Geek Herring
Critical Geek Culture
We found 10 episodes of Geek Herring with the tag “geek culture”.
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Geek Interview: Diverse Art & Illustration with Siti
May 8th, 2020 | 33 mins 40 secs
artist, body positive, bopos, comic artist, diversity, geek culture, geekdom, illustration, interview, representation
Art is totally subjective, but we're sure you agree - when there's a diverse range of bodies depicted in illustration, it's better for everyone! Creating and sharing body positive and diverse art is what our guest, Siti, does and we have to say... it's amazing.
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Geeking Out About Sex Education: It's a Gen Z Miasma of Amazingness! And SEX.
April 17th, 2020 | 52 mins 36 secs
anal sex, critical geek culture, geek, geek culture, geek girl, geek girl in the news, geek herring, men's rights, sex, sex education, women's rights
Sex Education is the best show on Netflix right now. It has everything: sex, education, all the laughs, and talking about so many important issues that face our society. From bullying to fetish to coming out and MORE. Let's get sexy with Sex Education!
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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
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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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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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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!