Geek Girls Unite
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Geek Girls Unite
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Author : Leslie Simon
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2011-10-04
Geek Girls Unite written by Leslie Simon and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-04 with Social Science categories.
What do Amy Poehler, Bjork, Felicia Day, Martha Stewart, Miranda July, and Zooey Deschanel have in common? They’re just a few of the amazing women proving that “geek” is no longer a four-letter word. In recent years, male geeks have taken the world by storm. But what about their female counterparts? After all, fangirls are just like fanboys—they put on their Imperial Stormtrooper Lycra pants one leg at a time. Geek Girls Unite is a call to arms for every girl who has ever obsessed over music, comics, film, comedy, books, crafts, fashion, or anything else under the Death Star. Music geek girl Leslie Simon offers an overview of the geek elite by covering groundbreaking women, hall-of-famers, ultimate love matches, and potential frenemies, along with her top picks for playlists, books, movies, and websites. This smart and hilarious tour through girl geekdom is a must-have for any woman who has ever wondered where her sassy rebel sisters have been hiding.
Geek Heroines
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Author : Karen M. Walsh
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2019-10-11
Geek Heroines written by Karen M. Walsh and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-11 with Social Science categories.
Geek Heroines not only tells the stories of fictional and real women, but also explores how they represent changes in societal views of women, including women of color and the LGBTQ community. Geek culture stems from science and technology and so is frequently associated with science fiction. In the beginnings of science fiction, the genre was tied to "magic" and dystopic outcomes; however, as technology turned "geek" into "chic," geek culture extended to include comics, video games, board games, movie, books, and television. Geek culture now revolves around fictional characters about whom people are passionate. Geek Heroines seeks to encourage women and young girls in pursuing their passions by providing them with female role models in the form of diverse heroines within geek culture. Carefully curated to incorporate LGBTQ+ identities as well as racial diversity, the book defines geek culture, explains geek culture's sometimes problematic nature, and provides detailed fiction and nonfiction biographies that highlight women in this area. Entries include writers and directors as well as characters from comic books, science fiction, speculative fiction, television, movies, and video games.
Geek Girls
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Author : France Winddance Twine
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2024-10
Geek Girls written by France Winddance Twine and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-10 with Business & Economics categories.
Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2023 An inside account of gender and racial discrimination in the high-tech industry Why is being a computer “geek” still perceived to be a masculine occupation? Why do men continue to greatly outnumber women in the high-technology industry? Since 2014, a growing number of employment discrimination lawsuits has called attention to a persistent pattern of gender discrimination in the tech world. Much has been written about the industry’s failure to adequately address gender and racial inequalities, yet rarely have we gotten an intimate look inside these companies. In Geek Girls, France Winddance Twine provides the first book by a sociologist that “lifts the Silicon veil” to provide firsthand accounts of inequality and opportunity in the tech ecosystem. This work draws on close to a hundred interviews with male and female technology workers of diverse racial, ethnic, and educational backgrounds who are currently employed at tech firms such as Apple, Facebook, Google, and Twitter, and at various start-ups in the San Francisco Bay area. Geek Girls captures what it is like to work as a technically skilled woman in Silicon Valley. With a sharp eye for detail and compelling testimonials from industry insiders, Twine shows how the technology industry remains rigged against women, and especially Black, Latinx, and Native American women from working class backgrounds. From recruitment and hiring practices that give priority to those with family, friends, and classmates employed in the industry, to social and educational segregation, to academic prestige hierarchies, Twine reveals how women are blocked from entering this industry. Women who do not belong to the dominant ethnic groups in the industry are denied employment opportunities, and even actively pushed out, despite their technical skills and qualifications. While the technology firms strongly embrace the rhetoric of diversity and oppose discrimination in the workplace, Twine argues that closed social networks and routine hiring practices described by employees reinforce the status quo and reproduce inequality. The myth of meritocracy and gender stereotypes operate in tandem to produce a culture where the use of race-, color-, and power-evasive language makes it difficult for individuals to name the micro-aggressions and forms of discrimination that they experience. Twine offers concrete insights into how the technology industry can address ongoing racial and gender disparities, create more transparency and empower women from underrepresented groups, who continued to be denied opportunities.
Geek Girl Rising
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Author : Heather Cabot
language : en
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Release Date : 2018-05-01
Geek Girl Rising written by Heather Cabot and has been published by St. Martin's Griffin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-01 with Business & Economics categories.
