Posts tagged ‘geek identity’

Cross-posted at From Austin to A&M. I just returned from the PCA/ACA conference in Boston this year, where I presented a paper on geek women presenting themselves as “sexy,” focusing on cosplay. My presentation had ...

I think geek sexuality is an awesome thing. But geeks also are prone to weird social thinking, some of it a reaction to the ungeeky mainstream, some of it their very own invention.  Here’s some common misconceptions that can fuck up geek sex.

This post addresses the trend I discussed in my post on geek girls and the problem of self-objectification. This post is cross-posted at From Austin to A&M. My friend Lola showed me this video from ...

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I said this on chat: Mary: There should be some kind of photoessay on that. Mary: Kids watching their mothers do complicated geeky stuff. Sure, why not, let’s do that. You have a fortnight, until ...

Railsbridge Rails Outreach Workshop for Women & Friends, Ed. Español July 22-23 (San Francisco): One of the objectives of the Rails Bridge Open Workshops is diversity, with that in mind we… [aim] to bring more ...

Cori Roberts is founder of Gameinatrix.com and remaining founding member of Gamer Girls Radio, and has been involved in gaming media for over 8 years. She’s currently obsessed with the MMO Fallen Earth and anything ...