Replicants and Reproduction: Blade Runner 2049 and Sci Fi’s Obsession with Motherhood
By Emma Louise Backe (Warning: Blade Runner 2049 spoilers.) From the outset of Blade Runner 2049, Agent K (Ryan Gosling)…
By Emma Louise Backe (Warning: Blade Runner 2049 spoilers.) From the outset of Blade Runner 2049, Agent K (Ryan Gosling)…
In this edition of Blogging 101, we’re featuring Lady Science, a blog and publication started by Anna Reser and Leila…
I can clearly remember my first time ever going to a comic book convention. It was rather late in life- I’ve been a fan of comics since I was thirteen, but I went to my first convention at the age of 34. The circumstances were pretty basic- I moved to the city of Baltimore, which has its own comic convention (called the Baltimore Comic-Con). My friend and neighbor was a much bigger comics fan than me, so he was going with his boyfriend of the time. So why not go? Experiences when I am a fish out of water are much better in a group, and if I know individuals I will feel less awkward. Additionally, the boyfriend wasn’t a comics fan at all; he could easily be used as a buffer if things got a bit overwhelming.
By Emma Louise Backe Featured Image by Secret Identity Cosplay and Buzzfeed. Other images included in the article were taken by the…
By Emma Louise Backe Part I of the series can be read here. The genre of horror is one that…