Archive for August 21st, 2009
Being a Girl Geek in the 21st Century

Being a girl geek in the new millennium can mean a number of things. There are anime geeks who gush over prettily drawn bishounen and the powers of their favorite magical girl. Video game geeks who can tell you every possibility of that date with Cloud at the Gold Saucer in Final Fantasy VII, including how to get Barret.
There are also comic geeks who have already chosen which ring color they are going to root for in DC’s Blackest Night saga, as well as those of us beaming over Marvel’s Rogue character finally being able to turn her power on and off (where’s that Cajun?).
And that’s not even mentioning all of the possible fangirling that geeks commit over certain movies, television shows, books, and more.
Me, I like to think of myself as a little of all of the above.
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