Bloomsday Bloomsday Bloomsday is a commemoration and celebration of the life of Irish writer James Joyce, observed annually in Dublin and elsewhere on 16 June, the day his novel "Ulysses" takes place in 1904, the date of his first outing with his wife-to-be, Nora Barnacle, and named after its protagonist Leopold Bloom. The English compound word "Bloomsday" is usually used in Irish as well, though some publications call it . The first mention of such a celebration is to be found in a letter by Joyce to Miss Weaver of 27 June 1924, which refers to "a group of people who
Strong Female Protagonist Strong Female Protagonist Strong Female Protagonist (SFP) is an ongoing superhero webcomic written by Brennan Lee Mulligan and drawn by Molly Ostertag, published online since 2012. "Strong Female Protagonist" describes itself as covering "the adventures of a young middle-class American with super-strength, invincibility and a crippling sense of social injustice". It follows Alison Green, the titular protagonist, as she has retired from her superhero role of "Mega Girl" at the age of 19 in order to focus on her college education, but finds out that this is easier said than done. "Io9", which selected "Strong Female Protagonist" as one of