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Episode 181: Geek Girl Reviews Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3
It's time to talk about Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3! What we loved about it, what we didn't like so much, and whether or not we actually cried. P.S. We still hate Chris Pratt. What did you think? Join us in Discord to chat your feelings! Check Out Geek Herring!...
Episode 180: Geek Girl in the News: Phillip Schofield and Target Make Bad Choices
Geek Girl in the News looks at the awesome or not so awesome news that will make you go either: "YAY" or "OMG I can't believe that." The latest and greatest geek girl news from May 2023 covers the Phillip Schofield scandal, Target caving into hate groups, the...
Episode 179: Geek Discussion: Feminist Porn and Sexual Service Consumption with Gemma Glitter
Have you ever thought about the sexual content you consume? We're joined by our resident sexual content expert, Gemma Glitter, to talk about ethical pornography and sexual service consumption. What is ethical pornography? How can we consume sexual content in a manner...
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The Mist Keeper’s Apprentice Review
Geek Herring reviews The Mist Keeper’s Apprentice by E.S. Barrison, a story about a world where stories and magic are oppressed.
Geek Herring’s Cosy Games of the Year
Cosy games are the best new genre of games out there right now. They evoke a sense of safety, comfort, softness, and are overwhelmingly positive. We’ve put together our list of favourite cosy games with the help from our community!
Ary and the Secret of Seasons Review
Geek Herring reviews The Sleeping Season by Kelly Creighton, an unapologetically feminist detective novel set in modern-day East Belfast.
Estan: The Lucid Chronicles Review
Geek Herring reviews The Sleeping Season by Kelly Creighton, an unapologetically feminist detective novel set in modern-day East Belfast.
The Sleeping Season Review
Geek Herring reviews The Sleeping Season by Kelly Creighton, an unapologetically feminist detective novel set in modern-day East Belfast.
Evidence of Uncertain Origin Review
Geek Herring reviews Evidence of Uncertain Origin by Nikki Everts, a historical mystery set in 1960’s Montreal featuring murder and the FLQ.
What?
A critical geek culture podcast for geeks everywhere focussed on female representation throughout geekdom. What fuels their passions, the experiences and challenges female geeks face, and way more awesome stuff! Join us to get critical about pop culture, learn from interviews with extraordinary geek girls, and celebrate (or boo!) geek girls in the news.
Why?
Geek Herring is for all the girls who grew up without strong geek role models to help them discover their geek dreams.
For everyone who’s ever been quizzed about their video game knowledge, because girls don’t play games.
Geek Herring is working to bring female identifying geeks into their prime. To be the role models, dreams, and voices.
Who?
Amanda & Monika are born geeks. After Gameboys and NES being their entry drugs it only went downwards from there. Together they tick every geeky thing on the spectrum: gamer girls, superhero fangirls, book worms, tech afficionados, crocheteers… the list is endless. Most of all they are passionate about women’s and human rights… So they took what they love, and taco ’bout it! 😉
Amanda Sloan
Warrior Queen of the Written Word
She/Her
What do you get when you cross a degree in Medieval history, a serious Super Mario addiction, and an intense desire to crochet all the geeky things with someone who likes to talk, write, and tweet about all things geeky?
Amanda has been a geek pretty much since birth (Care Bears are geeky, right?!). When her parents bought her an original NES for her 5th birthday, she was hooked, playing Mario pretty much forever.
The video game love is real; Amanda would come home from school for lunch and play Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego, go back to school to play Oregon Trail, and come home and play both some more. No wonder she loves geography and travel!
These days, she’s moved on from DOS games (just barely) and spreads her love across anything Robin Hobb has ever written, World of Warcraft, The Elder Scrolls franchise, coffee, and geek feminism.
Monika Rabensteiner
Fool of all Trades
She/Her
As an Austrian, life isn’t easy. Everybody thinks you are jumping around fountains in Salzburg singing about Edelweiß, while actually, the opposite is true. With geeky tendencies early on in life, her parents quickly bought her all the consoles and gaming devices that were available (also probably to make her shut the f*** up XD).
A Gameboy at 7, the NES shortly after that followed by the Nintendo 64 and a Gamecube (Zelda Limited Edition y’all). Throw in a Nintendo DS and you get a Nintendo fangirl (her dog Yoshi is living proof of that). Lucky her also got a PC at 14 – Internet access included. So imagine her at 2 AM, hoping desperately that her sleeping parents don’t wake up from the calming sounds a 56k modem makes when it dials in. They never did! That’s why she can be here to tell the tale.
Nowadays you find her in Eorzea, streaming weird ass games on Twitch or geeking out about Captain Marvel.Â
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