Amanda Marcotte suggests, in her response to the Alyssa Berznak debacle, that the majority of the outcry surrounding it is the province of a brigade of “Nice Guys” and their enablers focusing on the wrong part of what was wrong with the original article. And for a portion of it, she’s definitely correct. However, from… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #186 – Geek Baiting and Why We Don’t Just “Get Over It.”
Ok, so by now you’ve all heard of the infamous Alyssa Bereznak. She went on essentially a blind date with a guy she met on OKCupid, who turned out to be Jon Finkel, a Magic the Gathering World Champion. This, in and of itself, would not be worthy of note, except that she followed up… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #185 – And this is why mixed marriages don’t work.
So, I’ve been re-watching X-Men Evolution on Netflix, and it’s a pretty good show, opposed as I usually am to the “youthening” of characters. But there’s one thing that has been bugging me while watching it, and I just put my finger on it. While they’ve got a relatively good mix of ethnicities in the… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #184 – Class in X-men Evolution
So, The Mary Sue has an awesome article on the brouhaha about the first female pro-Starcraft player. And honestly, between Becky Chambers, who wrote the article, and someone in the comments who appears to be a dude calling himself EclipseGc, I don’t really think I can add much to the discussion. I applaud Becky and… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #183 – Get Over It.
I reviewed the first issue of Jeff last December after ZomBcon, and really enjoyed it. Recently, Creator’s Edge Press sent me the Jeff Graphic novel in pdf form, and the soundtrack which includes Seattle bands you’ve heard me talk about before, like Smokejumper and Go! Fight! Win! You’ll be able to get it from your… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #182 – Jeff the Graphic Novel – Creator’s Edge Press
The books, not the movie. Dorothy spends far too much time cringing in the movie. The books, however, are superb, with an adventurous Dorothy shedding few, if any tears (I think she does cry a bit in the first book, largely worrying that her aunt and uncle miss her) and facing adventure head on. Basically,… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #181 – The Wizard of Oz
I’ve followed Jim C. Hines on Livejournal for quite some time, and I’ve been meaning to pick up his books, so I was tickled pink when he asked me if I’d review The Snow Queen’s Shadow (PRINCESS NOVELS). Please, bear in mind that I haven’t read any of the other books in the series, so… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #180 – Review of The Snow Queen’s Shadow by Jim C. Hines
Ok, I’m only about a month late, but here it is! My interview with Surly Amy! She is the creator of Surlyramics, and is a contributor to Skepchick.org and the mad overlord of Mad Art Lab. She’s also super awesome and nice. The conversation was a blast, and I hope to have her on again… Read More Geek Girls Rule! Podcast 23 – Surly Amy from Surlyramics, Skepchick and the Mad Art Lab
First off, I apologize, again, for the radio silence. Yeah, moving, sorting, unpacking, trying to figure out what to get rid of, acquiring things we didn’t have and needed, etc… It all takes so very much more out of you than you realize. Add to that work stress and various and other stresses, and yeah…… Read More Geek Girls Rule #179 – News of the Geek and a Review of Mu(t)an(t)s by Leroi
I have neither been eaten, lost in snowdrift, nor run off to be David Bowie’s love slave. As noted before, we moved two weeks ago, and let’s just say my delusions of keeping up with blogging were just that: delusional. We’re mostly unpacked, completely moved in to our new home, NerdHaven. We have a house-wide,… Read More Geek Girls Rule: A quick note.
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