Posts tagged ‘star wars’

Or as my sister put it, Algonquin + Darth Vader + Christmas. This is an open thread for general discussion on any topic, so feel free to post your own favourite geeky Christmas videos or ...

Do women and startups mix? Was Battlestar Galactica that good? Is dressing up in Leia’s slave costume empowering? All linkspammed today.

I think I’m going to start a new segment here, because I’ve just found another bit of awesome, nerdy stuff on the internet that would at very least amuse many geek women. I shall call ...

You may have heard the story already: First grader Katie was bullied over her star wars water bottle. The boys claimed that star was was for boys. The story was picked up by epbot and ...

Anti-Bullying Starts in First Grade: Katie, young Star Wars geek, gets support from the wider women geek community. Sady Doyle on women represented in geek culture continued: Lady Robots: The Shape of Things to Come ...

Her Universe will be offering licensed Star Wars gear specifically for female fans, who thus far have been a tad under-served as a market. See the announcement. Biella Coleman comments on Clay Shirky and WYNC ...

The ch!cktionary brings us The Five Types Of Haters Female Bloggers Encounter (And What To Do About Them) (warning: anti-women and other hateful comments are quoted extensively in the post) Is your geekdom more fundamental ...

I knit. Sometimes I crochet, and sometimes I sew, but mostly, lately, I knit. My Nanna taught me when I was a kid, and I’ve done it on and off ever since. Sometimes people look ...