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GeekGirlCon ’13: Geeks Got Style 27 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
I’m a big damn hero and I deserve a raise. Listen, sometimes a girl just wants to pretend she’s fancy Cersei Lannister, all braids and brocade. Other times, she’s out to find the perfect tweed jacket...
GeekGirlCon ’13: Problems In Fandom 26 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
It’s not easy being an enthusiastic consumer of media and a social-justice-minded critical thinker. Seriously? Sometimes the problematic content is front and center from the get-go (I’m looking at y...
GeekGirlCon ‘13: Calling All Academic Comic Fans! 23 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
Photo courtesy of Comixology Just last spring, a massive open online course (MOOC) called Gender Through Comics, taught by Christina Blanch, exploded! With an enrollment of over 7,000 students, the c...
GeekGirlCon ’13: Humor in Feminism? Bring it on! 22 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
Media is full of comedic women subverting the mainstream by using satire and parody as tools to challenge authority. GeekGirlCon ‘13 is proud to present Laugh Riot: Comedy as a Tool of Social Change. ...
GeekGirlCon ’13: Do you love Muppets? 22 Aug 2013 | 01:05 am
Red Fraggle and Karen Prell Did you know it is the 30th anniversary of Fraggle Rock? We know you remember rockin’ out and dancing your cares away! GeekGirlCon ‘13 is excited to be involved with the c...
GeekGirlCon ’13: Web Series Spotlight 16 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
YouTube is bursting at the seams lately with smart, engaging web series. I’ll admit that I’m a little late to the game in this area; my first forays into a web series were Issa Rae’s hilarious Misdven...
GeekGirlCon ’13: Come Out and Cosplay with Us! 14 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
Cosplayers at GeekGirlCon ’12! I will take any opportunity to wear a costume. According to my family, strutting around in outlandish garb has been a hobby of mine since before I can remember. Hallow...
Hustle and Bustle to Central Cinema for Brisco County, Jr. 13 Aug 2013 | 10:54 am
Go west, young geek, go west! Or east. Or south, or whichever direction will get you to Central Cinema on September 30! GeekGirlCon and Central Cinema welcome you to watch two episodes of The Adventur...
Strong Female Character: Admiral Cain 12 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
by GeekGirlCon Staff Copy Writer Erin Doherty “When you can be this for as long as you have to be, then you’re a razor. This war is forcing us all to become razors, because if we don’t, we don’t surv...
GeekGirlCon ’13: Deconstructing the Mary Sue 9 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
We’ve all seen female characters in movies, television shows, books, and comics who are “too” something—too perfect, too pretty, too smart, and too angry are a few examples. Fanfiction and critics of ...
