Geek Girl(s) Of The Week: The Like

A photo posted by Z Berg (@zeezerizer) on Apr 30, 2015 at 3:20pm PDT Who: The Like Type of Geek: Retro Geeks The founding members of The Like—vocalist/guitarist Elizabeth “Z” Berg and drummer Tennessee Thomas—grew up in the ’80s as the daughters of music-biz royalty, but the girls were inspired by the style and sound of the 1960s more than anything else. They formed the band in their mid-teens, and soon found themselves playing alongside... Read More

Quiz: Do You Fancy Yourself A Geek Girl?

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Geek Girl Of The Week: Jenny Lewis

A photo posted by jenny lewis (@jennydianelewis) on Jul 13, 2015 at 11:21pm PDT Who: Jenny Lewis Type of Geek: The Nostalgic, California Dreamin’ Music Geek Jenny Lewis has come a long way since singing about Wilderness Girls cookies in front of the Georgio store in Troop Beverly Hills. (In case you don’t remember, take a minute and search “Cookie Time” on YouTube. It’s totally worth it.) In fact, in the early ’90s, it looked... Read More

NYC Reading/Signing Announcement

In case you haven’t visited the Events page lately, check out which cities I’ll be invading in the coming weeks to read/sign/celebrate the release of Geek Girls Unite: OCT. 9 4 PM at the JBL theater inside the EMP Museum (Seattle, WA) Are you a fan of science fiction, fantasy, horror, action, gaming, science, anime, roller derby, cosplay, comic books, technology, B-movies, LARPing and video games? Then come by to the first-annual GeekGirlCon... Read More

Geek Girl Of The Week: Meghan McCain

A photo posted by Meghan McCain (@meghanmccain) on Aug 10, 2015 at 5:22am PDT Who: Meghan McCain Type of Geek: Political Geek This political blogger might be Republican royalty—she’s the daughter of U.S. senator John McCain—but she’s not afraid to express her liberalism on social issues like abortion (she’s pro-life), gay marriage (she’s all for it) and immigration (she spoke out against the Arizona Act, which her father supported). Meghan... Read More

Geek Girl Of The Week: Grace Coddington

A photo posted by @therealgracecoddington on May 4, 2015 at 7:25pm PDT Who: Grace Coddington Type of Geek: Fashionista Geek Longtime editor-in-chief Anna Wintour might take up most of the Vogue spotlight, but everyone knows that the real star of the fashion show is creative director Grace Coddington. Originally a model for Vogue in her twenties, her career in front of the camera came to a halt when a car accident left her disfigured. However,... Read More

Leslie Simon’s State Of The Union

Did anyone happen to catch the Facebook’s f8 Conference this week? I sure did and couldn’t take my eyes of Mark Zuckerberg, which I plan on discussing in-depth during therapy this week. I mostly think it was because of all the crazy apps the social network is introducing, some of which I’ve already enabled on my profile despite the fact that I don’t entirely understand them nor do I really want to relive how many Bright Eyes... Read More

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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, CA.