Geek Herring

Geek Herring Reviews Feminists: What Were They Thinking?

November 29th, 2019  |  43 mins 58 secs

critical geek culture, documentary, emergence, feminists, geek, geek culture, geek girl, geek girl in the news, geek herring, jane fonda, lily tomlin, men's rights, review, women's rights

Geek Interview: Passion, Beauty, and Art with Seage

September 13th, 2019  |  1 hr 9 mins

artist, geek culture, geekdom, interview, seageart

Geek feminism is about issues that affect women across geek culture... and sometimes, those issues also affect the awesome geeky dudes in our community. Today, we're talking with Seage, an artist whose art styles mainly around drawing beautiful women in fantasy settings.

Geek Herring Reviews Period. End of Sentence.

July 19th, 2019  |  37 mins 51 secs

critical geek culture, documentary, geek, geek culture, geek girl, geek girl in the news, geek herring, india, men's rights, menstruation, period, period end of sentence, review, rural india, women's rights

Period. End of Sentence. Is a documentary about living in rural India where stigma surrounding women's periods still exists. It's a recent Oscar winner, which is how it came onto our radar, and we knew we had to talk about it. In this episode, we share our reactions and whether or not we recommend it!

Geek Interviews: Gender Identity and Modern Medieval Life with Jamie

July 12th, 2019  |  58 mins 8 secs

afab, amab, body positivity, cosplay, geek culture, geek girl, geek herring, gender, genderfree, non-binary, sca, society for creative anachronism geek, trans woman, transgender

Have you ever wanted to live out your medieval life dreams in a safe and modern way? This is exactly what today's guest, Jamie Unrau, does with the Society for Creative Anahcronism. Today, we're talking about this cool, geeky hobby, their gender identity and journey, and the intersection of both.

Geeking Out About Anime and Manga with Jannie & Nat

June 21st, 2019  |  1 hr 6 mins

anime, comiccon, convention, cosplay, dragon ball z, final fantasy, geek, geek culture, geek girl, geek herring, gender and cosplay, japanese culture, manga, sailor moon

Calling all our anime and manga lovers.... this episode is for YOU! We're joined by our guest experts, Jannie and Nat, who are sharing their views and thoughts after spending much of their lives involved with this community.

Geek Girl in the News: January 2019

February 1st, 2019  |  54 mins 26 secs

geek culture, geek girl in the news, geek girls, geeks, january 2019

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 news in January 2019 covers Overwatch gender scandals, that Gillette commercial, studies about brainy tasks and gender, Indian female empowerment, sex toys, Mortal Kombat, and Ghostbusters!

Geek Girl Rant: Gendered Clothes & Geeky Merch

January 18th, 2019  |  36 mins 52 secs

critical geek culture, geek culture, geek discourse, geek girls, geek herring, geeks

Geek girls - how often have you tried to buy clothes of your favourite geeky things only to find that they don't exist for you -- or the little girls in your life? Gendered and preferential clothing has affected all of us female identifying geeks at one point or another. And while things are looking up for us (hello Her Universe) what about for the little geeks in our lives?

Geek Interviews: Cosplay, Conventions, Community, and Gender with Anna

December 28th, 2018  |  1 hr 9 mins

body positivity, cosplay, final fantasy, geek, geek culture, geek girl, geek herring, gender

Cosplay, or costume play, is more than just dressing up as your favourite character for Halloween. The dedication cosplay artists put into their costume goes above and beyond anything you could imagine to get every details of their character’s costume right. From sewing custom outfits to melting bits of foam together to create those extra large fantasy swords, there’s no better way to describe it than dedication, passion, and talent. Today’s guest, Anna, has been cosplaying for over a decade and has some pretty impressive titles under her belt!

Geek Interviews: Video Game Music Composer Karina Pardus

November 30th, 2018  |  1 hr 27 mins

critical geek culture, geek culture, geek girl, interview, video games

The soundtracks that bring our video games to life are mindblowingly awesome and can be completely life-changing to listen to. Would it surprise you to learn that almost 90% of game music is written by men? Women, like today’s guest Karina Pardus from Coy Compositions, are challenging gender inequality in music composition.

Meet the Geeks

October 5th, 2018  |  23 mins 40 secs

geek, geek culture, geek news, girl geek, intersectional feminism

What's Geek Herring all about? Who are Monika and Amanda? Find out in Episode 0!