In Geek Girl Rising, Heather Cabot and Samantha Walravens invite women everywhere to join the digital revolution and create the future! "I don’t know much about tech, but I do know that these pioneer women are pretty dope. Geek Girl Rising gives a much needed voice to the fearless women paving an important path in the tech world, while forming a lasting sisterhood along the way.” - Kelly Ripa Meet the women who aren’t asking permission from Silicon Valley to chase their dreams. They are going for it—building cutting-edge tech startups, investing in each other’s ventures, crushing male hacker stereotypes and rallying the next generation of women in tech. With a nod to tech trailblazers like Sheryl Sandberg and Marissa Mayer, Geek Girl Rising introduces readers to the fearless female founders, technologists, and innovators fighting at a grassroots level for an ownership stake in the revolution that’s changing the way we live, work and connect. Readers will meet Debbie Sterling, inventor of GoldieBlox, the first engineering toy for girls, which topples the notion that only boys can build; peek inside the glamorous world of YouTube pioneer Michelle Phan; and tour the headquarters of The Muse, the hottest career site for millennials, led by intrepid co-founder and CEO, Kathryn Minshew. Amid the rising chorus of women speaking out against sexism in technology, media, entertainment and politics, Geek Girl Rising’s message of female solidarity and empowerment is more urgent than ever. Now in paperback, with a new afterword that takes readers inside 2017’s national conversation on sexual harassment, the #MeToo movement, and what’s ahead for women in tech.
Geek Girl Geek Girl Book 1
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Author : Holly Smale
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2013-02-28
Geek Girl Geek Girl Book 1 written by Holly Smale and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-28 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
“My name is Harriet Manners, and I am a geek.” The first book in the bestselling, award-winning GEEK GIRL series!
Geek Girls Unite
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Author : Leslie Simon
language : en
Publisher: It Books
Release Date : 2011-10-04
Geek Girls Unite written by Leslie Simon and has been published by It Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-04 with Social Science categories.
What do Amy Poehler, Bjork, Felicia Day, Martha Stewart, Miranda July, and Zooey Deschanel have in common? They’re just a few of the amazing women proving that “geek” is no longer a four-letter word. In recent years, male geeks have taken the world by storm. But what about their female counterparts? After all, fangirls are just like fanboys—they put on their Imperial Stormtrooper Lycra pants one leg at a time. Geek Girls Unite is a call to arms for every girl who has ever obsessed over music, comics, film, comedy, books, crafts, fashion, or anything else under the Death Star. Music geek girl Leslie Simon offers an overview of the geek elite by covering groundbreaking women, hall-of-famers, ultimate love matches, and potential frenemies, along with her top picks for playlists, books, movies, and websites. This smart and hilarious tour through girl geekdom is a must-have for any woman who has ever wondered where her sassy rebel sisters have been hiding.
Age Of The Geek
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Author : Kathryn E. Lane
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-10-29
Age Of The Geek written by Kathryn E. Lane and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-29 with Social Science categories.
This collection examines the nerd and/or geek stereotype in popular culture today. Utilizing the media—film, TV, YouTube, Twitter, fiction—that often defines daily lives, the contributors interrogate what it means to be labeled a “nerd” or “geek.” While the nerd/geek that is so easily recognized now is assuredly a twenty-first century construct, an examination of the terms’ history brings a greater understanding of their evolution. From sports to slasher films, Age of the Geek establishes a dialogue with texts as varied as the depictions of “nerd” or “geek” stereotypes.
Geek Girls Don T Cry
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Author : Andrea Towers
language : en
Publisher: Union Square & Company
Release Date : 2019
Geek Girls Don T Cry written by Andrea Towers and has been published by Union Square & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Conduct of life categories.
What does it mean to be a strong woman in a world where our conception of a "hero" remains influenced by male characters like Batman and Superman? Entertainment writer Andrea Towers offers advice tailor-made for fans of any age, outlining some primary traits heroic women call upon--including resilience, self-acceptance, and bravery. She provides stories from real-life women and figures from the pop-culture pantheon, and interviews creators of our favorite fictional heroines.
Women Negotiating Feminism And Science Fiction Fandom
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Author : Neta Yodovich
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2022-08-03
Women Negotiating Feminism And Science Fiction Fandom written by Neta Yodovich and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-03 with Social Science categories.
This book follows the ways in which women negotiate and navigate between their feminist identities and their belonging to science fiction fandoms that at times disregard or dismiss them. It explores frictions and discords, including those between feminist women fans and other members in their communities, and between the fan and the object of her fandom. This book examines the intersection of fandom and feminism through the lenses of gender, ethnicity and age, and provides an in-depth and intersectional perspective on fan communities and the layered discrimination and marginalization enfolded in them. Based on 40 in-depth interviews with women fans of Star Wars and Doctor Who, this book highlights the different aspects of a feminist woman fan’s identity: becoming, being, belonging, representing, and reconciling. Each chapter in this book unravels the complexity, ambivalence, and contradictions between feminism and fandom, and reveals the tactics women develop to overcome and harmonize them.
Forever Geek Geek Girl Book 6
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Author : Holly Smale
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2017-03-09
Forever Geek Geek Girl Book 6 written by Holly Smale and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-09 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
My name is Harriet Manners and I’ll be a geek forever... The FINAL book in the bestselling, award-winning GEEK GIRL series is here!