Archive for December, 2010


Day three of the Holiday Gift Guide is For the Geeky Feminist!

If you’re anything like this geeky feminist, your bookshelves are overflowing with your collections of Bitch, Ms., and BUST magazines, as well as copies of books with titles like Why Buffy Matters: The Art of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Action Chicks: New Images of Tough Women in Popular Culture. Tame those shelves with this nod to women’s history – Rosie the Riveter Bookends!

Rosie is riveting.

Speaking of your Bitch magazine collection . . . Did you know that Bitch only gets 7 cents for every magazine sold at a store? If you love Bitch‘s response to mainstream media and popular culture and want to support independent feminist media why not buy your favorite geekess a Subscription to Bitch?

Feminist Response to Pop Culture

Next up on the list is a copy of Ink-Stained Amazons and Cinematic Warriors and yes, I am biased because it’s my baby and I want everyone to think she’s very smart and pretty – but DC Women Kicking Ass recommended it too!

The Ink-Stained Baby

Another geeky book to add to those shelves is The Supergirls: Fashion, Feminism, Fantasy, and the History of Comic Book Heroines by Mike Madrid.

The Supergirls

One of my favorite feminist books is The Great Woman Superheroes by Trina Robbins. It’s out of print – though you may be able to order it directly from her (and likely get it signed too).

A MUST read for fans of female superheroes.

Other books I’m currently recommending for those interested in feminism, women’s history, and media include: Enlightened Sexism: The Seductive Message that Feminism’s Work Is Done by Susan J. Douglas, Maiden USA: Girl Icons Come of Age by Kathleen Sweeney, When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present by Gail Collins, and Feminism and Pop Culture by Andi Zeisler.

Every Grrrl needs a “Stay Golden” t-shirt featuring four of our favorite, and most feminist, television friends.

Thank you, Ladies, for being our friend.

How about getting Golden Girls The Complete Series to go with that shirt?

Finally, if only the Bronte Sisters Power Dolls were real! (With their barrier breaking feminist vision they’d be on my list!) What a great stocking stuffer they’d be!

The Ink-Stained Amazon’s second day of Geekmas is For the Star Wars Fan!

Wait, what!?!? You don’t have a Tauntaun Sleeping Bag from Think Geek yet?!?!?

Tauntaun Sleeping Bag

Originally an April Fool’s Day joke, this awesome bag will delight jedis young and old. (The Ink-Stained Hubby kept his on our bed for months!) Plus, the opportunities for action shots with pets are endless. Just look at Wesley!

He thought they smelled bad on the outside . . .

What’s that? You already have the sleeping bag! Of course you do. Well then how about a Wampa Throw Rug?

Snow Beast!

Are you, or your significant other, a little like Homer Simpson? Always misplacing your pants? Nevermore, as you’ll never want to take off these Star Wars-themed jammie pants!

May the cozy be with you!

Wouldn’t these Bounty Hunter Masks look cool on your fridge?

Bounty Hunters

And I’m thinking this Star Wars Mural is perfect for either the man-cave OR the she-cave.

Star Wars Wall Mural

Thank Geekness for Ashley Eckstein and Her Universe featuring Star Wars themed items that actually fit women!

Star Wars Logo Shirt

Empire Thermal Hoodie

For the Star Wars fan who likes to cook Williams Sonoma has a plethora of goodies for you from pancake molds and cookie cutters to aprons for kids and adults.

Impressive. Most impressive.

Bake tasty cookies, you will.

Star Wars apron.

Though it won’t be released until March 2011, I absolutely recommend the awesome Bonnie Burton’s forthcoming Star Wars Craft Book. Take a first look here.

Geeky Crafting!

Speaking of crafts – Etsy is a great place for unique, geeky, and crafty Star Wars-themed items such as this totally cute AT-AT Attack Pillow Cover.

Super-Geeky!

Bonus Recommended Geek Gift Guide!
A Holiday Gift Guide for the Harry Potter Fan from Smart Pop Books!

Hey nerds! Who has two thumbs, speaks limited french and is excited for the holiday season? This moi!

That’s why over the next 12 days (naturally) I’ll be posting gift ideas for all your geeky loved ones, from your Jedis and Padawans, to your Doctors and companions, to those who believe that Whedon is their master now, to your favorite feminist geeks and geek girls – there will be no shortage of gift ideas for the geeks in your life!

Since everyone knows I’m a huge Modesty Blaise fan (and I’ve already alerted the Ink-Stained Hubby to these items) I’m starting the list with . . .

Gifts for the Modesty Blaise Fan

This tres cool Modesty Blaise luggage set features images by Enrique Badía Romero who took over illustration duties after the untimely death of original artist, Jim Holdaway.

Modesty Blaise Luggage Set

Also available is a laptop case.

Modesty Blaise Laptop Case

I’m totally digging this Modesty Blaise t-shirt featuring the tagline from the horrid 1966 film version of the character and an image from the cover of Modesty Blaise.

Nothing can faze, Modesty Blaise

Modesty Blaise

I also recommend any of the collected strips – published by Titan Books – such as The Gabriel Set-Up – any of the 11 novels (though Modesty Blaise, A Taste for Death, I, Lucifer, and The Silver Mistress are my favorite), or either of the two collections of short stories, Pieces of Modesty and Cobra Trap.

Pieces of Modesty - A Collection of Short Stories

The Gabriel Set-Up Collected Strips

Bonus Recommended Geek Gift Guide of the Day!
DC Women Kicking Ass’ Kick Ass Holiday Gift Guide, part one (under $25).“Gift ideas if you like DC women who kick ass or are buying for someone who does.”