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
Ugh. I know. I’m bad at this. Most of us are bad at this. It’s part of what makes us really fun to annoy. It’s why that Brain Posehn bit about making nerds angry by getting their obsession wrong works. And yeah, I am the person who loudly proclaimed, “Stout, you asshole. Stout, not Chandler.… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #591 – Learning to Let It Go.
oday is going to be a little flow of consciousness. Saturday the new “get stabbed” once a month migraine meds showed up. The Geek Husband What Rules stabbed me twice, because it’s a double dose the first month or two, and we waited to see if any side effects showed up, like, you know, anaphylaxis… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #590 – Potpourri!!!!
I will attack Jeremy’s post suggestions on the Patreon later, but those of you who played in my Monster Mavens game at last year’s ACNW know how I feel about K-Pop contracts, but the music’s not bad, and the videos have some amazing production values. Anyway, Cats. I have cats in common with so many… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #581 – Cats. Because I said so.
So, I have decided a couple of things. One of them is given that I have written two entire novels in the last year and a half, and am plotting out the third, have written several dozen micro and flash fiction pieces, and a metric ton of fanfic, I get to call myself a writer.… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #577 – Creating Space & Personal Epiphanies
Ok, so I did not get near as much work on anything done this weekend as I’d been hoping. Saturday was Rolls and Roles, a small, private game day that the AmberconNW folks put on every June. It’s usually 4 or 5 games per two slots and runs from roughly noon to midnight at someone’s… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #576 – State of the Geek/Magic German Tights
And, in what is sure to be a surprise to most of you, I am not talking about any particular stupidity on the internet. No, this is a tendency I have to beat down with large sticks in myself on the regular. Like a lot of my fellow Nerds, I can be a bit of… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #575 – Hush Little Pedant, Don’t Say a Word…
I am about to make someone super unhappy. Because in addition to my, I’m sure, original unsatisfactory to them response, I am about to dissect their comment here to really get into the meat of several assumptions they make and why they’re wrong. Ok, first, the comment in question: My problem is that what I… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #574 – Gatekeeping, Internalized Misogyny, and You
Ok, so I am actually an HR Lady. I’m certified and everything. There are a lot of things that people can do to help themselves get interviews and land jobs. Now, it would be nice if all nerds could land a nerdy job, but there are far too many of us and nowhere near enough… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #573 – Geeky Interview/Job Search Tips
First, if you have not tried the Cinnabon coated biscuits at KFC, do that. I was startled by how good they are. Seriously. We have an A&W/KFC in the area, and I love A&W root beer. There was an A&W drive in in the town where my great-grandma’s cabin was, and every summer we’d go… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #571 – Grrl Power Moments in Geek Media
It’s like having a knife-fight in a phone booth. Terrible plan. But man, sometimes people are WRONG on the internet. Gah. I’ve made strides in pulling away from my inner pedant, but it’s hard. It’s also super hard when it’s toxic, sexist bullshit, regardless of who is spouting it. Yeah, look at me and all… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #569 – Picking Fights on the Internet
Geek Girls Rule!!! 