Pop Culture Round-Up

Marvel & Disney

Princess Synergy: Disney’s Acquisition of Marvel is Good for Boys, But What About Girls?, by Jennifer K. Stuller for Bitch

Can Marvel-Disney Help Close the Comic Book Gender Gap?, by Sarah Jaffe for Newsarama


Mad Men

Did Don Draper Meet the Guy You Thought He Met?, By NYT Arts Beat Blog


The Footnotes of Mad Men - thanks to Kelsey Wallace of Bitch for the tip.

Conferences

Women in Comics Conference at Cambridge

There Goes My Hero

Understanding Superheroes

The Slayage Conference on the Whedonverses 4

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Buffy Animated Series Promo (an oldie but a goodie)

Plus-Sized Models and Glamour Magazine

Glamour Shocks Readers By Featuring Plus-Size Model's Belly - from Jezebel

Coming This Fall: More Naked Fat Ladies In Glamour! - from Jezebel

Do Women Really Want To See Themselves In Fashion Magazines? - from Jezebel

Bitch Popaganda: Superwomen (or Lack Thereof) Edition

Food

Hi there! And an intro and some thoughts on food. - Lisa Jervis for Feministe

CliffsNotes to the food revolution: The co-founder of Bitch magazine talks about living the Michael Pollan way and the gender politics of the kitchen - By Jaclyn Friedman for Salon

Women, Film, and Food - by Jennifer K. Stuller for Bitch

Quentin Tarantino

"Inglourious Basterds" Quentin Tarantino's "Jews vs. Nazis" epic is unwieldy, nutso and often boring. That doesn't mean it isn't any good - By Stephanie Zacharek for Salon

Sara Freeman's review of Inglourious Basterds

An Awesome Movie Critic - EW PopWatch

Interview with Tavis Smiley

Fourth Biennial Slayage Conference on the Whedonverses-- Coming Soon!

FYI - Just got a note from the Whedon Studies Association saying that the fourth biennial Slayage Conference on the Whedonverses will take place June 3 through 6 of 2010. Location plans are being finalized and will be announced soon.

I attended the Second Biennial Conference on the Whedonverses at Gordon College in Georgia in 2006 and had a fun and informative experience - - there's no one like Whedon scholars for a good time and a great, scholarly conference!