Anglo-Filles

Welcome to episode 22, where Les Filles talk about Sports (real and e), the Mary Sue, tartans, Snowpiercer, Game of Thrones, American Gods, the Supreme Court of the United States, and some douchebag named Robin Thicke.

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IN SPORT:

Esport tournament didn’t want to allow women to play. They have since reversed themselves.

World Cup:

Tim Howard, US Goalie and Secretary of Defense:

(President Obama did say in response to a White House petition to give Howard the job that it was filled, but if an opening occurs, he will consider it.)

Wimboldon’s men’s singles final happened while we recorded, and it was a good time to remember our fave celebrity ship, which celebrates it’s 1 year anniversary today: Bradley Cooper and Gerard Butler.

The Tour de France’s first stage happened! ….in Yorkshire. We don’t even know.

The Commonwealth Games are coming to Glasgow! The Scottish team uniforms are….a thing. A tartan clad thing.

Kayleigh’s tumblr post on the changes at The Mary Sue.

Starz is developing Neil Gaiman’s American Gods with Bryan Fuller. (He has assured us this does not affect Hannibal).

Penny Dreadful has wrapped up, as has Game of Thrones.

Snowpiercer is finally out in the US (much to Alina’s dismay, not yet in Canada). That is a link to US screening locations (including the Historic Brattle Theater in Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Prepare to self-medicate after it’s over.

Speaking of self-medication, the US Supreme Court ruled that closely-held corporations have religious freedoms and can use those freedoms to infringe on other people’s (usually women and minorities) rights, because that’s America. We have some things to say about that.

So does Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, aka The Notorious RBG. You can buy a shirt here.

And then Robin Thicke is a creepy, threatening asshole, but his album shaming his ex-wife to get back with him is flopping, so there’s that.

We will be back next month with a new topic and a special guest! Happy summer, stay cool!

We never drink….wine.

(that’s not true, we drink a lot of wine.)

Welcome to Episode 21, where we shanghai in Dame Cleolinda Jones to discuss all things Dracula! There’s also the moment in which we broke Cleolinda, just as she breaks Twilight Noobs. It’s delightful.

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Annotated Dracula for all your nerdy Dracula needs.

Varney the Vampire, a Victorian era Penny Dreadful.

New England Vampire Panic episode of Stuff You Missed In History Class.

The Mercy Brown Vampire Incident of 1892

Dracula 1931 with Bela Lugosi

Dracula, 1958 with Christopher Lee

Dracula 1979 with Frank Langella

Part one of a documentary/interviews about the 1979 film.

Dracula by the BBC

Athena’s Daughters, an anthology Cleo contributed to, is now available as an ebook. The hardback will be out later this summer!

ComicCon posters for the NBC Dracula characters, or the moment we all knew we were in trouble.

The Praying Mantis because of course.

Welcome to episode 20, where Les Filles discuss “strong female characters” and the problems therein, with entertaining side jaunts down Comic Book Way, treatment of women in media including Hannibal, Game of Thrones, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and a patented Kayleigh Rant on The Following.

(I looked long and hard for the right image, and Maria’s headshake of disappointment seemed to fit.)

(But this works too.)

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“Screw writing “strong” women. Write interesting women. Write well-rounded women. Write complicated women. Write a woman who kicks ass, write a woman who cowers in a corner. Write a woman who’s desperate for a husband. Write a woman who doesn’t need a man. Write women who cry, women who rant, women who are shy, women who don’t take no shit, women who need validation and women who don’t care what anybody thinks. THEY ARE ALL OKAY, and all those things could exist in THE SAME WOMAN. Women shouldn’t be valued because we are strong, or kick-ass, but because we are people. So don’t focus on writing characters who are strong. Write characters who are people.”

From Tumblr User Mad Lori (who we did not credit in the episode itself, and we apologize. That was shitty of us).

The essay in full.

BossLady Dayna’s really excellent editorial on DC’s offering during this year’s Free Comic Book Day and how they have completely and utterly failed their female audience.

DC women kicking ass

The Miss Piggy version of the “Screw writing strong women” quote.

Gina Torres on how to work race into a character.

Alisa Selezneva of the 21st Century.

Meta Mondays discussing the historical basis for Game of Thrones.

Join us next month, where we will be discussing Dracula, and why NBC should be ashamed of themselves.