Things We Saw Today: Michelle Obama as Wonder Woman

Artist J. Bone was so impressed by Michelle Obama’s speech at the Democratic National Convention, he decided to depict her as Wonder Woman! (via Robot 6) 

• Volkswagon in India put what, for all intents and purposes, was a vibrator in their newspaper ad. And then, is some marvelous reaction PR, the called women dumb and insulting their driving ability. Read all about it at The Frisky.
• Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has called for Pussy Riot to be released from prison. (via Death and Taxes)
• The Daily Beast has an interview up with Lynn Povich, one of 45 women who sued Newsweek back in the 70s for gender discrimination. She’s got a new book out chronicling the experience called The Good Girl Revolt.

Mmm TARDIS latte. There’s one more at Buzzfeed but I’m pretty certain that one is photoshopped.

• The AbleGamers Foundation has created Game Accessibility Guidelines. They write, “Introducing Includification, a 46 page, fully illustrated guide and how-to resource for developers to make the most accessible game they possibly can. This is a truly one-of-a-kind document with its own companion website. A set of guidelines for accessibility options for disabled gamers by disabled gamers.” This is very, very cool news.

Photographer Kevin Knight created an iBook called Heroes, Villains, & Jedi, filled with over 100 cool cosplay shots. The best part? It’s available for free on iTunes.

• In not-awesome things found on iTunes – The Wonder Clock. “it is an interactive, conceptual piece that seeks to start a necessary and empowering conversation about childbearing.” Keep calm and carry on.

And finally today, for your listening pleasure, is J.R.R. Tolkien reading a poem in Elvish. (via Cheezburger)

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