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
I call this a non-review because I made it less than five minutes before the gratuitous and immediately poorly handled rape as backstory to make a female character badass in the episode “Sonny’s Edge” made me turn it the fuck off. Seriously. I’d heard some mediocre to good things, and also some bad reviews. My… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #558 – Non-Review – Love, Death, & Robots
I gotta be honest, guys. I’m just not excited about this movie. In my review of Infinity Gauntlet, I talked about how Marvel Studios seems to be dedicated to choosing many of my least favorite plots. I mean, the Winter Soldier movie was fantastic and I really enjoyed that story line in the comics. But… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #556 – Avengers End Game
Yeah, between the migraines, and my normal levels of Anxiety and Depression, it has been a laugh riot around the Geek Household What Rules. By “laugh riot,” I mean, I have been a complete wreck. A lot of the nerds I know have mental health issues, or mental illnesses if you prefer. And I think… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #555 – Mental Health and Being Kind to Yourself
April 1st and the morning of the 2nd, we said our good-byes. I think I cried harder over the end of G+ than the last family member I lost. When I said that to the Geek Husband What Rules, he said, “Well, yeah. Your G+ friends ARE your family.” I know a lot of folks… Read More On the Death of G+
Ok, I don’t feel like explaining at length why the guy who wrote the BoundingIntoComics article about what Fonda Lee said is a shithead. Go read his article, you can google it, I’m not linking that asshole. Then go read Jim Hines’s takedown of it. Short version, she said about Barnes & Noble that part… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #550 – Again with a Terrible Dude, and My Petty Annoyance #453487534687
Ok, some of you may have seen on Sunday my tweet talking about how if your knee-jerk response when a woman tells you to quit talking out of your ass is to call her a facist, you’re a dipshit. Seriously. I’m not going to sugarcoat this any more. Look, I get it. Getting called on… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #549 – Dudes, stop
Heist tights. The one year mark. Ok, so I picked up a pair of their heaviest dernier tights this winter, and they were not as good. Honestly, they may be expanding a little too fast, because the last pair of the 50s that I bought were not as good as the initial pairs. I’ve seen… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #547 – Update on the Heist Tights
Ok, so there’s the jewelry company, Ryan Porter, and they do custom jewelry, and I do love the “Harridan” necklace I ordered from them, so I ordered a Geek Girls Rule bracelet from them, just to give it away. Basically, I’m gonna open this up here and on the public blog. And I want to… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #546 – Giveaway and Weird Childhood Shit
Or conversely, everyone has to do some gatekeeping, but when it’s because someone has demonstrated through their actions that they are a douchebag, it’s no longer gatekeeping. Instead it’s boundaries. Yeah, I’ve seen these jackasses with their “I took a philosophy course my freshman year of college,” arguments, and it’s bullshit. Look, wanting to deny… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #542 – What Gatekeeping Is and Isn’t?
Well, the good news is that I have gone long enough between migraines that I’ve been able to start using my kettlebells again. Which is nice, but geez I’m sore. I continue to monitor the whole Gaming #MeToo situation, and while there are some heartening developments, the sheer number of stories coming out is more… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #541 – A Little Levity
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