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Geek Girl in the News looks at the awesome or not so awesome news that will make you go either: "YAY" or "OMG I can't believe that." 

The latest and greatest geek girl news from July 2019 covers a Woman of Colour as the new 007, Twitch streamers and gender discrimination, responsibility and moderation of abusive Twitch streams, permission to be nerds, all new Hitchhiker's Guide, Cyberpunk representation, the new Switch Lite, and more!

Monika is joined by special guest host Thom from Three Extra Lives who's filling in for our poor sicky-poo host, Amanda. Thanks Thom for stepping up to the game last minute for us! You rock our socks!

What’s your take on these news articles? 

In this episode of Geek Girl in the News, we covered these news stories:

• The new 007 is a black woman – don't make her a Bond girl
• Reddit Thread: I changed my name on Overwatch and haven’t been a victim of toxicity since. Anyone else?
• Study: Two-Thirds of Online Gamers Experience ‘Severe’ Harassment
• Twitch has to figure out what to do with its biggest stars
• HOW STRANGER THINGS 3 GAVE GIRLS PERMISSION TO BE NERDS
• ‘A Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy’ Is Coming To Hulu
• Cyberpunk 2077 Will Have Reversible Cover Art Featuring a Female V
• Nintendo unveils cheaper, smaller Switch Lite

If you’ve enjoyed this episode, please check out some of our others!

• Geek Discussion: Rising Representation and Diversity in Video Games
• Geek Discussion: Women in Game Development with Three Extra Lives
• Geek Girl in the News: January 2019

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 Amanda & Monika

Special Guest: Thom Knight.

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You all know we love us some Marvel! And this year's revelations at San Diego Comic Con did not disappoint. With phase 3 ending on Spiderman: Far From Home's summer 2019 release, we're set to have a break before phase 4 drops.

But it's dropping with a bang!

This week on Geek Herring, we're geeking out about Marvel's Phase 4. There are so many amazing films coming out over 2020 and 2021 (yes we have to wait that long!). Not to mention the amazing and interesting sounding tv shows coming to Disney+ (are you getting it, too??).

Needless to say, we are super excited for the SDCC announcements that saw many of the stars take the stage to share in the geekdom.

Releasing in May 2020, we are treated to Black Widow's standalone film! Here for this!!

Other incredible releases include:

• The Falcon and The Winter Soldier (tv show)
• Eternals (film)
• Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings (film)
• WandaVision (tv show)
• LOKI (tv show)
• Doctor Strange in The Multiverse of Madness (film)
• What If...? (tv show)
• hawkeye (tv show)
• Thor: Love and Thunder (film)

Plus the teasing announcements for phase 5:

• Blade
• Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3
• Captain Marvel 2

We referenced these articles and videos in this episode:

• All Exclusive Marvel Phase 4 Details from San Diego Comic-Con
• Phase 4 Lineup Announcement
• Blade has a long and difficult history with Marvel – here's why
• What Scarlett Johansson's Missing in the Representation Debate - Between the Scenes | The Daily Show

If you’ve enjoyed this episode, please check out some of our others!

• Geeking Out About Avengers: Endgame: Mental Health, Politics, + Representation
• Geeking Out About Captain Marvel: Higher, Further, Faster, Feminist
• Geeking Out: Looking Forward Into 2019

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 Amanda & Monika

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Period. End of Sentence. Is a documentary about living in rural India where stigma surrounding women's periods still exists. It's a recent Oscar winner, which is how it came onto our radar, and we knew we had to talk about it. In this episode, we share our reactions and whether or not we recommend it!

Period. End of Sentence. is available on Netflix worldwide. It's a short documentary directed by Rayka Zehtabchi who travelled to India to film and interview local rural women. 

It's an incredible story of stigma, oppression, resilience, and perseverance. Period. follows a group of women who are ashamed of their menstrual cycle, many even leaving school because they don't have adequate sanitary products. 

These women are introduced to a new machine that let's them produce low-cost sanitary pads. We see an incredible transformation in these women as they start their own independent business, earning their own money, and in turn respect, in their society.

What else did we think about it? Tune in to the episode to find out!

Find Period. End of Sentence. and learn more about The Pad ProjectOnline / Twitter / Facebook / Instagram

If you’ve enjoyed this episode, please check out some of our others!

• Geek Girl in the News: The Oscars Happened!
• Geek Girl in the News: Millions of Indian Women Join Hands
• Geek Girl Reviews: The Mask You Live In Exploring Toxic Masculinity

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Have you ever wanted to live out your medieval life dreams in a safe and modern way? This is exactly what today's guest, Jamie Unrau, does with the Society for Creative Anachronism. Today, we're talking about this cool, geeky hobby, their gender identity and journey, and the intersection of both.

Jamie is a film PA, indie game developer, writer, active member of the SCA, and all around geeky person. They were assisgned male at birth (AMAB), transitioned to female in 2007, and now identifies as non-binary/genderfluid. 

