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Geek Girls Unite: How Fangirls, Bookworms, Indie Chicks, and Other Misfits Are Taking Over the World
Leslie Simon
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Description for Geek Girls Unite: How Fangirls, Bookworms, Indie Chicks, and Other Misfits Are Taking Over the World
Paperback. A celebration of all the women who are busy bucking convention and making the world a smarter, better, and, yes, cooler place. It also includes chapters that are dedicated to a crosssection of the geek elite-fangirls, music fanatics, bookworms, craft mavens, funny girls, film buffs, and others. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 85 x 20. Weight in Grams: 296.
In recent years, male geeks have taken the world by storm: They've become unexpected sex symbols (Seth Rogen and Michael Cera); they've penned pieces of literary brilliance (Rest in peace, David Foster Wallace); they've even reinvented the art of modern cinema (Kudos, Coen brothers!) 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 wondered where her rebel sisters have gone. It's also a sassy, savvy celebration of all the women who are busy bucking convention and making the world a smarter, better, and, yes, cooler place. Each chapter is dedicated to a crosssection of the geek elite-fangirls, music fanatics, bookworms, craft mavens, funny girls, film buffs, and others - and looks at groundbreaking women, geek hall-of-famers, ultimate love matches, and most likely frenemies. Along with fun quizzes, illustrations, and trivia boxes, each group also gets tailored recommendations for playlists, books, movies, and websites. Fun, funny, and ultimately empowering, this is the perfect book for women of any age who've felt like they're on the outside looking includes.
Product Details
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
293g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780062002730
SKU
V9780062002730
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-99
About Leslie Simon
Leslie Simon is the author of Wish You Were Here: An Essential Guide to Your Favorite Music Scenes and co-author of Everybody Hurts: An Essential Guide to Emo Culture. Her work has appeared in Kerrang!, Alternative Press, metromix.com, and MTV.com.
Reviews for Geek Girls Unite: How Fangirls, Bookworms, Indie Chicks, and Other Misfits Are Taking Over the World
"Geek Girls Unite is the ultimate guide for any girl who identifies with the geekier side of life. It's a hilarious must-read look into the modern geek and what makes her so cool!"
comedy duo Garfunkel and Oates "While geekdom has long been portrayed in pop culture as a boys' club, Simon catalogues the wide variety of geek girls in this entertaining look at embracing nonconformity...a worthy endeavor."
Publishers Weekly Tina Fey worshipper Leslie Simon crowdsources media obsessions from a 'guild' of like-minded women to assemble this peppy survey of comedy, literary, film and music icons, all the while evangelizing on behalf of misfit females.
Wired.com
comedy duo Garfunkel and Oates "While geekdom has long been portrayed in pop culture as a boys' club, Simon catalogues the wide variety of geek girls in this entertaining look at embracing nonconformity...a worthy endeavor."
Publishers Weekly Tina Fey worshipper Leslie Simon crowdsources media obsessions from a 'guild' of like-minded women to assemble this peppy survey of comedy, literary, film and music icons, all the while evangelizing on behalf of misfit females.
Wired.com