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
My apologies to the former President of the United States. But this is a sentiment I can whole-heartedly get behind. I guess a large part of this depends on what kind of geek you want to be. My version of Geekdom is inclusive, open, sharing, excited, committed to fostering growth and enjoyment of the things… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #389 – Be the Geek You Want to See in the World
I know, I know, I gripe about them constantly. So I thought I’d highlight somethings I think Marvel is doing right. Here are some comics I like, thought I may be behind on them, but it’s stuff I dig and plan on catching up when I have fifteen minutes. The Mighty Captain Marvel – Margaret… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #388 – Good Things with Marvel
So, I’ve waffled about this for a bit, because the example I’m going to give is new and still fresh in my mind and possibly in the mind of the person with whom it happened, but I’m going to strip as many identifiers from it as I can so as to preserve their anonymity. Why… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #387 – “Not All Men”
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!! A Wrinkle in Time was one of my favorite books growing up! It had a female protagonist, Meg Murray, who was smart but struggling in school and caught a lot of shit for it, who wasn’t particularly attractive, who wore glasses. And the premise of the book was great, too. But I won’t go… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #386 – A Wrinkle in Time
Ok, so I said I was going to start talking more about mental health in honor of Space Mom, and now seems like a pretty good time to do just that. It’s a little stressful in my world right now. Our 20 year old cat Mutt had a stroke, and we had to make that… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #385 – Taking Care of Yourself
I have mixed feelings about promoting GGR and growing it bigger. At its former peak right around the Dickwolves bullshit, it had a relatively active commentariat, hundreds of hits a week and the podcast was doing just as well. Hell, I got a call from the Oprah show for a piece I did for the… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #384 – I Got Plans…
This should have gone live yesterday, but holiday… The other night, my therapist made me fight my way down to why I want to grow GGR, and why harassment won’t stop me. Fandom/Geekdom is home. When I walked into a Dreamcon in the fall of 1989, for the first time in my life I walked… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #382 – This is My Home
I was born in 1971. I’ll let you all do the math there and tell me how fucking old I am. I grew up with Princess Leia and Wonder Woman, as pretty much my only options for female heroes. For awhile, we also had Isis, from the Isis and Shazaam hour. Fantastic Four had Sue… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #379 – Why Wonder Woman is a Big Deal
Ok, instead of ranting about Nick Spencer and Marvel’s boneheaded, tone-deaf marketing decisions, I’m going to talk about some awesome things. I recently received a new Clairefontaine My Essential notebook to review, and I love it. I’m a big fan of Clairefontaine anyway, they are one of my top three paper brands. Come on, who… Read More Geek Girls Rule! – #363 Things that are Good
So, I did not mention here that I’d be at Geek Girl Con this weekend, however I did on twitter. But I was just, I have never recovered my verve for blogging since the years of abuse after the dickwolves bullshit, and I’m thinking this year’s GGC might have fixed that. I met some fantastic… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #306 – Geek Girl Con 2014 and More on Why I Hate Gatekeepers
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