Geeking Out

Our 50th Geeking Out post!

  • The most beautiful intersection of Kim Cattrall projects.
  • The song of the Strong Female Character.
  • Lucasfilm co-chair Kathleen Kennedy talks producing, and how she convinced J.J. Abrams to direct the new Star Wars film.
  • Tina Fey is working on a Mean Girls musical. Here’s hoping Kevin Gnapoor’s rap makes it in untouched.
  • The new Star Wars film may feature a female protagonist!
  • The upcoming Boy Meets World spinoff/sequel, Girl Meets World, has found its star in actress Rowan Blanchard, and she totally looks like Cory and Topanga’s daughter!
  • Rashida Jones developing new projects for television? Yes!
  • Fourty years of solitude in the Siberian wilderness can do wonders, like letting you miss all of WWII.
  • Fairy tale adaptations are becoming more popular, especially in movies and YA, but here’s a list of some bizarre adaptations that are just baffling.
  • If you’ve ever wanted to start reading Isaac Asimov but were a little intimidated as to where to begin, Bookriot’s reading pathway is a great first timer’s guide.
  • Love dogs (specifically Shiba Inus) and menswear? Check out our favorite canine fashion blog, Menswear Dog!
  • Girls! Or parents of girls! A new STEM mentorship program via HuffPo.
  • EA is creating a Sims video game to help students develop interest in science and technology.
  • Persephone Magazine says it’s time we put to rest the outdated notions that friends we know online aren’t somehow our “real” friends.
  • We’re looking forward to reading Nicole Georges’ graphic novel memoir, Calling Dr. Laura.
  • Daily Show’s Samantha Bee tackles the threat to “bro-hesion” that female combatants in the front lines might pose.
  • A Japanese custodian spent 7 years hand-drawing an intricate maze, and now we get to see it, thanks to his daughter who found it 30 years later, rolled up in a tube.
This entry was posted in geeking out. Bookmark the permalink.