Geek Girl Talk, issues that matter to geek girls, misogyny in comics, the dearth of women in the tech industry and gaming industry, the personal is political
Well, so much for posting every week. Guess who caught the Death Flu last week and spent most of it sleeping in a NyQuil coma? Yes, me. Incredibly, incredibly sick. It was awful. I’m still not completely over it, but I’m giving it a shot. So, part of what I do when I’m sick is… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #267 – What Books Kept You Sane as a Kid/Teenager?
The Geek Nephew What Rules, from here on out to be referred to as “Pavel” (not his real name, but it’s the one I’m sticking him with) was born September 14th, while I was out of state, had forgotten my phone and had no internet. His mother, my younger sister, is doing fine and apparently Pavel… Read More So, um, I’m an Aunt.
Well, taking into consideration the meltdown about harassment policies at SF/F and Skeptic/Atheist conventions, the Cosplay is not Consent movement and everything else that has a certain school of dudes in full on pearl-clutching panic, maybe we should talk about why these things are necessary and why most women think you’re a tool if you… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #260 – Sexual Harassment and Conventions
Yeah, sorry about being incommunicado for so long. April and May kind of sucked, June was a little better, and I’m hoping for a stellar July. I swear every year, it’s like April is competing with itself in a “Worst Month of the Freaking Year” competition. We lost my maternal grandmother in the last week… Read More Geek Girls Rule #256 – It Lives
I’ve been mulling this over for weeks. I’m fat. While to many people I don’t look it, I am in fact over the weight where most people think fat people are incapacitated by their fat and unable to function. I assure you this is not so. I, and many other fat people, are perfectly functional… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #249 – On Being a Fat Fan
Wow, so it’s been a year. I’d like to hit some high and low points in geek culture and life in general. It’s been kind of amazing for strides in equality in Nerd-dom between the genders. More people started to really sit up and take notice of the small but vocal group of women who’ve… Read More Geek Girls Rule #244 – 2012 in Review
Ok, I am going to go over this one more time. Spurred on by yet another Twitter discussion. Parties can out themselves here if they so desire. No one is trying to demonize honestly awkward dudes of any age with the phrase “Nice Guy ™.” “Nice Guys” aren’t actually awkward. They generally know exactly what… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #242 – Once More With Feeling
Hey, here I am! So, between AmberconNW, the Thanksgiving holiday, working on the game, and work craziness I have not had the wherewithal to post. This, however, shall be changing. Hopefully. So, what raised my ire to get me to rouse myself from my post-turkey lethargy? Check out the #1ReasonWhy hashtag on twitter. #1ReasonWhy talks… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #241 – #1ReasonWhy on Twitter
Ambercon I am IN you!!! Having a fantastic time! Sorry about the no update this week, I was prepping for the games I’m running and desperately behind on submitting characters for the games I’m in. Last night I ran Behind the Yellow Wallpaper, which is a game of female Victorian Monster Hunters. The blurb in… Read More Ambercon NW!!!
I’ve been nattering on a bunch about fangirls, celebrity culture seen through the nerd filter and attraction, be it to celebrities or people you might actually meet and interact with on a deeper level, and how those two types of attraction should ideally differ. And that has me thinking a lot about why Fangirl culture… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #236 – Male and Female Gaze in Nerd Culture
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