Things We Saw Today: J.J. Abrams Makes Captain Kirk Cry

By Bob Thiele, via Geeks Are Sexy.

• Via The Frisky, a New Jersey Catholic high school asked its students to take a pledge that they wouldn’t swear. But only half its students. The girl half. Because they “want ladies to act like ladies” and set a good example for the boys. Oh, for fu—
• My Brother’s Book, the last book by late Where the Wild Things Are author Maurice Sendak, is coming out tomorrow. “A combination of poetry and drawings, this new book is seen as a tribute to Sendak’s brother Jack and as a farewell to his audience.” Stop it, Paste, I did not need these feels.
• Via Twitter, Neil Gaiman lets us know about A Calendar of Tales, a new series of twelve stories written by Gaiman but inspired and illustrated by you. Yes, you! Find out more about how you can collaborate with Gaiman here.

SuperHeroStuff is selling this TARDIS scarf. I like the design. Now some enterprising Whovian needs to make a 20 foot long version. (via Fashionably Geek)

• Comics Alliance’s Joseph Hughes writes about the lack of black writers in the comic book industry.
• Tim Hanley writes about the connection between the original Wonder Woman and Beyoncé’s Super Bowl halftime show. Are they empowering for women? Yes. But aimed at a male audience? Also yes. And that’s OK.

“Dark Lord Happy Hour” by spacemonkeydr, via Geeks Are Sexy.

• Lindsay Cross at Mommyish writes about how peer pressure made her five-year-old daughter stop wanting “boy toys” for her birthday.
• “I’m a black female cosplayer and some people hate it” by Chaka Cumberbatch at xoJane.

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