November 25 – December 10
The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence is an international campaign originating from the first Women’s Global Leadership Institute sponsored by the Center for Women’s Global Leadership in 1991. Participants chose the dates, November 25, International Day Against Violence Against Women and December 10, International Human Rights Day, in order to symbolically link violence against women and human rights and to emphasize that such violence is a violation of human rights. This 16-day period also highlights other significant dates including November 29, International Women Human Rights Defenders Day, December 1, World AIDS Day, and December 6, which marks the Anniversary of the Montreal Massacre.
I found out about this toward the end, but that’s no reason not to check it out!
Go check out the winners of the Wonder Woman Wardrobe War over at Project: Rooftop, with guest commentator Gail Simone (and yours truly on the judges’ panel)!
Disclaimer This bingo card is not meant to replace or, indeed be used in, actual debate. Instead it is merely designed to amuse and inform, in a lighthearted presentation of the most common arguments against having queer characters in comics.
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Hey there Project Runway fans, remember this fabulous designer from Season 3?
Well now you can follow Laura’s adventures as a superhero who helps solves women’s fashion dilemmas. The hilariously awesome guys over at Project Rungay broke the story, and they have a sneak preview of Robert Best’s art for the strip. Definitely no “serious ugly” going on here.
Keep your eyes peeled for the official mid-December launch of the strip on iVillage, and the free downloadable paper dolls. I personally find iVillage a bit obnoxious, but I adore Laura and fully plan on collecting those paper dolls.