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Pink Raygun provides interviews, reviews, commentary and articles with a strong emphasis on women working in genre (science fiction/fantasy/horror) entertainment. We provide a smart, saavy yet girly place for fangirls (and boys) to get their geek on!
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5 Dishes You Don’t Want to See on Your Thanksgiving Table
By Lisa Fary - Nothing says “Thanksgiving” like gnawing on a piece of turkey jerky fresh from the oven while insisting, “Oh, no! It’s not dry at all!” to your anxious sister-in-law. The green bean casserole with Funyuns? A crunchy bit of he...
Aliens in the Vatican
By Lisa Fary - John and I have Wonder Twin powers, but only in the shape of conspiracy theory and in the form of rum. Only one of those was activated for this piece and, for once, it wasn’t rum. ...
Star Wars in the Bedroom
Yesterday, I saw the most entertaining trending topic on Twitter that I’ve seen in a while: Great Star Wars Quotes During Sex. We’ve pulled our favorites and categorized them for efficient use and quick reference. You know, in case you have Pink...
Scary Word of the Day: Zombies
There is one thing that's always bugged me about the undead. No, not the smell and general lack of hygiene. It's the continual need to eat despite the absence of working intestinal organs. I mean, how do they poop it? If nothing works in there? ...
Scary Word of the Day: Conservatives
I was going to skip the Monsters vs. Aliens Halloween special and watch It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown just to spite CG animation, while muttering about how these kids today don’t appreciate quality, hand-drawn animation. It’s all comput...
Scary Word of the Day: Feminized Sci-Fi
There’s no place for women in science fiction. It’s about men! Manly men! Doing manly things! For the entertainment of other men! Men viewing at home, not in their respective fictional ‘verses! But, not in a slashy way! You know what I mean! ...
Scary Word of the Day: Vampire
Bloodsuckers are starting to feel blase to me. I used to get so excited about vampires on TV. I mean, it’s vampires! On TV!. And now, I’m like, “Vampires. On TV. Meh.” ...
Scary Word of the Day: Ghosts
John and I love Halloween even though we never seem to do anything for it other than buy candy, carve a pumpkin, then eat the candy, which was never intended for trick-r-treaters anyway. ...
My Vagina Killed Your Jetpack
By Lisa Fary - Damn it. Didn’t we just go over this? I really have to address this wacko female-gay ghetto idea again? Screw you and your barbaric idea of gender appropriateness! Now get your ass in the kitchen and make me a potpie. Oh, right, that...
And Now, The Werd
By Lisa Fary - What’s this Werd Podcast and where did these dudes come from? ...
Evolution: Not Fit for General Audiences
By Lisa Fary - Creation, the movie that opened the Toronto Film Festival, must show Charles Darwin performing experiments on live children, snorting coke off the taut bellies of slaves, and engaging in degenerate sexual acts. The movie can’t get a ...
Marvel Shacks Up with Mickey Mouse
I don’t care enough about Marvel or Disney to really be moved by the announcement of their unholy union. Unless Hannah Montana and the Jonas Brothers get recast as flesh-eating undead in a Marvel Zombies spin off. I’d love to see zombie versions ...
Facebook is Not My Resume or Reference
By Lisa Fary - When it comes to drawing a line between work life and social media life, most employees aren’t the ones with the problem. It’s their employers who can’t handle it. ...
7 Things Star Wars Taught Me About Corporate Culture
By Lisa Fary - This week, I’m doing some asynchronous training courses through my school’s HR firm. I don’t quite fit into this school’s corporate culture, so I chose to take some online courses on working with difficult people in an attempt ...
You Say Female-Gay Ghetto Like It’s a Bad Thing
By Lisa Fary - What’s that? There’s a lack of “male-friendly” choices on television? Or is that just the sound of commercial and cultural dominance flushing away? ...
Pink Raygun’s Independence Day Spectacular
By Lisa Fary - To me, July 4th isn’t just about patriotism and pride in the United States - it’s about freedom. Freedom to live the way I want to live, believe what I want to believe. America doesn’t hold a patent on freedom, and Americans are...
Remakes Without an Accent
By Lisa Fary - For god’s sake, America. Just read the subtitles, already. Or accept a dubbing. And accept that sometimes, things happen in places that aren’t the United States to people who aren’t American. You’ll see more truly amazing movie...
Is There Hope for The Last Airbender?
By Lisa Fary - Seeing M. Night Shyamalan’s name on a movie goes a long way towards kicking the hell out of my faith in that movie’s quality. ...
Con Report: Wizard World Philly
By Lisa Fary - Wizard World Philly 2009 featured broken dreams, plenty of empty floor space, and Beaker smoking alone on a street corner in the rain. All for the price of $30 for Saturday admission. ...
LA Times Misses The Mark
By Lisa Fary - Oh, for god’s sake. I got buried in end of year paperwork and missed this. It’s like I’m print media with aged news. ...
