Doesn't matter what the medium is, it's the same damned excuses every time. "There's no audience for women-led movies." "There's no money in women-centric films." Blah blah blah. You could do a Mad Libs and sub out "movies" for "comics," "literature," "music," and it would be the same damn tune, different setting.

oh snap... i need a damn babysitter! its the one movie i havent seen yet since the new babby... :( (and i will NEVER be THAT person with a BABY in the theater... no matter how much i wanna see the movie lol.... i hate that shit!)

I'll mention a TV show, because there are too few movies. If the goverment in Space: Above And Beyond had let the Silicates be independent, the Silicates as members of our society would have been there to fight the Chigs. Instead, they went and found other planets to settle and some actually fought on the side of the…

And The Invisibles love you, too.

The true misfits of space.

THE INVISIBLES -

'Nuff said.

Before anyone else adds them :)

Im really hoping that this show gets made, cause it is one of my FAVORITE comics in the Marvel U!

I have the opposite problem. If you ask me "hey can you give an hour speech to a large crowd right now?" I would says, "sure" without a second thought. But if you ask me to go talk to a stranger one on one I would be very nervous. This extends to things like asking for help in a store or calling a company on the phone.

I would be very interested to hear if any io9 readers have stage fright, how it's affected your lives, and what you've done to deal with it.