2014

Today I’m going to return to the old writing principle of showing, not telling. I’ve previously expressed skepticism about the necessity of always showing. Telling can and does play an […]

This article was originally posted at Feminist Borg. They look like us, but they are not us.  They have powers we don’t understand.  They don’t trust us.  We don’t trust […]

When Pacific Rim came out, many sources praised it for its progressive representation: The presence of non-American, non-white characters in heroic roles and, in particular, Mako Mori, a Japanese woman, […]