On Wednesday 13th July, 2011, authors Kirsten Tranter, P. M. Newtown, Mardi McConnochie and Georgia Blain met to speak about gender and genre in front of a very interested audience. The event was When Genres Attack 2: Attack of the 50ft Heroine. What followed was a lively discussion mostly (but certainly not limited to!) addressing … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: July 2011
Harry Potter and the Cynical Blog Post of Azkaban
I’m not about to review Harry Potter as I haven’t seen it. I recently watched Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 1 and walked away from it feeling like the splitting of this story into two films may have been the most creatively futile gesture in cinematic history. (I felt bad that I felt so … Continue reading