The Society for Creative Anachronism is a modern medieval world that celebrates all the good parts of the time period and reimagining the bad. Women have a proper place in society, men are chivilrous, and gender expression is a-okay. Jamie has created their non-binary Ancient Greek persona, Appa Apopolitarchopolis in line with the SCA's regulations.

Jamie also shares they they used to believe that women were the more priviledged gender and how their worldview completely changed when they transitioned. They talk about how the SCA is changing to embrace gender diversity and invite you to join their openly queer clan.

Do you want to join the SCA? (You're totally not alone, Amanda does, too!) How do you approach gender identity? 

You can find Jamie Online

Learn more about the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc.

If you’ve enjoyed this episode, please check out some of our others!

• Geek Interview: Feminism and Gender with Dr. Sol Haring
• Geek Girl Reviews: The Mask You Live In (Exploring Toxic Masculinity)
• Geeking Out About Robin Hobb: Fantasy That Represents – LGBTQ+, Gender Roles, Classism, + More

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 Amanda & Monika

Special Guest: Jamie Unrau.

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Geek Girl in the News looks at the awesome or not so awesome news that will make you go either: "YAY" or "OMG I can't believe that." 

The latest and greatest geek girl news from June 2019 covers gender discrimination in game development, FFVII Tifa's chest restriction, E3's sad state of female representation, girls wanting to avoid the "geek" label, and the Amazon/Netflix OTP. 

What’s your take on these news articles? 

In this episode of Geek Girl in the News, we covered these news stories:

• Man sues Brewdog for sex discrimination against men - and wins
• Twitter Thread About Above Case
• The State Of California Is Investigating Riot Games For Gender Discrimination
• Changing the Narrative: How Janina Gavankar Is Empowering Gamers Walking in Her Footsteps
• Report: E3 2019 was a bad year for female representation in video games
• Square Enix has an ethics department and it told the Final Fantasy 7 remake developers to "restrict" Tifa's chest
• Bernie Sanders Calls for Video Game Developer Unions
• Computer 'geek' stereotype puts girls off subject
• Women Are Missing Out on the Biggest Job Boom in America
• Netflix “Cancels” Good Omens, Amazon Fires Back, and the Internet Is Good, Actually

If you’ve enjoyed this episode, please check out some of our others!

• Geek Discussion: Rising Representation and Diversity in Video Games
• Geek Discussion: Women in Game Development with Three Extra Lives
• Geek Girl Reviews: The Mask You Live In (Exploring Toxic Masculinity)

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 Amanda & Monika

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Love her or hate her, Felicia Day is, without question, Queen of the Geeks! This week on Geek Herring, we're talking about her hilarious and insightful, yet neurotic, autobiography, You're Never Weird on the Internet... Almost. Listen in to find out whether or not hosts Monika and Amanda enjoyed it!

Felicia Day was homeschooled by her mom and was encouraged to study the subjects that interested her. Raised with no real social interactions save her brother, Felicia forged her own way. She discovered the online RPG, Ultima, which began her lifelong obsession with games.

First known for her recurring appearance in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Felicia has made a name for herself in the geek world. She's also known for appearing in Supernatural as Charlie.

Felicia is taking geek culture by storm. She is the creator and writer of the first YouTube series, The Guild, and is currently creating beautiful geeky things with production company, Geek and Sundry. But life wasn't without hardship for Felicia. Battling social anxiety, video game addiction, asshole Hollywood execs, and getting doxxed speaking out about Gamergate. 

She writes about it ALL in her honest autobiography, which you can pick up:
 Amazon USA
Amazon UK
Amazon DE
and at your local book shop =) 

Find Felicia Day Online / Twitter / Facebook / Instagram

If you’ve enjoyed this episode, please check out some of our others!

• Geeking Out About Unicorn Store: Embrace Your Weird
• Geek Girl Reviews: The Fangirl’s Guide to the Galaxy by Sam Maggs
• Geek Girl Stereotypes: How the World Sees Us

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 Amanda & Monika

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Calling all our anime and manga lovers.... this episode is for YOU! We're joined by our guest experts, Jannie and Nat, who are sharing their views and thoughts after spending much of their lives involved with this community. 

Jannie is a writer and virtual assistant who works with romance authors. She was instrumental in bringing the very first anime convention to the Phillipines where she was a volunteer, attendee, and cosplayer - WOW!

Nat is a professional student, currently studying to open a metaphysical shop with her husband. She's been in love with anime and manga since she was a child and spends much of her time reading and writing in the genre. 

In this episode, we're talking about the series' that captured our guest's interest and why they love anime and manga so much. They share their insight into how manga and anime differs from western comics and cartoons. And Nat and Jannie geek out over their current favourites.

Then Nat and Jannie share some positive and negative experiences they've had through their anime and manga love. Plus, you'll find out who they've met at conventions around the world!

What's your favourite anime or manga? Do you know what a reverse harem is? What series would you recommend for a totally newbie to the genre?

We also ask them questions from our Geek Herring listeners:

• What sets anime/manga apart from comic books?
• Why do so many anime girls get so much hate from viewer girls in certain series?
• What's the best anime/manga to start out with as a total n00b?
• Specifically, what manga is good? This particular listener basically found manga porn when she was younger :-O

We talk about these series!

