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[veryapplecider]

Road to Wiscon #39

hey all my followers, I am going to be at Wiscon this weekend! 

I will be on the Podcasting for Beginners (I’m Nico D. on the listing) panel on Saturday, 8:30-9:45 AM (SO BRING COFFEE, PLEASE!) 

If you want to get in contact with me there, send me a PM and we can exchange information. But be on the lookout for a frazzled brunette with pink running shoes and a huge black Chrome bag, that’ll probably be me. 

Leaving for the bus soon, yay! 

[theheroinesjourney]

This week, LC is joined by the delightful Apple Cider Mage, cohost and editor of the Justice Points podcast, to talk about The Fifth Element, Luc Besson's deeply problematic yet deeply awesome 1997 futuristic classic, including:

A strong disclaimer -- is The Fifth Element really a good example of a lady story?

Our problems with Leeloo, and why we love her anyway

How Besson's bright and colorful futures serves an antidote to post-apocalyptic malaise

How Ruby Rhod and Korben Dallas turn masculinity on its head

Plus: Supergirl! Why we're excited for a superheroine like us; differences between the MCU and comic book audiences; female comics fandom across the decades; and why Netflix could change everything; also – male versus female player characters, roleplaying in mmos versus singleplayer games; and your emails!

[veryapplecider]

I wrote a few things about Warcraft borrowing heavily on Tumblr's culture and girly things with their latest marketing and why I think it fails:

http://www.applecidermage.com/2014/11/21/memes-context-and-teen-girls-how-just-warlord-things-rings-false/