The Lovers, the Dreamers, and Me: Reflections on The Muppets (1)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jan 22, 2012
2011 might have been called the year of the Muppets. With the new movie, The Muppets, hitting theaters back around Thanksgiving, newspapers, magazines, and the internet were all in the throes of Muppet mania. After years on the cultural back burner, Muppets were suddenly in the spotlight again, and read more
The Lovers, the Dreamers, and Me: Reflections on The Muppets (3)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jan 22, 2012
2011 might have been called the year of the Muppets. With the new movie, The Muppets, hitting theaters back around Thanksgiving, newspapers, magazines, and the internet were all in the throes of Muppet mania. After years on the cultural back burner, Muppets were suddenly in the spotlight again, and read more
LEGO TARDIS (4)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jan 17, 2012
I have been a Doctor Who fan since the early 1980s, long before Doctor Who was the new hotness. I can't tell you how excited I was to find these engraved police box tiles at the LEGO convention last weekend! Now all I need is a fig of the Doctor and a Companion. Allons-y! Geronimo! read more
LEGO TARDIS (1)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jan 17, 2012
I have been a Doctor Who fan since the early 1980s, long before Doctor Who was the new hotness. I can't tell you how excited I was to find these engraved police box tiles at the LEGO convention last weekend! Now all I need is a fig of the Doctor and a Companion. Allons-y! Geronimo! read more
LEGO TARDIS (3)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jan 17, 2012
I have been a Doctor Who fan since the early 1980s, long before Doctor Who was the new hotness. I can't tell you how excited I was to find these engraved police box tiles at the LEGO convention last weekend! Now all I need is a fig of the Doctor and a Companion. Allons-y! Geronimo! read more
Horror and Gothic film reviews on Examiner.com (4)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jan 10, 2012
This list is posted primarily for the benefit of students in my Gothic course this term. I am providing links to all of the horror and Gothic film reviews I have written up to this time. A few of these films are arguably Gothic (like A Streetcar Named Desire), but most clearly belong to the horror o read more
Horror and Gothic film reviews on Examiner.com (1)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jan 10, 2012
This list is posted primarily for the benefit of students in my Gothic course this term. I am providing links to all of the horror and Gothic film reviews I have written up to this time. A few of these films are arguably Gothic (like A Streetcar Named Desire), but most clearly belong to the horror o read more
Horror and Gothic film reviews on Examiner.com (3)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jan 10, 2012
This list is posted primarily for the benefit of students in my Gothic course this term. I am providing links to all of the horror and Gothic film reviews I have written up to this time. A few of these films are arguably Gothic (like A Streetcar Named Desire), but most clearly belong to the horror o read more
Gendered Consumption, Girls, and LEGO Friends (4)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jan 7, 2012
Marion Ravenwood, a female fig from the Indiana Jones line.
The LEGO Friends line has barely hit American stores’ shelves, and already a media backlash against the new toys is working its way into an online frenzy. Every article and blog post I have read thus far takes LEGO to task for releasi read more
Gendered Consumption, Girls, and LEGO Friends (1)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jan 7, 2012
Marion Ravenwood, a female fig from the Indiana Jones line.
The LEGO Friends line has barely hit American stores’ shelves, and already a media backlash against the new toys is working its way into an online frenzy. Every article and blog post I have read thus far takes LEGO to task for releasi read more
Gendered Consumption, Girls, and LEGO Friends (3)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jan 7, 2012
Marion Ravenwood, a female fig from the Indiana Jones line.
The LEGO Friends line has barely hit American stores’ shelves, and already a media backlash against the new toys is working its way into an online frenzy. Every article and blog post I have read thus far takes LEGO to task for releasi read more
From Victim to Vamp: Revising Mina Murray in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (4)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Dec 31, 2011
Like all art forms, comic books and films engage in the practice of creative theft, lifting the most interesting or iconic elements from older works and adapting them to new purposes in order to make them speak to current culture. Alan Moore’s two volume comic mini-ser read more
From Victim to Vamp: Revising Mina Murray in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (1)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Dec 31, 2011
Like all art forms, comic books and films engage in the practice of creative theft, lifting the most interesting or iconic elements from older works and adapting them to new purposes in order to make them speak to current culture. Alan Moore’s two volume comic mini-ser read more
From Victim to Vamp: Revising Mina Murray in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (3)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Dec 31, 2011
Like all art forms, comic books and films engage in the practice of creative theft, lifting the most interesting or iconic elements from older works and adapting them to new purposes in order to make them speak to current culture. Alan Moore’s two volume comic mini-ser read more
Bushwhacked by the Nightmare Native: The Western Roots of Firefly's Reavers (4)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Dec 8, 2011
In Finding Serenity, Lawrence Watt-Evans likens Firefly's Reavers to the legendary sixteenth-century cannibal, Sawney Beane, thus linking Joss Whedon's space-roaming savages to a rich tradition of bogeymen and monsters who symbolize the dangers of the uncontrolled id. At the conclusion of his essay, read more
Bushwhacked by the Nightmare Native: The Western Roots of Firefly's Reavers (1)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Dec 8, 2011
In Finding Serenity, Lawrence Watt-Evans likens Firefly's Reavers to the legendary sixteenth-century cannibal, Sawney Beane, thus linking Joss Whedon's space-roaming savages to a rich tradition of bogeymen and monsters who symbolize the dangers of the uncontrolled id. At the conclusion of his essay, read more
Bushwhacked by the Nightmare Native: The Western Roots of Firefly's Reavers (3)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Dec 8, 2011
In Finding Serenity, Lawrence Watt-Evans likens Firefly's Reavers to the legendary sixteenth-century cannibal, Sawney Beane, thus linking Joss Whedon's space-roaming savages to a rich tradition of bogeymen and monsters who symbolize the dangers of the uncontrolled id. At the conclusion of his essay, read more
Block Party: A Look at Adult Fans of LEGO (4)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Nov 15, 2011
LEGO toys are widely recognized as a staple of western children’s culture, particularly for boys between the ages of 8 and 12. Stroll through the toy section of any major discounter or retail toy store, and you’ll find a wide assortment of LEGO products, from PRIMO and DUPLO blocks for y read more
Block Party: A Look at Adult Fans of LEGO (1)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Nov 15, 2011
LEGO toys are widely recognized as a staple of western children’s culture, particularly for boys between the ages of 8 and 12. Stroll through the toy section of any major discounter or retail toy store, and you’ll find a wide assortment of LEGO products, from PRIMO and DUPLO blocks for y read more
Block Party: A Look at Adult Fans of LEGO (3)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Nov 15, 2011
LEGO toys are widely recognized as a staple of western children’s culture, particularly for boys between the ages of 8 and 12. Stroll through the toy section of any major discounter or retail toy store, and you’ll find a wide assortment of LEGO products, from PRIMO and DUPLO blocks for y read more