Geek Culture, conventions, social lives, philanthropy, fashion, interaction
This post is going to be primarily a picture post, and if you can help me track down the people who should receive credit for any comics that might be misattributed, that would be awesome. So, from the early days of GGR, I’ve been bitching about the sexist treatment of female heroes, particularly about the… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #202 – The Backlash Against Female Superhero Costumes
Yes, I skipped #24. It’s coming. It’s a fantastic interview with Tamora Pierce. But first I felt I needed to explain my absence from both this blog and podcasting. Oh, yeah, I also talk about Arkham City, Where is my Heart, and a bunch of other stuff. Check it out, and check the link for… Read More Geek Girls Rule Podcast #25
What do you get for the Geek on your list? Well, kind of depends on what they geek on, really. But here’s a few suggestions for geeks of all genders, ages and categories. ThinkGeek.com I’m not even going to beat around the bush, I’m just linking them here because if you have a geek, ThinkGeek… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #198 – Holiday Gift Guide
Anne McCaffrey, author of the Pern books among many others, passed away Monday night. She was 85. When I met her at DragonCon, she was confined to a wheelchair, but still feisty as all get out. When I started to cry, she scolded me: “Don’t you cry! Damn it!” Instead I laughed, and then thanked… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #197 – Anne McCaffrey Saved My Life
I hate it. A lot. The Geek Husband What Rules is playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, and in several levels you are attacked by dogs and have to kill them. Every time one of them yelps, I flinch. I noted this on my personal Facebook, and a friend replied that he found it interesting… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #195 – Violence Towards Animals in Videogames.
I love cosplayers with all my heart and soul, bitching about big, giant wings in convention hallways and dealer’s rooms notwithstanding. As someone who cannot sew to save my life, I am in awe of them. I mean, I’ve done some, but only real simple things. I’m planning on going as Little Lotta from the… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #192 – Cosplay!!!!
Making the rounds of Tumblr today (Oh, Tumblr, how I love and despise thee) is this darling post. In addition to his completely charming lack of punctuation, capitalization and atrocious grammar, is the oh, so adorable misogyny dripping from every word. Because you know, girls regardless of hotness are NEVER into comics, ever. Oh, but… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #191 – Sexism in Geek Culture
One of the most frustrating things about being a female geek is the tendency for everyone to disappear you from the discourse. As I said in the caption of a photo for my last post, in the first forty entries for Geek on Wikimedia Commons, two had women in them. TWO. People still have a… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #187 – Seriously, We’re Standing Right Here.
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.
Geek Girls Rule!!! 