The best thing in the entire world has happened: the annual Miss Universe National Costume Contest. Every country took a different approach; most of them failed miserably, providing endless joy for yours truly!
A photo essay is below, though in case you’re thinking, “Is this a little tasteless for my browsing pleasure?”, please know that this is the outfit that WON.
If you looked at that picture and thought, “That’s just what I wore to my prom!”, you will LOVE this competition.
This is in no way safe for dial-up,… Read more »
February 19: Fashion in Fantasy, Fluevog NYC (250 Mulberry St), 6:30pm
February 23: Victorian Gothic, 4-7pm, Cooper Union (41 Cooper Square)
March 20-24: ICFA (Orlando, FL)
May 24-27: WisCon (Madison, WI)
July 11-14: Readercon (Boston, MA)
November 1-4: World Fantasy Convention (Brighton, UK)
Graceland recap: "Guadalajara Dog," The AV Club, June 2013
"Besides, we are men, and after all, it is our business to risk our lives": Superhuman Masculinity and the Musketeer Mythos in The Fast and the Furious, Strange Horizons, June 2013
>In the Flesh, The AV Club, June 2013
Elementary Demonstrates the Right Way to Update a Classic Hero, io9.com, March 2013








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February 18: Rewriting Fairy Tales, WORD Brooklyn, 126 Franklin St, Brooklyn, 7pm
February 19: Fashion in Fantasy, Fluevog NYC (250 Mulberry St), 6:30pm
February 23: Victorian Gothic, 4-7pm, Cooper Union (41 Cooper Square)
March 20-24: ICFA (Orlando, FL)
May 24-27: WisCon (Madison, WI)
July 11-14: Readercon (Boston, MA)
November 1-4: World Fantasy Convention (Brighton, UK)