Lady Geek’s Top Ten Buffy The Vampire Slayer Episodes — Part I

CONTRIBUTING WRITER DILSIA MARTINEZ Joss Whedon’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer (BTVS) aired 144 episodes in 7 seasons, from 1997-2003. A mix of genres including horror, drama, action and comedy made this a hit show among the young and the young at heart like—ME! BTVS the series, like the movie with the same name, is about […]

Sydney Novak: I Am Not OK With This

For Women’s Empowerment Month, the Beard and I decided to take a look at diverse content, and inundate ourselves with comic books, TV shows, movies, and books that featured women in disparate genres. When I saw this Netflix show entitled, “I Am Not OK with This,” I thought of the graphic novel I read by […]

100th Post Celebration Video

The Definitive 50 Books a Geek Must Read Before Dying The Mustache’s List #50 The House on the Borderland – William Hope Hodgson Published in 1908 it initiated a whole new sub-genre of horror called the Weird more popularized by H. P. Lovecraft. #49 The Picture of Dorian Gray – Oscar Wilde The only novel […]

WONDER WOMAN: The non-Wonder Years

WONDER WOMAN The non-Wonder Years! part 1 There is no way you can have WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT MONTH and not have a post about Wonder Woman. My partner-in-crime the Mustache realized this. My daughters realized this. Even I realized this but the problem you see is that I didn’t want to do it. Not because I […]

Red Capers #18

MRS. PEEL . . . WE’RE NEEDED!

MRS. PEEL . . . WE’RE NEEDED! Mrs. Emma Peel is the name of a fictional amateur secret agent – the partner of John Steed. She first appeared in 1965 in the British action adventure series THE AVENGERS. She was played by Diana Rigg. GAME OF THRONE fans will recognize her as the actress who […]

Harley Quinn: It’s More Than Sexual Empowerment, Silly!

Harley Quinn, appeared for the first time in 1992, otherwise known as Dr. Harleen Frances Quinzel. According to the Batman ethos, she is a licensed psychotherapist who met Joker at Arkham Asylum. She thought she could cure him. Instead he corrupted her, making her one of the most popular villains in Batman’s Rogues Gallery. She […]

TRADING IN DANGER: A Review

TRADING IN DANGER Vatta’s War Book One by elizabeth moon In honor of Women’s Empowerment Month I’d like to introduce you to Kylara Vatta the protagonist in TRADING IN DANGER the first of seven books in the Vatta’s War series. In case you didn’t know I have a thing for kick-ass women. I also have […]

The Concept of the Final Girl

Happy March Everyone. Since its inception in March 1980, March has largely been considered a month to celebrate Women’s History and Empowerment. We, at the Mustache and the Beard, want to be a part of that celebration. Consequently, many of our posts for this month will have a female-centric theme depicting women as the super-powered […]

Dracula 2020: A No-Holds-Barred TV Show Review

What follows will be a review of the show that debuted on BBC One and Netflix, January 1st of this year. It took me a while to get to because, the Beard, my Partner in Crime, had mentioned that he wanted to see this with me, and when he does that, then I queue it […]