The Nerd Must Flow: A Geek Woman's Musings on All Things Nerd and Beyond
(I originally posted this review on my old blog, Magpies Marbles, back on 4/15/2011. It’s a piece of writing I was pretty happy with, and I still think Hanna stands up as Continue Reading →
By now it’s pretty clear where I stand on the idea of gatekeeping for geek culture – those gates should be open and everyone welcome inside. For the most part, Continue Reading →
Watching things unfold since the news broke that Chi-Fi Con had cancelled their March 27-30 event at the Westin Chicago River North (CRN) last Tuesday has been one of the most Continue Reading →
Geek may be “chic” but it seems not everyone’s gotten the message. Chi-Fi Con 2014, which billed itself as “a convention celebrating geekdom” announced today that it was canceling its Continue Reading →
In early March 2013, the Chicago Nerd Social Club Podcast invited the members of the “Exorcising the Spectre of the Fake Geek Girl” C2E2 panel for an interview. Although we had Continue Reading →
I’ve been taking my time on writing a reaction to 55-year-old Scottish actor Peter Capaldi (World War Z, In the Thick of It) being cast as the 12th (13th?) Doctor. I’m still Continue Reading →
I can hardly believe I’m writing this, but after a successful run at both C2E2 and Wizard World Chicago Comic Con, our panel discussing fake geek girls, sexism and gate-keeping Continue Reading →
It’s many months late, but here’s the audio recording we were able to make of our “Exorcising the Spectre of the Fake Geek Girl” Wizard World Chicago Comic Con edition. Continue Reading →