- This is a bit of a stretch, since things have changed drastically for those poor, poor folks on The Walking Dead, but fun nonetheless: TWD and Toy Story are the same tale.
- List of shame: television shows that hired no women nor POC writers in 2011-2012.
- On that tip, both The Mary Sue and io9 believe Doctor Who is in desperate need of female writers.
- Everyone, gird your loins: there’s going to be another Tomb Raider movie.
- The Wachowskis and Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski are teaming up for a new Netflix series, Sense8.
- With the pending premiere of Room 237, the conspiracy theories surrounding The Shining are getting discussed again. Who needs sleep anyway.
- Author Malinda Lo discusses how to write diverse YA without making it a Big Deal.
- Miss Representation has started an Indiegogo campaign to build an app to help combat media sexism. They’ve reached their goal, but this is still a worthy cause to support.
- Women who have a variety of skills tend not to choose careers in STEM.
- Photos of famous people as kids in general are kind of great. Check out these teenage snaps of some famous authors, including Toni Morrison and Neil Gaiman.
- Grandma Got STEM is a blog that manages to both celebrate women’s accomplishments and debunk ageist attitudes. (Thanks for the tip, Meredith!)
- Wired uses science to tackle whether the Wall in Game of Thrones could actually exist.
- Speaking of GoT, and because everyone is doing it: sum up your family in a pithy witticism.
