Geek Herring
Critical Geek Culture
We found 5 episodes of Geek Herring with the tag “geek culture”.
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Episode 17: 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!
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Episode 15: 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?
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Episode 12: 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!
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Episode 8: 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.
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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!