Sci-Fi Expo Convention: Women’s Contributions to Science Fiction!

Action Flick Chick | February 3, 2011

Official Pix held their annual Sci-Fi Expo last weekend in Dallas, Texas. This year’s convention focused on the women of sci-fi, with guests such as Morena Baccarin, Katee Sackoff, Nichelle Nichols, and Yvonne Craig to name just a few. The Sci-Fi Expo helped give these women some much needed recognition for all the hard [...]

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Wonder Woman Day V

Geek Girls United! | October 22, 2010

Sunday is Wonder Woman Day V, and charity auctions are in progress NOW. These friends can explain it well. Long distance bidding ends midnight at the end of the 23rd; bidding in person continues into the 24th. Bid, donate, talk it up! You don’t have to be in New Jersey or Oregon to get involved. Find out how. Find [...]

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G33K & G4M3R GIRLS Fangirl Furor: Should Geek and Gamer Girls Go Sexy, Sexless, Something Else?

Action Flick Chick | September 22, 2010

Team Unicorn (left to right): Milynn Sarley, Michele Boyd, Rileah Vanderbilt, Clare Grant

Team Unicorn: Milynn Sarley, Michele Boyd, Rileah Vanderbilt, Clare Grant

In its first week, Team Unicorn’s “G33k & G4m3r Girls” video (a.k.a. “Geek and Gamer Girls Song”), a parody of Katy Perry’s “California Gurls,” reached a million views at Break.com, hitting the million mark the same morning I posted an interview with team members Michele Boyd, Clare [...]

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Interview: G33K & G4M3R GIRLS (Geek and Gamer Girls Video) 1 Week, 1 Million Views

Action Flick Chick | September 17, 2010

In its first week, Team Unicorn’s ”G33k & G4m3r Girls” (a.k.a. the ”Geek and Gamer Girls Song”) has racked up a million views at Break.com. Their parody of Katy Perry’s “California Gurls” celebrates the fact that women can be into comic books, anime, manga, sci-fi, fantasy, tech, all kinds of gaming, and so many other nerdy delights.
Team Unicorn features Michele Boyd, Clare [...]

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Comic-Con Panel Video: Where Are the Action Chicks?

Action Flick Chick | September 4, 2010

Continued from”Comic-Con Panel: Best Superheroine Movie? No, the ONLY Theatrical Superheroine Movie.”
In a San Diego Comic-Con International panel, some friends and I discussed the shortage of superheroines and other action heroines in leading roles in movies and comic books.
The Panel:
* Katrina Hill, Action Flick Chick (@ActionChick), G4TV’s Next Woman of the Web, PoP’s current Fangirl of [...]

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Action Chicks Training Academy! Enroll Now for Fall Classes

Llama Mama | August 23, 2010

Professor Leeloo Dallas Multipass.

 Action Flick Chick: What courses would the Action Chicks Training Academy offer? 
Answers came from Facebook and twitter. 
Cristina Bogdan: Feathers for anihilation 101.
Tanner Gibson: Kicking Cell Spammers Ass?
Charissa Gilmore Duff: Shotgun speed reloading, group recon tactics, and the appropriate use of sweatproof/waterproof/smudgeproof makeup.
Armita Pebdani: High Speeds in High Heels 500
Wendy Harrington: Stiletto Stance 101
Stiletto Stunning 102
Stiletto [...]

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Comic-Con Panel: Best Superheroine Movie? No, the ONLY Theatrical Superheroine Movie

Action Flick Chick | July 29, 2010

In our “Where Are the Action Chicks?” panel at San Diego Comic-Con International, we examined the dearth of action heroines in movies and comic books, including an examination of the reasons why there are so few despite the great popularity of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Xena: Warrior Princess, Aliens‘ Ripley, Terminator’s Sarah Connor, and certain others. [...]

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Our “Where Are the Action Chicks?” Comic-Con Panel Lost Luci and Gained Goddess Glory

Llama Mama | July 20, 2010

Friday at Comic-Con, Katrina will be in charge of the “Where Are the Action Chicks?” panel discussing the shortage of action heroines in comic books and movies – with a whole lot of cool people we’ve mentioned here a couple of times, like J. Michael Straczynski (Babylon 5 TV series, Wonder Woman comic book), Cindy [...]

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