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Bahston Is Wicked Awesome

BOSTON Dunkin Donuts Cup

Words cannot express how wonderful a time I had at Dana Hall School in Boston, but hopefully these pictures will do the trip some justice.

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Please Forgive Me And My Slacker Ways

Me and Liz Lee at NYCC

First off, I must apologize because it feels like a million years since I’ve updated my site. Every week, I swore I’d write a post all about my latest goings-on, but then something would inevitably get in the way. Thankfully, distance just made the heart grow fonder.

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Need A Gift For The Geek Girl In Your Life?

Book gifts

One of my most-beloved sites on the planet, The Frisky, has compiled of their favorite Under $35 Holiday Gift Picks and guess who made the cut? (Spoiler: Moi!)

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Come To NerdMelt On Thursday, Nov. 3

Geek Girls Unite NerdMelt flyer

I’m teaming up with the fantastic folks at NerdMelt to present a fabulous Geek Girls Unite Book Release Show on Thursday, Nov. 3 at 8 PM. Come join us for a comedy show with lady writers, lady impressionists, lady dorks and more!

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L.A. Signing Announcement

Maria Bamford

I’m teaming up with the fantastic folks at NerdMelt to present a fabulous Geek Girls Unite Book Release Show on Thursday, Nov. 3 at 8 PM. Come join us for a comedy show with lady writers, lady impressionists, lady dorks and more!

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What's New?

Leslie Simon’s State Of The Union

Geek Girls Unite tote bag design

Wanna know what I’ve been up to over the past couple weeks? You might want to go to the bathroom and grab a snack because this is gonna take a while.

Geek Girl Of The Week

Geek Girl Of The Week: Jenny Hart

Jenny Hart

As part of the infamous Austin Craft Mafia, Jenny Hart and her company Sublime Stitching have brought embroidery out of the pages of the L.L. Bean catalog and into the hands of crafty divas everywhere.

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Geek Girl Of The Week: Ana Calderon

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It’s hard to flip through any of the galleries on The Cobra Snake without seeing Ana Calderon somewhere in the frame. With her signature black-brimmed hat and red-lipstick smirk, this Kansas-born trendsetter stands out in a crowd.

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Geek Girl Of The Week: Gloria Steinem

Gloria Steinem

No matter how you feel about her political agenda, Gloria Steinem is an inarguable feminist icon and the entire geek girl scene would look very different without her groundbreaking efforts.

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Geek Girl Of The Week: Kelly Cutrone

Kelly Cutrone

You might not guess it from her signature stark, all-black wardrobe, but Kelly Cutrone is a style maven like no other.

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More about Leslie Simon

Leslie is the author of Geek Girls Unite: How Fangirls, Bookworms, Indie Chicks and Other Misfits Are Taking Over the World, out now through It Books. She is also 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. She currently lives in Los Angeles where she is the Senior Creative Director at Warner Bros. Records.