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2010
10 January
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Geek Programming for Womin: An interview by Kate
Chickpea and Yossarian are two of the organisers behind a series of free programming classes for womin being held at Library House, a social centre in south London. They were kind enough to answer some questions about the origins of the project, technicalities and their future plans.
2008
30 July
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Geek How would Annalee Newitz Reboot Farscape for a Modern Age? by Nick
By loading it up with dreadful clichés and just generally miss the point entirely:
Get rid of the silliness with this plot and make it dark as pitch, with some real gothic horror elements. Crichton is losing his mind and being enslaved by a chip that can’t be removed. Also, let’s give Scorpius a makeover — no more campy leatherboy zombie guy. Instead of making his wormhole technology into his “take over the universe” technology, make the killer app his mind-control chips. He should be a smooth, scary politician who wants to gain power by “changing people’s minds” — literally. That way the Peacekeepers really can keep people peaceful, by chipping them all. The crew of Moya is fighting not just to free Crichton’s mind, but to keep everyone’s minds free.
Also, she wants to make Zhaan a sexy assassin.
Farscape is almost unique (the less said about the miserable Lexx the better) in its delicate balance of horror, sex, aliens, and comedy, so why would it need to be remade into a more depressing version of Battlestar Galatica to “make it relevant” to modern audiences?
17 May
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Geek The Origins of Zines by Nick
On zines and SF fandom.
11 March
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Feature Essays Fangirl Project: Geek girls united by Kate
From the days of usenet groups and bulletin boards, fandom has been what the web has been made for (well, that and p0rn). From the time when Deadheads converged on The Well, the web has been a place for fans to congregate and discuss the lucky subjects of their fandom. In very minute detail. A lot of this has proved some of the most innovative of online communities while other have just been.. well.. deadheads.
And all that is great about persnickity and dedicated online fandom is coming together as the Fangirl Project .
Links-blog
Matthew Badham (Judge Dredd Megazine) researching the British indie/small press comics scene
and is seeking help from “indie comics peeps”.
Peach Melba zine review. Short but sweet
An awesome-sounding panel at SXSW Interactive
Venus zine is on its way back
(Uplift magazine)
Alternative Press Fair 2010 this weekend
It will be at the Aloysius Social Club from 12.
NYU Fales Library's Riot Grrrl Collection- details now available
Lancashire Zine + Artists Book Fair 2010 starts tomorrow
Kathleen Hanna Papers donated to NYU library's Riot Grrrl Collection
Apparently this collection is part of the Fales Library but there doesn’t seem to be any mention on the website yet.
Is Greater Than has been revamped
Online magazine is back all shiny and new.
Another independent bookshop at risk: Help save Toronto Women’s Bookstore
(via McClung’s)