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Buying Boys’ Underwear For My Daughter

January 18, 2013 By Tom Burns 58 Comments

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Tom Burns wonders what the hell is wrong with the manufacturers of children’s underwear.

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Gay Pride 2012 on The Good Life

June 24, 2012 By The Good Life @ GMP 1 Comment

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Gay Pride on The Good Life

Filed Under: Featured Content, Gay & Bisexual Men, Gay Pride, Gay Pride Special Section, The Good Life Tagged With: AIDS, allies, bear culture, Boston, children's books, christianity, civil rights, coming out, courage, FTM, gay, gay bullying, gay culture, gay families, gay history, gay pride, gay rights, gay suicide, Gender Identity, history, LGBT, LGBT allies, movies, New York, politics, PostSecret, pride parades, sacrifice, same sex marriage, San Francisco, Sex and Relationships, SONDA, teen suicide, The Good Life, Transformers, transgender, transsexuality, Washington DC

Transformers as an Allegory for Transsexualism in America

June 21, 2012 By David Zucker 4 Comments

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Dave Zucker stays up too late watching cartoons.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Gay Pride, Media Men, The Good Life Tagged With: Autobots, cartoons, Cybertronian life, Decepticons, drag queens, funny, gay pride, gender performance, gender theory, glee, humor, Michael Bay, nanobots, T-cog, The Good Life, theory, Transformers, transgender, transsexuality, transsexuals, Venus Envy, webcomics

Cartoons: Transformers is Finally Making That Big Move to Netflix [@spodachozn1]

April 28, 2012 By Hannibal Tabu Leave a Comment

The classic ’80s cartoon is about to be all up in your Wii, your computer, your tablet and your smartphone.

Filed Under: Escapism, komplicated Tagged With: cartoons, G.I. Joe, Netflix, streaming, Transformers, watch instantly

Trailer: Transformers: Fall of Cybertron Brings The Giant Robot Smackdown

April 5, 2012 By Hannibal Tabu Leave a Comment

The latest battle between Decepticons and Autobots heads for your console this fall.

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Opinion: The LATE Commentary Track for the February 22nd Buy Pile, Issue #27 [@cbr] “Four Of A Kind”

March 2, 2012 By Hannibal Tabu Leave a Comment

An analysis of elements from Hannibal Tabu’s reviews column on Comic Book Resources.

Filed Under: Escapism, komplicated Tagged With: buy pile, CBR, comic book resources, commentary, commentary track, editorial, ghost rider, matt fraction, Opinion, reviews, Transformers

Comics: @brandoneaston Presents New Graphic Novel Shadowlaw

January 25, 2012 By Hannibal Tabu Leave a Comment

The Thundercats writer brings his own original series to market, a sci-fi story described as Underworld meets Transformers.

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News: Thundercats Writer Brandon Easton In Studio for Sunday, November 20th Webcast

November 18, 2011 By Hannibal Tabu Leave a Comment

The prolific and talented writer will sit down with us for an interview on our last 2011 webcast.

Filed Under: Escapism, komplicated Tagged With: animation, brandon easton, cartoons, comics, MMA, Robotech, shadowlaw, thundercats, Transformers

News: In Case You Missed It (from the October 23rd @itskomplicated Webcast)

October 24, 2011 By Hannibal Tabu Leave a Comment

A summary of news and tech items from our webcast It’s Komplicated on the Geekweek Network.

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Games: Transformers: Fall of Cybertron Brings The Rain … and Dinobots?

October 19, 2011 By Hannibal Tabu Leave a Comment

It just got real in a foggy new trailer and … HOLY CRAP, IS THAT FREAKING GRIMLOCK???

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Opinion: The Commentary Track for the August 10th Buy Pile [@cbr], Issue #5, “Crime & Punishment on Earth & Cybertron”

August 12, 2011 By Hannibal Tabu Leave a Comment

An analysis of elements from Hannibal Tabu’s reviews column on Comic Book Resources.

Filed Under: Escapism, komplicated Tagged With: autobot, buy pile, CBR, comic book resources, commentary, commentary track, davis liss, DC Comics, Decepticons, editorial, eric wallace, jonathan maberry, ledisi, Malcolm X, marvel hates wakanda, Megatron, mister terrific, Opinion, optimus prime, owl city, relaunch, reviews, t-challa, Transformers, watch the throne, web comics

Toys: Impressive New Optimus Prime Leads Hasbro’s #sdcc Offerings

July 14, 2011 By Hannibal Tabu Leave a Comment

Roll out to Nerd Spring Break and check out some amazing looking new collectibles.

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The 10 at 10

July 11, 2011 By Kevin Lincoln Leave a Comment

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The U.S. Women’s National Team beat Brazil, Sarah Palin covers Newsweek, and Murdoch shutters News of the World.

Filed Under: Good Feed Blog Tagged With: NASA, NBA lockout, News of the World, Sarah Palin, Stanford Prison Experiment, The 10 at 10, Transformers, USWMNT, Yao Ming

Brotherly Love (and Hate)

July 10, 2011 By Jim Higley 9 Comments

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Good old-fashioned sibling rivalry waxes and wanes at a mind-boggling pace. Can a father keep up?

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News: Word on The Tweets from June 12th, 2011

June 13, 2011 By Hannibal Tabu Leave a Comment

A round-up of the news stories from the June 12th It’s Komplicated webcast.

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Culture: BotCon 2011

June 9, 2011 By Hannibal Tabu Leave a Comment

BotCon 2011 (The official Transformers fan convention) happened this past weekend (June 3rd-5th) in Pasadena, California. There were new toys, old fans, statues, and games!!!

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50 Years Ago Today: ‘Letter From Birmingham Jail’

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