I have been putting off watching the BBC’s Sherlock for months, because I am a Sherlock Holmes purist. While Jeremy Brett is rather good, Basil Rathbone will always be my Sherlock Holmes. And after the SCREAMING disappointment that was the Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law Sherlock Holmes movie, I was not ready to have… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #228 – The BBC’s Sherlock Holmes
Ok, so embedding didn’t work for me. Here’s the link. Talking about a lot of the same stuff I’ve blogged about here, only slightly less articulately I think. Anyway, here I am. Maybe I’ll add the embed code for shits and giggles just to see if it works behind my back or something. http://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/2026971/height/360/width/640/autoplay/no/autonext/no/direction/forward/thumbnail/yes
This was yet another twitter comment. As always, if you want me to name you, I’ll do it. But don’t feel obligated. In the middle of the question and answer period on Sexy Geek Boys and if men got their geek cred challenged like women did, someone asked why sexy was even a factor at… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #227 – Why are We Even Talking About Sexy Anyway?
Ok, so I’m doing a lot of these analyses of fan culture lately, and that is in part because my twitter followers wade through my goofy tweets and ask really important trenchant questions. They make me think, a lot, and I love them for it. So big hugs to all my twitter followers! You guys… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #226 – FanGirling and Objectification
I make no secret of the fact that I was born when the earth was flat and computers were gigantic things full of tubes that took up entire rooms or buildings. And nowhere has this become more apparent to me than engaging in fan culture. I’ve told you all that my personal tumblr (not the… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #225 – Fan Culture and Celebrity
If you thought filmmaker Christopher Nolan couldn’t best The Dark Knight, you were wrong. Eight years after the events of The Dark Knight, Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) is retired as Batman and lives as a recluse. When a new reign of terror is brought to Gotham City by the relentless Bane (Tom Hardy), Wayne must… Read More Review: The Dark Knight Rises
The first US female astronaut was also a lesbian with a long-time partner. She was an inspiration to generations of girls. Thank you for all you were and stood for, Dr. Ride.
Ok, equal time and all that. Do a Google image search for “sexy geek boys.” I’ll wait. So, an awful lot of the images that come up on that search happen to be either women (“sexy geek girls”), or male actors who play characters beloved by geeks, but who aren’t necessarily geeks themselves. The normal… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #224 – Sexy Geek Boys
The big screen adventures of Marvel Comics’ webslinging superhero have been rebooted back to the beginning with a fresh cast and director, and the end result is a solidly entertaining film with a few inspired moments. After being bitten by a genetically modified spider, geeky high school student Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) begins to develop… Read More Review: The Amazing Spider-Man
Ok, to be clear, I’m not asking if you LIKE them. I honestly don’t care. I do. I know many people who do, and many people who don’t. To each his own. But someone commented on “Geek Girls Rule! #191 – Sexism in Geek Culture” asking me what I thought of the geek cheesecake out… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #223 – Sexy Geek Girls, Yay or Nay?
Geek Girls Rule!!! 