Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on January 17, 2012

I have been a Doctor Who fan since the early 1980s, long before Doctor Who was the new hotness. I can't tell you how excited I was to find these engraved police box tiles at the LEGO convention last weekend! Now all I need is a fig of the Doctor...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on January 17, 2012

I have been a Doctor Who fan since the early 1980s, long before Doctor Who was the new hotness. I can't tell you how excited I was to find these engraved police box tiles at the LEGO convention last weekend! Now all I need is a fig of the Doctor...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on January 17, 2012

I have been a Doctor Who fan since the early 1980s, long before Doctor Who was the new hotness. I can't tell you how excited I was to find these engraved police box tiles at the LEGO convention last weekend! Now all I need is a fig of the Doctor...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on January 10, 2012

This list is posted primarily for the benefit of students in my Gothic course this term. I am providing links to all of the horror and Gothic film reviews I have written up to this time. A few of these films are arguably Gothic (like A Streetcar Named Desire), but...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on January 10, 2012

This list is posted primarily for the benefit of students in my Gothic course this term. I am providing links to all of the horror and Gothic film reviews I have written up to this time. A few of these films are arguably Gothic (like A Streetcar Named Desire), but...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on January 10, 2012

This list is posted primarily for the benefit of students in my Gothic course this term. I am providing links to all of the horror and Gothic film reviews I have written up to this time. A few of these films are arguably Gothic (like A Streetcar Named Desire), but...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on January 7, 2012

Marion Ravenwood, a female fig from the Indiana Jones line. The LEGO Friends line has barely hit American stores’ shelves, and already a media backlash against the new toys is working its way into an online frenzy. Every article and blog post I have read thus far takes LEGO to...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on January 7, 2012

Marion Ravenwood, a female fig from the Indiana Jones line. The LEGO Friends line has barely hit American stores’ shelves, and already a media backlash against the new toys is working its way into an online frenzy. Every article and blog post I have read thus far takes LEGO to...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on January 7, 2012

Marion Ravenwood, a female fig from the Indiana Jones line. The LEGO Friends line has barely hit American stores’ shelves, and already a media backlash against the new toys is working its way into an online frenzy. Every article and blog post I have read thus far takes LEGO to...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on December 31, 2011

Like all art forms, comic books and films engage in the practice of creative theft, lifting the most interesting or iconic elements from older works and adapting them to new purposes in order to make them speak to current culture. Alan Moore’s two volume comic mini-series, The League of E   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on December 31, 2011

Like all art forms, comic books and films engage in the practice of creative theft, lifting the most interesting or iconic elements from older works and adapting them to new purposes in order to make them speak to current culture. Alan Moore’s two volume comic mini-series, The League of E   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on December 31, 2011

Like all art forms, comic books and films engage in the practice of creative theft, lifting the most interesting or iconic elements from older works and adapting them to new purposes in order to make them speak to current culture. Alan Moore’s two volume comic mini-series, The League of E   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on December 8, 2011

In Finding Serenity, Lawrence Watt-Evans likens Firefly's Reavers to the legendary sixteenth-century cannibal, Sawney Beane, thus linking Joss Whedon's space-roaming savages to a rich tradition of bogeymen and monsters who symbolize the dangers of the uncontrolled id. At the conclusion of his essay,   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on December 8, 2011

In Finding Serenity, Lawrence Watt-Evans likens Firefly's Reavers to the legendary sixteenth-century cannibal, Sawney Beane, thus linking Joss Whedon's space-roaming savages to a rich tradition of bogeymen and monsters who symbolize the dangers of the uncontrolled id. At the conclusion of his essay,   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on December 8, 2011

In Finding Serenity, Lawrence Watt-Evans likens Firefly's Reavers to the legendary sixteenth-century cannibal, Sawney Beane, thus linking Joss Whedon's space-roaming savages to a rich tradition of bogeymen and monsters who symbolize the dangers of the uncontrolled id. At the conclusion of his essay,   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on November 15, 2011

LEGO toys are widely recognized as a staple of western children’s culture, particularly for boys between the ages of 8 and 12. Stroll through the toy section of any major discounter or retail toy store, and you’ll find a wide assortment of LEGO products, from PRIMO and DUPLO blocks for...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on November 15, 2011

LEGO toys are widely recognized as a staple of western children’s culture, particularly for boys between the ages of 8 and 12. Stroll through the toy section of any major discounter or retail toy store, and you’ll find a wide assortment of LEGO products, from PRIMO and DUPLO blocks for...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on November 15, 2011

LEGO toys are widely recognized as a staple of western children’s culture, particularly for boys between the ages of 8 and 12. Stroll through the toy section of any major discounter or retail toy store, and you’ll find a wide assortment of LEGO products, from PRIMO and DUPLO blocks for...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on November 14, 2011

Costume is one of the most important ways for films to offer clues to their characters' identities and natures. To some extent this is true in stage drama, as well, but films have the opportunity to view characters up close and at length; the camera can rest upon minor details...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on November 14, 2011

Costume is one of the most important ways for films to offer clues to their characters' identities and natures. To some extent this is true in stage drama, as well, but films have the opportunity to view characters up close and at length; the camera can rest upon minor details...   read more