• Sailor Moon & Sailor Moon Crystal
• Fairy Tail
• Dragon Ball Z
• Yona of the Dawn
• Attack on Titan
• Sword Art Online
• Fruits Basket
• Beast Go King Lion (Voltron, Daimos and Galaxy Express 999)
• My Hero Academia
• Little Witch Academia
• Uta no Prince-sama (The Princess of Song)
• Cardcaptor Sakura
• InuYasha
• One Piece
• Full Metal Alchemist
• Slam Dunk
• Yowamushi no Pedal
• Diamond no Ace
• One Punch Man
• Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku
• Ebichu
• Records of Lodoss War
• Escaflowne (and why you shouldn't start out with this one!)

You can find our guests:

Jannie: Online / Facebook / Instagram / Tumblr

Natalie: FanFiction / wattpad / Tumblr / Instagram / Twitter
Game with Nat on PS4: Elysia_1987 / Steam: lyssa17 / Xbox: Alasara / Arc: elysia1987 

If you’ve enjoyed this episode, please check out some of our others!

• Geek Interview: Cosplay, Conventions, Community, and Gender with Anna
• Geek Characters: Final Fantasy Reveals Playable Viera Race
• Geek Discussion: Rising Representation and Diversity in Video Games

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 Amanda & Monika

Special Guests: Jannie Mitzeiko Harvey and Natalie Elizabeth Bartley.

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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!

In this episode of Geek Herring, we're celebrating the diversity and representation that's growing in video games, starting with new character revelations from earlier this year and ending with some of the reveals at 2019's E3.

It's about damn time we had more variety and choice of characters to play in video games. People who look like us, act like us, are like us. And with increased diversity will eventually come increased acceptance of people who aren't "like you."

One step forward for humanity, friends!

Resources Mentioned

• Why Overwatch's Gay Characters Are So Important
• Bleeding Edge
• Bleeding Edge Trailer
• EA casting double amputee to play Octane
• Ikumi Nakamura on stage at E3

If you’ve enjoyed this episode, please check out some of our others!

Geek Discussion: Women in Game Development with Three Extra Lives
Geeking Out About Robin Hobb: Fantasy That Represents – LGBTQ+, Gender Roles, Classism, + More
Geek Discussion: All Those Video Game Boobs

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 Amanda & Monika

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Geek Girl in the News looks at the awesome or not so awesome news that will make you go either: "YAY" or "OMG I can't believe that." 

The latest and greatest geek girl news from May 2019 covers Gillette's newest ad featuring a father and his transgender son, Nigerian geek girls fighting for an end to child marriage, Netflix taking a stand against Georgia's new abortion bill, R Patz officially becoming Batman, football, Hearthstone Grandmasters, and more! 

What’s your take on these news articles? 

In this episode of Geek Girl in the News, we covered these news stories:

• Heartwarming Gillette AD Shows Father Teaching His Transgender Son How to Shave for the First Time
• These schoolgirls want an end to child marriage. So they're fighting to change their country's constitution
• SIGN THE CHANGE.ORG PETITION
• Netflix Will Consider Leaving Georgia If the State’s Abortion Ban Goes Into Effect
• Watch: Justin Baldoni's Ted Talk - Why I'm done trying to be "man enough"
• Learn more about Man Enough
• Robert Pattinson Is Officially ‘The Batman’
• Emma Hayes to manage Chelsea? She should be considered, says Vicky Gomersall
• Pathra on the Hearthstone GrandMasters So Far
• Female-voice AI reinforces bias, says UN report

Pick up Orson by David J. Pearson for yourself on Amazon UK

If you’ve enjoyed this episode, please check out some of our others!

• Geek Girl Reviews: The Mask You Live In (Exploring Toxic Masculinity)
• Geeking Out About Avengers: Endgame: Mental Health, Politics, + Representation
• Geek Discussion: All Those Video Game Boobs

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 Amanda & Monika

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Sometimes you need to just sit back, relax, and shoot the breeze. So rather than stick to one episode topic, we decided to go free and talk about anything and everything that comes to mind in the geeky world. From the upcoming pop culture we're looking forward to, to what we've been up to, to mental health and gaming - time to grab a cuppa and join this friendly conversation.

In this episode, we reminisce about all the epic geeky things that have set 2019 alight (looking at you, Endgame and Game of Thrones!) while we mourn what the rest of the year will bring (...not that much).

Our casual chat meanders to what we're up to, with Amanda revealing her latest writing pursuits, and Monika sharing how much more she's embracing her geeky identity these days.

We also start talking about mental health and gaming, sharing some of our own personal experiences about both. Stay tuned for the standalone episode!

If you’ve enjoyed this episode, please check out some of our others!

• Geeking Out About Game Of Thrones
• Geeking Out About Avengers: Endgame: Mental Health, Politics, + Representation
• Geeking Out: Looking Forward Into 2019

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 Amanda & Monika

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