WINNER - Firmoo "First Free Pair" Giveaway

Congratulations to Melissa M. for winning a free pair of glasses from Firmoo.com! You will be in contact with a Firmoo representative soon. I hope you enjoy your new pair of glasses!

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Thanks to Firmoo for the giveaway and I hope that other people will take advantage of their designer glasses and eyewear. I'll be seeing you all again soon.

-Video Vix[o]n

Seeing Through New Lenses: Glasses Review + Free Pair Giveaway (Firmoo.com)

***All opinions expressed in this post are of my own and not paid for by Firmoo.com***

When people meet me, they automatically associate me with a pair of glasses on. I've been wearing glasses for as long as I can remember; mainly to see farther and more clearly. So when Firmoo contacted me with an opportunity to receive a free pair of glasses, I was more than excited.

Firmoo is the "world's most popular online glasses store," that carries a wide variety of frames and styles to for people to choose from. Their "First Pair Free" program allows you to choose a style and color for your desired pair of specs that you would like. There is even a "Virtual Try-On System", where you can upload a picture of your face and the site will place the desired frame you've chosen on you to see how it looks before you choose. I had a hard time choosing myself because of all the good frames that they carries. The system was a big help to finding the pair I liked, though all the frames were nice. Afterwards, I simply submitted my prescription, and days later, received my free pair of glasses in the mail. 

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I have to say, I made a good choice in the frame I wanted. These new glasses make me feel smart, sexy and super all at once. At first, the glasses felt weird to my eyes because I used a slightly older prescription than the one I have now, but after wearing them a few times, my eyes adjusted and they feel comfortable. Firmoo's customer service did a good job contacting me and walking me through the steps to place my order, track its delivery and provide me with a glasses case, cleaning cloth and keychain screwdriver. Overall, I had a good experience with Firmoo and would recommend that everyone try their "First Pair Free" program. If you have any questions about the program, you can get some answers at Firmoo's help page

Firmoo has also decided to sponsor another pair of glasses to me, so i'll be giving away a FREE PAIR OF GLASSES to one of my U.S. readers/viewers. Follow the instructions in the giveaway widget below as well as my Firmoo video for a chance to receive a pair of your own. I'll be "seeing" you all again soon. 

-Video Vix[o]n

League of Extraordinary [Women]

One of my fellow geek/Whovian/blogger friends Jamila (Girl Gone Geek) had the opportunity to be a part of a "Women in Comics" panel recently to discuss the role and depiction of women in comics and other media.

The panel brought up a lot of issues that I have thought about when it comes to how women are visualized in comic books, video games, art and other forms of media. They are either over-sexualized or seen as the 'damsel in distress." The issue of a lack of female characters of color was brought up as well, revealing that there are few examples of black and Hispanic heroines in comics and media for young girls of color to look up to. All of the heroines of color I can name off the top of my head are Storm (X-Men), Vixen (Justice League/DC), Martha Jones (Dr. Who), Zoe Washburne (Firefly), Sheva Alomar (Resident Evil 5), Michonne (Walking Dead) and Fire (DC). The problem is that the majority of heroes that young girls are exposed to (primarily in comics) are white males figures like Superman and Batman, while female heroes like Wonder Woman and Batgirl aren't marketed as much. It's worse for heroines of color because they are placed in a smaller category whom are forgotten or looked over. Other topics that were discussed were the trend of "fake nerd girls," discrimination of women in the comic/animated world and how being a female geek is something that shouldn't be proven, but respected. What I mainly got out of the panel is that it is important to be yourself, be the change you want to see, and seek out others who you can express your "geekiness" with. Being a geek myself, I related with everything the panelists said and I'm happy that the discussion is being brought more to the forefront.

Women in Comics Panelists

Geeks United!

Finally, I want to share a video for a trailer I saw long ago for a documentary about the image of Wonder Woman and the role of super heroines in the media. It addresses the same issues discussed at the panel. The documentary will be premiering on the PBS channel on April 15th.



-Video Vix[o]n