Sci-Fi & Squeam

6 Mar 2015

Geek Maven: Woman in Pop-Culture #MakeItHappen

Games & Hobbies, Society & Culture, TV & Film

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In the studio at JOY 949, Sonja The Squeamer is joined by @TheMavenHerself: Geek Maven AKA Dr Emma Beddows an expert on all things geek and especially geekgirl stuff!

(she was on the Sci-Fi and Squeam panel GeekGirlSpeak! back last year at Armageddon 2014 in Melbourne) and has been on the show numerous times, now she has a special blog where she wants to :

‘provide a space that caters to geeks as girls. Geek culture still typically caters to men and boys. Women and girls tend to occupy one of two roles: one, the convenient geek (i.e. the girl or woman who happens to like the same things that have traditionally been marketed to boys and men); or, the novelty geek (i.e. the mythical “other”, the rare “girl geek” who marketers try to sell to by turning women into a niche class). My aim is to use this site as a space where women can just be geeks, whatever that means for them.’

So listen to this podcast full of talk and discussions about most geek things relevant atm, including THAT movie Jupiter Ascending,The Oscars and Patricia Arquette, Bitch Planet, women in comics and women fans, geek girls, equality, Con 70, and International Women’s Day 2015 : # MakeitHappen !