Geek Herring
Critical Geek Culture
We found 6 episodes of Geek Herring with the tag “geeking out”.
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Geeking Out About Animal Crossing: The CUTEST game you've played in years
April 24th, 2020 | 59 mins 47 secs
acnh, animal crossing, animal crossing new horizons, gamer, geeking out, nintendo, nintendo switch, switch, video games
If you're living, breathing, and dreaming all things Animal Crossing - you are NOT alone. We're all in this together. Playing with breakfast, sneaking in some island clean-up at lunchtime, and, obviously, crossing our fingers for tarantula island before bed. We've brought our resident Animal Crossing expert, Birte Kahrs, on to give us the low-down on how this game works and why we're all addicted to it.
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Geeking Out in Times of Crisis: Rise of the Geek
March 20th, 2020 | 39 mins 22 secs
coronavirus, covid 19, crisis, geek, geek girls, geeking out, intersectional feminism, pandemic
COVID-19. It's what's on everyone's minds right now. Because this pandemic that's sweeping the world is impacting everyone. Whether you're staying indoors, business as usual, freaking out, or that asshole who thinks none of these regulations applies to them - you're bound to be experiencing some kind of change.
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Geeking Out About Halloween: Costumes, Movies, and Cultural Appropriation
October 25th, 2019 | 42 mins 11 secs
costumes, cultural appropriation, feminism, geek, geek feminist, geek girls, geeking out, halloween, holidays
Halloween is all about dressing up as someone or something you're not, having fun, and eating all the candy your belly can hold. Or at least that's what it was like for Amanda, who grew up in North America. Monika, on the other hand, doesn't have the same kind of connection since they don't celebrate in Austria.
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Geeking Out About Game of Thrones
May 24th, 2019 | 1 hr 25 mins
feminism, game of thrones, geek girls, geeking out, got, intersectional feminism, jon snow, season 8
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Geeking Out About Avengers: Endgame: Mental Health, Politics, + Representation
May 3rd, 2019 | 56 mins 4 secs
avengers, avengers endgame, captain marvel, endgame, films, geek girls, geeking out, marvel, marvelverse, mcu, movies
Avengers: Endgame just might be the perfect ending to a decade long love affair with these Marvel characters. Not only these characters, but the actors portraying them, have grown in our hearts and lives. Who hasn't had a conversation with their friends of Iron Man vs Captain America, right!?
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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.