Posted in Geek Culture, Gender, tagged China, 腐女, fanart, fanfiction, fanworks, feminism, geek, geek culture, geek women, GitHub, harassment, nerd, open source, queer comics, Sailor Moon, STEM, tech, Vox Day on 2014/04/28| 3 Comments »
Interrupting our regularly scheduled Japan programming for the roughly biannual geek-centric gender reader. In this reader: women DO read comics; arresting fanfic writers in China; open-source feminism, and more.
Emerald City Comicon via Comic Book Resources
Posted in Anime, Conventions, Culture, Geek Culture, Gender, Manga, Race, Visual Culture, tagged bullying, convention, cosplay, costume, geek, Geek Girl Con, nerd on 2013/11/03| 2 Comments »
The spiritual companion of the Geek Girl Con panel “Changing Culture in Mainstream and Alternative Spaces” was a discussion of the problem of bullying in the cosplay community and possible solutions.
Via George Takei and Fandoms and Feminism (full text).
Image: meme-maker accuses Duela Dent cosplayer of “trying too hard” in a “steampunk gender-swapped Joker in a Willy Wonka hat.” Tumblr users give the OP what for.
“A Community Divided: Bullying within the Cosplay Community and How to Solve the Problem”
From 4chan to Tumblr, the Internet has created an anonymous forum where belittling and trash talk have become the norm, and standing up for someone isn’t noble. In this panel we will be discussing the types of bullying prevalent in the cosplay community, the concept of “white knighting,” our own personal experiences with bullying, and how bullying is affecting attracting potential cosplayers. With panelists Christopher Vance, Erin Gose, Katie Murphy, Lauren Crosson, and Son Young Yu; moderated by Stephen Wilson.
Posted in Conventions, Geek Culture, Gender, Race, tagged Benjamin Williams, Burlesque, diversity, fantasy, gaymer, geek, Geek Girl Con, Gender, ggc13, Jennifer K. Stuller, Jo Jo Stiletto, K.T. Bradford, mainstream, minority, nerd, Nerdlesque, PAX, queer, race, Rob Salkowitz, scifi, Shoshana Kessock on 2013/10/21| 5 Comments »
I attended Geek Girl Con in Seattle over the weekend, and it was beautiful. I’d like to recap some of the panels and provide some commentary and helpful links.
Image by postcardsfromspace
First of all, why does Geek Girl Con, now in its third year, exist? The panelists for “Changing Culture in Mainstream and Alternative Spaces” discussed how GGC came about and what we can do to make geekdom safe and fun for everyone.
Posted in Culture, Gender, Media, tagged 16-bit Sirens, 50 Shades of Green, anime, Antonella Inserra, CONset, Cosplay =/= Consent, Doctor Who, Erika Moen, fake geek girl, female representation, feminism, Feminist Pax Enforcers, Feministe, geek, geek girl, genderqueer, idiot nerd girl, Lindsay Ellis, manga, Mark Oshiro, Mark Reads, marketing, nerd, nonbinary sexuality, PAX East, scifi, sexism, strong female characters, The Mary Sue, Tomb Raider, video games, Yvonne Brill on 2013/04/11| Leave a Comment »
