Episode 115: Geek Girl in the News: Kamala Harris & Joe Biden Leading the Charge, GameStop Shares, and Lady Dimitrescu
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 January 2020 covers the United States Presidential election (hellooooo policy reform and KAMALA HARRIS!), the wild ride that GameStop and Reddit shares have been, Activision Blizzard’s diversity hiring policy, and Resident Evil’s latest BABE of a vamp!
We spend entirely too much time in this week’s episode talking about Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’s Inauguration Day and everything they’ve done so far. BUT HONESTLY. After four years of utter horse shit from the previous administration, it’s such a breath of fresh fucking air to actually BE ABLE To shout and celebrate.
No, they’re not perfect. No politician is. We also acknowledge that there are a lot of issues regarding Native land agreements that are not being upheld and that very much should be. But right now, we are breathing a big sigh of relief that the Cheeto in Chief has flown down to Florida where he’ll hopefully be held accountable for his actions of the last 4 years.
Biden and Harris? We are holding you accountable to all your promises. You’ve done a lot of good so far in the 13 days you’ve been in office – let’s keep that momentum going and DO EVEN BETTER.
Okay, but that’s not the only American news making headlines this month! A Reddit user started a subreddit encouraging people to buy stock in GameStop. Amanda’s utterly rubbish explanation doesn’t do it justice – but honestly this is AMAZING and we all need to know about it. The stock market is not just for old boys and their billions – us normal folk can play the system and make some money and eat the rich in the process.
We also talk about Activision Blizzard’s bizarre statement when it comes to interviewing diverse candidates. One of their lawyers claimed that applying the Rooney Rule (interviewing ONE diverse candidate for each role) is impossible. Insert major eye roll here. After some serious and well deserved backlash, President and COO Daniel Alegre released a statement that not only was that lawyer incorrectly quoted, they do, in fact, AGGESSIVELY hire diversly.
Calm down, there, Dan.
Finally, we talk about all the fans losing their absolute shit over Resident Evil Village’s latest lady of the night. Lady Dimitrescu is the tallest vampire babe the franchise has probably ever seen, clocking in at nearly 10 (yes 10) feet tall. Yeowzer! We see her just at the end of the RE Demo that’s available on PS5 and that Monika is absolutely going to play live on stream soon!
What do YOU think about these news stories? We’d love your take! Let us know in the comments of wherever you see this episode!
In this episode of Geek Girl in the News, we covered these news stories:
- Lady Gaga’s Inauguration Performance IS the Gay Agenda
- Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman delivers a poem at Joe Biden’s inauguration
- Here’s the full list of Biden’s executive actions so far
- Watch 13TH on Netflix
- Stephen Colbert Gives GameStop Saga The Hollywood Trailer It Needs
- Activision Blizzard says interviewing diverse candidates for every opening “unworkable”
- Resident Evil Village launches May 7th! Everything you need to know from the Resident Evil Showcase
- TWITTER STATEMENT: Your love for Lady Dimitrescu is loud and clear.
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