Guest Appearance on Bitch Media’s Popaganda Podcast
Thank you so much to Soleil Ho for inviting me to be a guest on her Bitch Media podcast Popaganda episode about the idea of “imposters”! Continue Reading →
Tag Archives: gatekeeping
No One Can Deny You Entry to Geekdom, But Some Can Make It Really Hard to Get Through the Door First
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 →
Geeks, Gate-Keeping and Girls: Our C2E2 Interview on the Chicago Nerd Social Club Podcast
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 →
Fake Geek Girls Invade the University of Chicago
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 →
The Exorcising the Spectre of the Fake Geek Girl Panel Says THANK YOU to C2E2
C2E2 2013 is over and holy nerd conventions, Batman! I’ll have a post up summarizing the convention with pictures and some thoughts on the con in general once I’ve recovered Continue Reading →