fans, I focused my Austen attention on her six fully completed books. I really thought I had my Austen down, but then I thought I better look at some of her earlier writing and OMG HAVE YOU READ LADY SUSAN? This is a book that Austen sort of kind of finished – I mean, it looks kind of done but it reads like she planned to do some major edits and … Continue reading Lady Susan by Jane Austen
Mike Madrid is an author who has written several books (all of which are on my TBR) about women in Golden Age Comics. Let me tell you, there were a lot of Smart Bitches in those early comics, and this particular book, about Golden Age villainesses, tells you all about them. The Golden Age of Comics doesn’t have definitive beginning and ending dates, but it more or less began in 1938 when Superman made his … Continue reading Vixens, Vamps, and Vipers: Lost Villainesses of Golden Age Comics by Mike Madrid
