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Artist Draws Superheroes Based on Little Girls Dressed as Superheroes; We Squeal

by Susana Polo | 3:30 pm, April 25th, 2013

Undergrad biology student Alex Law‘s new blog, Little Girls are Better at Designing Superheroes Than You (or BetterSupes.tumblr.com) is a blog after our own hearts. Law finds photos online of proud little girls dressed as their favorite superheroes, which are sometimes necessarily modified from the original design, and then draws superheroines with uniforms based on their costumes. It’s adorable.

Law notes that this is something he can only do in his spare time in between other projects, so updates will be few and far between. But there’s already more than enough to geek out over.

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Winter Is Coming

Game of Thrones’ Emilia Clarke Wants To Wear Her Daenerys Wig All The Time, Do Meth On Breaking Bad

by Jill Pantozzi | 11:05 am, February 18th, 2013

We all know wigs play an important role in HBO’s Game of Thrones but they apparently also play a role in anonymity for the actors.  So much so Emilia Clarke, who plays Daenerys Targaryan on the series, goes completely unrecognized. Even at HBO events. See what the actress had to say about her trademark white blonde wig and the two other hit shows she’d love to guest star on. 

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Things We Saw Today

Things We Saw Today: The S.H.I.E.L.D. Pilot Wrapped

by Susana Polo | 4:56 pm, February 12th, 2013

And somehow, this thing still has to get approved before it becomes a real series. (SuperheroHype)

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i'll just leave this here

HBO’s Girls, But With Robots

by Susana Polo | 2:22 pm, January 29th, 2013

First an HBO series, and then what? Soon enough robots are going to want out of the cleaning services and into jobs that we actually respect a person for doing. And then they’ll want to vote!

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Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Afghanistan’s First Co-ed Skateboarding School [VIDEO]

by Jill Pantozzi | 6:00 pm, November 22nd, 2012

Skateistan was created by Australian skateboarder Oliver Percovich a few years ago after children on the streets of Kabul, Afghanistan saw him using his board. And with that, skateboarding hit Afghanistan. But it didn’t end there. “Skateistan’s development aid programs work with growing numbers of marginalized youth through skateboarding, and provide them with new opportunities in cross-cultural interaction, education, and personal empowerment programs,” explains their website. “In Kabul, Skateistan’s participants come from all of Afghanistan’s diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds, and include 40% female students, hundreds of streetworking children, and youth with disabilities. In our skatepark and classrooms they develop skills in skateboarding, leadership, civic responsibility, multimedia, and creative arts, exploring topics such as environmental health, culture/traditions, natural resources, and peace.”

Take a look at this short video they put together then watch this short film for more information.

(Upworthy via Kate Kotler)

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Things We Saw Today

Things We Saw Today: A Bicycle Built for Eleven (Timelords)

by Susana Polo | 5:01 pm, May 29th, 2012

Nine: always bloody furious. (Fashionably Geek)

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Things We Saw Today

Things We Saw Today: Zombie Bunny

by Jamie Frevele | 5:29 pm, April 8th, 2012

For Easter: a zombie bunny by Ruben Martinez! We don’t recommend leaving out any live carrots. Or people. (via The Zombie Research Society)

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she blinded me with science

NASA Introduces G.I.R.L.S.: Woman to Woman Online Mentoring for Lucky, Science Interested Tweens

by Susana Polo | 11:48 am, March 30th, 2012

NASA’s G.I.R.L.S. initiative is so new they haven’t even really finished designing their homepage. But GeekMom was already on it, and getting the low down on the brand new five-week summer program that will connect girls with their own personal mentor, a woman working at NASA, from Mamta Patel Nagaraja, NASA official herself.

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Things We Saw Today

Things We Saw Today: The Ladies of Star Trek

by Susana Polo | 5:06 pm, March 29th, 2012

We already love Dylan Meconis (creator of Family Man), so there’s really nothing more to say about her depiction of all the major ladies of the first two Star Trek shows except that it’s great. (via Tor)

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Consider the Following

Sh*t Nerds Say

by Susana Polo | 10:24 am, December 30th, 2011

I admit to not being a big fan of the “Sh*t Girls Say” videos, because for every line that makes me defensively go “yeah, I say that all the time, what?” there are three that confirm that the video has a very narrow definition of “girls.” You know, to one specific kind of personality type, in a specific kind of demographic group, and blah blah blah big words but basically it’s those kind of sweeping generalizations that ruin a joke for me.

Now, Sh*t Nerds Say might visually narrow itself to male nerds, but, as you might have guessed, I’m far more comfortable labeling myself as nerd or geek than as girl, and on top of that it leaves me feeling proud that I belong to a nerd community when I say these things.

(via GeekMom.)

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