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blog.spout.com - 7/29/2008

Comic-Con Diary: Where the Girls Are

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When I first went to Comic-Con, almost a decade ago, it was purely as a girlfriend. My then-love interest and I had gone to our respective home towns for the summer, and one day he called and asked for my measurements––he was making me an Uhura dress. I understood then that part of my job at Comic-Con was partially to avoid saying anything too cynical or aggressive to his friends from ...

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