Geek Herring
Critical Geek Culture
We found 9 episodes of Geek Herring with the tag “geek feminism”.
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Geek Girl in the News: June 2020
July 3rd, 2020 | 52 mins 31 secs
feminism, geek feminism, geek feminist, geek girl in the news, geek girls, geek news
The latest and greatest geek girl news from June 2020 covers Rowling's publishing company employees not wanting to work with her, Mixer's racist culture and sudden demise, Twitch's history of not taking abuse reports seriously, the calls for a Twitch Blackout, Tina Fey call for 30 Rock's removal of blackface episodes, an FDA approved prescription video game, and TikTok Teens and K-Pop Stans living their best lives for all our futures.
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Geek Milestone: Geek Herring Turns One!! What's Next!?
October 11th, 2019 | 39 mins 46 secs
52 episodes, celebrate, geek, geek feminism, geek girls, geek herring, geek podcast, geeks
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GEEK HERRING!
Can you even believe that we've been at this for a whole year? It's pretty crazy to think that we're here. And not only are we here, we're going from strength to strength, learning and growing every single day. So many awesome things have come out of this podcast in the last year and there's so much to come. What's coming!?
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Geek Discussion: Rising Representation and Diversity in Video Games
June 14th, 2019 | 37 mins 37 secs
big boobs, boob representation, e3, e32019, gamer, gamer girl, geek feminism, geek girls, hearthstone, jaina, jaina proudmore, lara croft, representation, tomb raider, video game boobs, video game representation, video games, wow
Representation matters. In careers, media, and now, more than ever, video games! 2019 has been bringing us a whole amazing host of different character types: LGBTQ+, race, ability, size, and more!
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Geeking Out About Unicorn Store: Embrace Your Weird
April 19th, 2019 | 52 mins 36 secs
brie larson, female directors, female film, geek feminism, geek feminist, geek girls, geek podcast, geeking out, intersectional feminism, intersectionality, unicorn store, women in film
Unicorn Store is Brie Larson's directorial debut! It's a bright, colourful, and totally extra coming of age film tackling some pretty tough issues. Learning to love yourself and those around you for who they are, even if you come with extra glitter and rainbows, and embracing your weird ass self, even when it feels like the whole world's against you.
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Geek Girl Reviews: The Mask You Live In (Exploring Toxic Masculinity)
April 12th, 2019 | 48 mins 22 secs
documentary, feminism, geek feminism, geek feminist, geek girls, geek herring, geek podcast, geeks, intersectional feminism, masculinity, review, the mask you live in, toxic masculinity
While we're a geek feminist podcast, it's so important to understand why toxic masculinity exists. Though not the norm for most men, toxic masculinity is so hate filled and violent that it breeds and seeps its way through society and culture as a whole. But why does it happen?
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Geek Milestone: Celebrating 25 Episodes of Geek Feminism
April 5th, 2019 | 1 hr 16 secs
25 episodes, celebrate, geek, geek feminism, geek girls, geek herring, geek podcast, geeks
Our critical geek culture podcast is officially 6 months old! Thank you so much for joining us for the last 25 episodes. We're celebrating what it means to be a geek feminist and what avenues hosting Geek Herring has opened up for us.
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Geek Girl in the News: Women's History Month, All Female Space Walk, NBA 2k!
March 29th, 2019 | 34 mins 3 secs
geek feminism, geek girl in the news, geek girl news, geek podcast, geeks, geeky news, intersectional feminism, intersectionality, monthly news, news, spacewalk, women in astro
The latest and greatest geek girl news in March 2019 covers the Women’s History Month, NBA 2k draft picks, history’s first all female spacewalk (however since recording, has been cancelled due to incorrect space suit size!), Brie Larson’s directorial debut, and Final Fantasy XIV race confirmations!
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Geek Girl in the News: Captain Marvel, The Oscars, Cure for HPV!
March 1st, 2019 | 39 mins 57 secs
brie larson, captain marvel, feminism, gamers, geek feminism, geek girls, geeks, intersectional feminism, intersectionality, streaming, tech, trolls, twitch, women in tech
The latest and greatest geek girl news in February 2019 covers the Oscars, Twitch etiquette, awesome female scientists curing disease, how to make your tech team more intersectional, strong ass viking women, and Captain Marvel!
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Geek Discussion: All Those Video Game Boobs
February 22nd, 2019 | 41 mins 7 secs
critical discourse, geek discussion, geek feminism, video game representation
It’s all about the boobs, friends! Whether you love it or loathe it, from Lara Croft to Chun Li, Calamity to Bayonetta, Dead Island to Fortnite, and all those in between, video game characters with outrageously large, bouncy boobs are almost a staple component. Why is that?!