Newest News « "Geeky Gorgeous Gallantry" a blog from Helenna Santos-Levy. » She-Ra: Princess of Power Rocks the Geek Girl Con Sunless In Seattle. There is a rumor floating around there that all girls want to be princesses and grown women want to be treated like princesses. let me clear something up for you. i didn’t grow up thinking i was helpless and had to be rescued by a prince to make my life a happy ending. somehow, i knew that power lied in me and my choices determined the outcome. maybe that’s why i dig comics and superheroes so much. while they are certainly flawed in many ways, they possess the power to make things happen. aw, i always wanted super powers. but the next best thing is cosplaying someone who does have superpowers! And so i found myself at this year’s geek girl con in seattle cosplaying the princess of power: she-ra! Look at me, i’ve gotten carried away reminiscing. back to the con. oh yeah, i was she-ra and basically, i rocked!
I truly felt all kinds of geek love as i moved from panel to exhibit hall to game room and back. people loved she-ra as much as me. who knew! Well, now i do! Digital Divas Do The Web. Epbot Goodies. Geeky + Girly | Girlhack. Sexism-all.jpg (950×6137) Geek Chic Jewelry. You'd plug your necklace into a USB port, other than to see it light up...but...um...stop pestering me with logic, you! It's COOL. (And only This one is actually jewelry for your dog, since it's an ID tag, but it's hand stamped and awesome and I kind of want one for me: $26.50 from Make Your Dog Smile Hey, have you noticed I haven't raved about Portal in a while? $20 for both at Lickety Cut These Portal necklaces are being billed as friendship necklaces, but I'd totally wear both. And maybe cry a single, lonely tear over the state of my friendlessness.
But then I'd see my awesome necklace and feel better. Jen B. sent me a link to the adorable Chandler the Robot necklace: Chandler is apparently famous now because a contestant on the Voice wore him on the show, so he's currently sold out. Plus, he'd go great with this copper binary cuff: If that's not geek chic, I don't know what is. Here's another adorable 'bot: Marcy K. found this cutie: "Orbit Girl" from marmar, $28.00 $10 at Naked Tile So fun! On Harry Potter, and the end. Not too long ago, I was having a conversation about books with a coworker of mine who is only a few years younger than me.
When I started talking about the Harry Potter series, he told me that he'd read the books up to a point but then stopped because it "wasn't cool" to read them. Instead of working myself up into my usual storm of righteous indignation about something I like not being considered cool, my first thought was, You poor guy. You poor, poor thing. I genuinely felt sorry him-- seriously, he could have said he'd gotten his ass handed to him every day at school as a kid and it still wouldn't have rung out the amount of pity I felt for him at that moment. I suppose this speaks a little to how I feel about the series. I was fourteen or fifteen when I first picked up Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone; old enough to dismiss it as a children's book, or and young and bookwormy and curious enough to give it a second glance if I so chose. obviously, I chose the latter. Welcome to GRRL.
Born For Geekdom: The Ravings of a Fangirl: Ashley Eckstein: Why "Her Universe" is More Than Star Wars Shirts. On June 12th, I stood in a long autograph line like I have many times before. It was the last day of Star Wars Weekends at Disney's Hollywood Studios in Orlando, Florida and I had come prepared to meet Ashley Eckstein in the merchandise tent "Jabba's Hut. " I had interviewed Ashley a couple weeks before about her company "Her Universe".
I thought that meeting Eckstein, the voice of "Asoka Tano" in the animated Star Wars show "The Clone Wars" for a photo op might make a great ending to the story. But I wasn't prepared to get emotional. I have to tell you this story to get to Ashley's, so bear with me for a minute... I wasn't prepared to stand in an autograph line and be surrounded by fellow female fans.
As a fangirl, it's easy to feel like the geek universe is unbalanced. To make a long story short, I've become a little bit jaded. I still feel that it's incredibly important to call out the media when they don't give young lady geeks enough strong role models. I geek, therefore I am. Geek-culture-diagram.jpg (927×908) HER UNIVERSE. GeekGirlCon. I was recently asked to help spread the word about GeekGirlCon. As a geek, a girl, and rabid convention fan, obviously this is right up my alley.
Of course, the powers that be then decided to host it in Seattle - a location which couldn't possibly be farther away from me and still remain in the continental U.S. - and I'm really trying not to take that personally. But, I digress. The convention isn't until October, but I'm telling you now because this is their very first year, and they're looking for people to get involved any way they can. You're encouraged to volunteer, spread the word, suggest topics, bring cookies (ok, I'm guessing on the cookies), and just generally get plugged in over at the GGN website. So, go! And then maybe start a petition for an east coast version.
PS - Oh, and guess what? Pink Raygun.com | "Thank you, but I'd rather die behind the chemical sheds." - Evey Hammond, V for Vendetta. Response to the NY Times Game of Thrones Review. When I sat down tonight I intended to write about my experiences with the Game of Thrones food truck last week and meeting George R. R. Martin. Instead I clicked on a review from The New York Times about Game of Thrones. It sidetracked me. The review by Ginia Bellafante feels like a direct slam against a woman like me.
Why did the article get my geek girl knickers in a twist? “Game of Thrones” is boy fiction patronizingly turned out to reach the population’s other half.” “...is the sense you get that all of this illicitness has been tossed in as a little something for the ladies, out of a justifiable fear, perhaps, that no woman alive would watch otherwise.” "While I do not doubt that there are women in the world who read books like Mr. At least she concedes that there are women in the world who read Mr. Ms. I am a woman. The series is hardly “boy fiction.” I'm not tuning into the television show to see sex either. All this said, it is a review and Ms.
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