Fangirl Next Door

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Every time I review a book or comic I always get asked how I felt the female characters were portrayed both visually and within the narrative. I started thinking that this issue seems to come up a lot whether it be from female fans that want women to appear more clothed or from men that are trying to be the good guy and have them treated equally. As I began to think about this more in depth I realized that there many different sides to this issue and there are probably plenty of us in the community with varying opinions. I myself realized that my opinion on the portrayal of women in geek culture might be a little different than other females. The guys I review books and comics with always seem a little taken a back when I say I like the tighter clothing on females and that I think showing there sexy side works to their advantage. They also seem to be shocked when I say that I did not notice their outfit at first what I noticed was the strength of their character. That is not to say that they notice these things first but perhaps a certain sect of feminists have been pushing so hard through blogs and social media that all women feel like women are being treated as sex objects. I will say right now that if a women has it why not flaunt it and better yet why not flaunt it in a classy, intelligent and you know you want it but you will never get it kind of way. As I thought about this more I realized that there is so much to discuss on this topic and the best thing to do would be to assemble a group of fans to have a roundtable discussion. With that idea I brought in my good friend and fellow fangirl who is also a progressive feminist Tricia Barr @fangirlcantina from Fangirl Blog, Bryan Young @swankmotron from Big Shiny Robot and the podcast Full of Sith (it is an outstanding podcast by the way), and the powerhouse brother and sister themselves Riley Blanton @therileyguy and Bethany Blanton @bethanylblanton from the Star Wars Report to discuss the topic of Feminism in Star Wars. The discussion covered a lot of ground from is Star Wars guilty of over sexualizing women to what is over sexualization? We discussed many of the outfits that we see and why feminists are so anti Star Wars. We talk about strong women in other franchises and how they are portrayed. At the end of the day though we come to a consensus on what it means to have women in the franchise and what is most important. The discussion flowed well and I can guarantee that you will enjoy the listen and perhaps it will get your ideas flowing on this topic. Feel free to leave comments below I would love to hear your thoughts. To catch the show simply go here or to read the posts on this issue from the people involved follow the links below. Star Wars Report Fangirl Blog Looking forward to hearing your thoughts, Teresa

In this newest episode of our podcast I am joined by one of my co-writers from the Star Wars Report, Aaron Goins. He and I came together to discuss the first ever Star Wars Reads Day. In this episode we talk in depth about the event that I attended in Austin, TX and we share with you 4 interviews from some amazing Star Wars authors. At this event there were 6 authors and 4 of them sat on a panel for the  fans. It was the following authors that I was lucky enough to get interviews with. Aaron Allston- X-Wing Mercy Kill and many more Drew Karpyshyn- Darth Bane Trilogy, Star Wars the Old Republic Game and Revan Alexander Freed- Dark Horse Comics and Star Wars the Old Republic Game Ian Ryan- Star Wars the Old Republic Game and Encyclopedia In addition we also discuss the Essential Reader’s Companion by Pablo Hidalgo and a few other novels that have come out recently. I would personally like to thank Aaron for not only coming on the show but doing the sound editing for the show as we did have some technological issues. I hope you enjoy this episode and as always you can listen to it here or download it from iTunes. Please make sure to rate the podcast and leave a review on itunes it will help our visibility. Listen to this episode  Download this episode (right click and save) May the Force Be With you, TeresaD2

In this episode of the Fangirl Next Door Podcast I discuss the upcoming merchandise from Disney parks. At Celebration VI there was an entire panel that focused on the crossover between Disney and Star Wars. They discussed what the following year would look like in terms of Disney Theme Park merchandise. Some of the crossover brands you can expect to see are with Cars, The Muppets and of course Disney’s Fab Five. Listen to this episode here       Download this episode (right click and save) For all the supporters of this site and podcast please be sure to visit iTunes and subscribe to Fangirl Next Door Podcast on iTunes. You will recognize it because it will have our new blue logo as pictured above. If you want to get all the episodes from here on out then click this link and subscribe. We also need all your reviews and shares on social media. We need your tweets, facebook posts, google+ shares and anything else you can do to help get the word out. As always I personally appreciate your support and may the force be with you, TeresaD2Editor’s Note: In the podcast I refer to this episode as Episode 4 it is in fact Episode 5