Category Archives: Hollywood Jane Speaks

That Ol’ Potter Magic

By Megan Christopher on July 14, 2011
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Tonight, after I get off work, I’ll be driving down to Irvine to wait in line for a midnight showing of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II. There was a time when I didn’t think Hollywood would make all seven books into films, certainly not with the same set of actors. Looking at the pictures of the main characters then and now has been a bit of a shock – I feel old. Which is what happens when you start young. I began reading the books in 1999, but it was really two years after that that Harry Potter changed my life. How many people can say that about Twilight with a straight face?

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Prepare for the Robocalypse

By Megan Christopher on June 29, 2011
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I’m not particularly worried about zombies, and I don’t put a lot of thought into a possible alien invasion. When the end comes, I believe it will be one of our own making – I’m talking robots. And last weekend, I saw where the apocalypse will begin:

The Chicago Museum of Science and Industry.

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Let it Be

By Megan Christopher on May 2, 2011
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Bin Laden’s dead, and the world – as of 10:30 this morning – is pretty much the same. I think that’s a shame. Not that I expected Bin Laden’s death to solve all the world’s (or even the country’s) problems; honestly, I hadn’t given him much thought in the last couple years. I had that luxury.

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Why We Need More Geek Girls in Pop Culture

By Megan Christopher on April 19, 2011
GeekGirlCon is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting awareness of and celebrating the contribution and involvement of women in all aspects of the sciences, science fiction, comics, gaming and related Geek culture through conventions and events that emphasize both the historic and ongoing contribution and influence of women in this culture.

One good thing came out of the ridiculous New York Times review of Game of Thrones – it made me realize just how much I want to go to Geek Girl Con in October to spend time with like-minded women. In celebration of that, I set out to make a list of Top 10 Pop Culture Geek Girls.

And got stuck at 4.

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Flash Tuesday

By Megan Christopher on March 8, 2011
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I really don’t get the whole ‘see my breasts for plastic jewelry’ exchange that happens at this time of year. I mean, buy a girl a drink first, am I right, ladies?

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Sunny With a Chance of Sig-Alert

By Megan Christopher on March 2, 2011

Unfortunately, I can’t seem to embed this video, but if you couldn’t make it out to Vroman’s in Pasadena in January, you can watch me read my essay here: USC MPW Student/Faculty Reading Series – Sunny With a Chance of Sig-Alert. My reading begins around the 45-minute mark.

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Blood-Sucking Isn’t a Science

By Megan Christopher on February 4, 2011

When Amy Berg, showrunner and executive producer on SyFy’s Eureka, tweeted about her show’s nomination for TV Guide’s Fan Favorite Awards in the Sci-Fi category, I went to check it out – and was immediately irritated to see that 3/5 of the candidates had no business being there. There’s a lot of debate amongst readers [...]

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My Two Knuts

By Megan Christopher on November 14, 2010

An Open Letter to Geoff Boucher of The Los Angeles Times in Response to “Steve Kloves Speaks”: I’m not the most unbiased of Harry Potter fans; I don’t pretend to be. The Harry Potter series was a mainstay of my life for seven years, and continues to ripple through it even after the final book [...]

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As Seen on TV

By Megan Christopher on October 24, 2010
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I don’t think of myself as a person with a cause. I don’t see myself as the victim of a social injustice that I need to champion – certainly not if it interferes with my daily inactivity. I’m a lazy sort of person, a person who mostly prefers to stay out of it, whatever ‘it’ [...]

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Generosity by Way of Intimidation

By Megan Christopher on June 23, 2010

This morning, I was inadvertently forced to buy a man a chocolate croissant. It started out like any other morning. I walked down to the Coffee Bean for my morning mocha latte, past the old man in dirty camouflage clothing with his little cattle dog mutt who sat in one of the patio chairs; past [...]

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