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Shake it off - the Gamergate version
I think I'm probably more in the closet about liking Taylor Swift's music than I am about liking girls.But anyway. I am in love with Swift's latest single, Shake If Off, with its powerful "Fuck...
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Tomb Raider: The Ten Thousand Immortals reviewed – from Reboot Lara to Robot...
Maybe you have a Tomb Raider enthusiast in your life, or perhaps you are the Lara Croft fanatic yourself? Either way, if you’re looking for something suitable for Christmas, and haven’t picked it up...
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Have yourself a Merry Little Croftmas
I didn't get around to doing my pop-culture-post-a-day Advent Calendar this year, but in substitute, for the next 9 days I encourage you to check out 2 fun Christmas countdown projects from Tomb Raider...
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These are a few of my favourite things...
Cue Julie Andrews...Comics and movies. Two of my favourite things.And evidently DC Comics knows that there are a lot more people like me out there...In March 2015, comics and film collide with a set of...
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Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Whether you are spending the festive season with a special someone... Source: ipodgerOr with family in whatever form that takes... Source: raccooncitizen Or even if you're lone wolfing your way...
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Pop Love 2014 edition
I confess that since my move to remote Northern Japan, I have largely been out of touch with a lot of pop culture consumption. Like the fact that I have been to the cinema just once in the last 6...
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Cosplay catch-up: Tomb Raider
Just a quick post this Monday to make anyone who doesn't follow me on Twitter aware of my two most recent cosplay projects. They're Tomb Raider-centred of course, And you find the shoots in their...
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Korra the Legend - resonant character evolution at its best
As a TV series, Avatar: The Legend of Korra has definitely had its ups and downs. Its supremely popular predecessor, The Last Airbender remains the consistently better show. Then again, the uneven...
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The comics one year in: reviewing Tomb Raider #1-12
The new Tomb Raider comic book series from Dark Horse is now officially a year old. We’re also less than a week from the release of Issue #13, and the start of a new story arc that will (reportedly)...
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Review catch-up (Paddington, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Babadook,...
As I currently live in the middle of nowhere, with a 90-minute drive to the nearest cinema, I have seriously lagged behind on my movie watching. Also, I’ve been busy pumping all my free time into...
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My Tomb Raider fiction: for you, for free, in multiple formats and...
Fan fiction is the red-haired stepchild of fans' creative expression. Unlike its siblings, fan art, FMVs (fan made videos) and cosplay, fan fiction is frequently dismissed with a snigger by the public....
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Relishing the Rat Queens
With most books – or movies or TV series for that matter – there’s normally an acclimatising period for the pop culture consumer. It takes a little while to come to grips with the universe presented on...
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The Early 80s in-betweeners
So, I really identified with the following post that first appeared over at Social Media Week.The Oregon Trail Generation: Life before and after mainstream tech is a short but nostalgia-stoking post...
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Mad Max: Fury Road reviewed
Traditionally, the revival, or reboot, of a classic film franchise decades down the line has never been a success. Even if it does well at the box office, which is likely thanks to the simultaneous...
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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and Queer Icon (Part 1)
There actually aren’t that many fictional heroes with full spectrum appeal – a fan following that spans all genders and sexual orientations. Tomb Raider’s Lara Croft, arguably the most iconic of female...
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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and Queer Icon (Part 2)
Part 2:Lara and the ladiesSo evidently an old euphemism for lesbians was “female adventurer.” Who, in the whole of Popular Culture, is more of a poster child for those two words than Lara Croft?...
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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and Queer Icon (Part 3)
Part 3:Lara and the gay guysGiven how Tomb Raider seemed to be exclusively marketed at the laddish FHM crowd for years – with cleavage shots and cheesecake poses the order of the day – it seems rather...
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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and Queer Icon (Part 4)
Part 4:The mystery of Lara Croft’s sexuality“Now what’s a man gotta do to get that kind of attention from ya?” – Larson Conway (Tomb Raider, 1996)Despite being an icon for many queer pop culture...
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Ten years and counting... Happy Blogiversary to me
So it turns out that two days short of my "one year living in Japan" anniversary is another milestone: the ten year anniversary of this blog. This Sunday, 26 July, Pfangirl Through the Looking Glass...
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Recent game reviews, cosplay and fanfic projects
I know I've been a terrible blogger, with updates intermittent at best. And I know I owe you some catch-up movie reviews at least. I promise these are coming; even if they're likely only in November,...
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