Dolls who code

Particularly proud that all my Barbies at home and office are geeky and nerdy and sciency and extremely cool.

The Sith Path

I really cannot describe how incredibly perfect this Sith Wayfinder necklace by Rock Love Jewelry is.

The details, the materials, the packaging!

It's absolutely gorgeous. 🖤❤️

Community

Like many other Star Wars communities, the lightsabers one can be kind of toxic and hard.

However, I was so incredibly lucky to find almost immediately a very lovely group on Facebook ("Universal Lightsaber Community").

It's a small but absolutely awesome collection of people.

The group is not heavily moderated, actually, but casually assembles very good humans, there mostly for helping each other (and showing off their brilliant works) than for being harsh or rude with newbies.

The 7 things I know now about lightsabers, I learned all there.

[In the photo a modified LGTtoy saber, featuring a Foxstar Saber Artifice blade plug].

Feeling fit

Finally (part of) the Clone Wars collection by Her Universe is back in stock.

Sorry for the very low quality of the picture (my phone front camera sucks especially), but I'm too happy not to share. [I am wearing a size L].

Speaking about their activewear pieces, I also adore my Asajj Ventress top and leggings. And I suuuuuper love that you can mix and match different sizes. This M-XL combo was ideal for me. 💜

[To be fair, their L leggings are my size, but I don't mind having the pants a little loose, especially if I wear them at home].

We are not trees

Don't get me wrong.

I love comics.

I love being hopelessly a nerd.

And I do love action figures and figurines.

But, SERIOUSLY?!

Like. Really.

And what makes me even sadder, it is that most of the female characters are actually extremely powerful, and cool, and smart, and, honestly, well written.

So, why we are still doing this?

Why this so out of the blue?

Well.

This month, a lot of absolutely brilliant cosplayers are participating in the #shepropchallenge on Instagram.

Which is awesome.

(And you should follow the tag too).

They are talented and beautiful.

All. Of. Them.

And they love to cosplay smart, powerful, incredible women in comics and manga.

Following that tag, however, is a tiny little depressing too.

Because, for dressing like my favorite female character, who is intelligent, inspiring, strong, and complex, I need to wear often a swimming suit kinda outfit with half of my boobs out.

How this can be even remotely fine in 2020?

I mean.

They have all the right to dress as they feel like it and be proud and happy about it.

But why, for celebrating a female character I love, and trying to be "screen accurate", I need to go around half-naked?

It should not be like this.

It really should not.

Many male characters are extremely well written, and absolutely inspiring too. They don't need ass shots for being interesting.

And they can actually use fabric for their clothes.

Not 6 squared inches of latex.

And, news flash, you can still fantasize about them, if that is your thing.

Yes, even if they canonically wear 12 layers of armor.

(Search any fully dressed male character on AO3, and let me know).

So, I am sorry for the guys out there that dream (use another not PG13 word here) about boobs that are so large and high and firm that you can use them as trays.

But, really, get over it.

And it's not a global conspiracy for altering the humanity sacred way of living (probably, in their mind, lead in the shadow by Kathleen Kennedy).

It's just that we are people, not trees.

Society change.

We change.

GPOY

Can I consider this like a #wonderwoman #bounding?

I am a simple child

I bought this Boba Fett sweater in 2011 when I was surviving with my Taiwanese Ph.D. stipend.

That night, I was actually out hunting for formal clothes for a conference.

And I ended up with zero jackets or dresses and a nerdy sweater.

After 9 years, it survived so many washes and a move in another continent.

Wearing it today, I suddenly remembered that night, and how to buy an overall, not expensive sweater was, at that time, a big decision to make.

I am glad to be able to afford my passions now without eating instant noodles for a month as a consequence (real stories), but I treasure that period and my decisions very much.

I was and still am a lucky human.