Published Work
Selected Print Publications, Magazines and Blogs
Geek Monthly Magazine
- Voldemort Can’t Stop the Rock: Turns Out That Wizard Rock is More Fun than Quidditch – September 2009
- That’s Now, Brother! Real Now!: Star Trek Bands Reach, Unless You’re a Total Herbert – April 2009
- Adventures in the American Economic Apocalypse: Interview with Author Brian Francis Slattery – March 2009
- Documenting the Dungeon Masters: Interview with Filmmaker Keven McAlester – February 2009
- DC’s New Wonder Woman: Interview with Gail Simone – November 2008
Bitch Magazine
- Ladies Camp Rock: Wrocking ‘N’ Rowling with Wizard and Twilight-Themed Bands – Fall 2009
- Triangular Road: A Memoir (Book Review) – Fall 2009
- Minxed Feelings: How DC Comics Let the Cat Out of the Bag… and then Out of the Business – Spring 2009
- The Brave Ones – Winter 2009
- Keep on Trekkin’: Star Trek and the Legacy of Female Fandom – Summer 2008
- Boys to Supermen – Summer 2008
- Of Woman Borg: Bionic Betties, Radical Robots, and the Evolution of the Artificial Woman – Spring 2008
- Naked on the Internet: Hookups, Downloads, and Cashing In on Internet Sexploration (Book Review) – Summer 2007
- Holy Rollers: Is Roller Derby the New Burlesque? – Fall 2005
The Female Gaze – Selections from Bitch Magazine Guest Blog
- Re-Imagining Revolutionary Road
- Anne Hathaway Just Another Casualty of Bride Wars
- Black Widow: A Superheroine Who Won’t Get Screwed Over On Screen?
- Star Trek Barbies: Fanboys Freak Out about Girlie Space Toys
Vulture – Selections from New York Magazine’s Culture Blog
- Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz on The X-Files: I Want to Believe and Giving J.J. Abrams a Wedgie
- George A. Romero Explains Why Fast Zombies Could Never Exist (Hint: Weak Ankles)
- Are Werewolves the New Vampires?
- Did Judd Apatow Write All this Summer’s Superhero Movies?
- Where are the Roles for Superwomen?
- 10 Movie Vaginas Even Scarier Than the One in Teeth
Girl Culture: An Encyclopedia – Essays (Greenwood Press, 2007)
- Carrie (Novel & Film)
- Little Lulu Comics
- Roller Derby
- She-Ra: Princess of Power
Feminist Review
- Recruiting and Retaining a Diverse Workforce: New Rules for a New Generation (Book Review)
- Sexual Fluidity: Understanding Women’s Love and Desire (Book Review)
Bitchfest: 10 Years of Cultural Criticism from the Pages of Bitch Magazine (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2006)
- Bloodletting: Menstruation & Female Adolescence in Modern Horror Films (Selected for Best-Of Anthology)
Forthcoming
Boy Culture: An Encyclopedia – Essays (Greenwood Press)
- Action Figures
- GI Joe: A Real American Hero
- Hot Wheels
- Skateboarding: Sport & Culture