this blog is an attempt to bring together two of the greatest things ever: women & fixed gears. well, perhaps not the greatest things ever, albeit i cannot think of anything better. this site is moreover an attempt for me, a male, to incite feminism in other males and doing so the only way i know best: bikes! (and comics and some other stuff)
there is a women & trans bike-repair class being hosted each monday night at 6:30pm at 156 Rivington St. (between Suffolk & Clinton St in Manhattan's Lower East Side) in the basement.
while this seems like a fantastic idea, it does come across as a little gender biased, but then, it's probably this way to keep roving, new yorkers, foaming at the mouth, from showing up at a bike-repair meeting to pick up on girls. this means that girls can learn how to fix and build bikes w/o worrying about boys hitting on them; so ultimately, a plus.
while most of the world doesn't actually live in or near new york, if you do, you're that much more capable of accessing a female-based bike group with the wherewithal or the savoir faire help you learn how to maintain your two-wheeled ride.
the other day Chapel Hill Comics had a "buy two, get one" sale. i picked up a couple issues of The Walking Dead and with my free selection also grabbed the first issue of Brian K. Vaughan's Y: The Last Man. it is truly an amazing graphic novel. i'm already unfortunately obsessed with this wonderful story as is per usual when considering apocalyptic settings, albeit amidst our financial crisis and my small pocketbook.
we are shown that all people can be driven to their most basic animalities in an effort to survive extreme circumstances with the introduction of the republican wives and the gang of amazons. this phenomenal work has already won best comic of 2008 against a league of other incredible works. Y has also been nominated for several other awards as well.
below is original artwork for the first issue
the work has been touted as pro-feminist and alternately misogynistic disparaging Vaughan himself. Regardless, with the final issues release this week, it appears it doesn't look far off for the masterpiece to be adapted into a film- possibly 3 according to wikipedia.
"I guess I've moved into acceptance but that doesn't mean that I'm not still depressed about it," said Vaughan, 31, a native of my hometown, Cleveland, Ohio, who now resides in Los Angeles.
i'd like to leave off with a few words from the author, Brian K. Vaughan (who also writes for the popular Lost television series.)
