02.10.12 // Announcing GeekGirlCon 2012!
Join us for our second annual convention, GeekGirlCon 2012!
Chase Masterson in the vendor room at GeekGirlCon 2011. Photo by Amir Rosenblatt.
GeekGirlCon ’12 will take place August 11th and 12th, 2012 at the Conference Center in downtown Seattle, WA. We are super excited to bring you another convention focused on the female geek. We’ll have programming, panels, games, exhibits, and more. So come and celebrate geeky women with us. From the scientist to the manga-addict, we have a little bit for everyone. All geeks welcome!
2-Day ($35) and Saturday or Sunday only ($20/each) passes available. Kids ages 5-10 are $5 and kids under 4 are free with an adult pass.
See you there!
The GeekGirlCon Staff
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01.30.12 // From Cupcakes with Love
Your mission, should you choose to accept it: rendezvous with GeekGirlCon and the CakeSpy on Sunday, February 12th to receive the secret code of baked goods and decorate cupcakes from New York Cupcakes!
Mission briefing:
Date: Sunday, February, 12, 2012
Where: CakeSpy Shop at 415 E. Pine Street, Seattle, WA 98112
Time: 2:00-4:00 PM*
Age: All ages
Cupcake decorating fee: $5
* Space is limited. Reserve your place today by emailing Kelly at SpecialEvents@geekgirlcon.com
Decorate cupcakes from 2:00-3:00 p.m. and then one winner in each of these categories: Sweetest, Most Magical, and Most Awesome. Come by the shop at 3:00 p.m. to cast your own vote for Crowd Favorite. Each winner will receive a fun prize. One of the prize will be from Glad Bunnies!
Who is the CakeSpy? She is none other than Seattle’s own Jessie Oleson, illustrator, author, sweetness guru, and proprietor of Cake Spy Shop on Capitol Hill in Seattle. Her new book Sweet Treats for a Sugar-Filled Life is full of ways to bring sweets to any culinary occasion. Biscuits with Chocolate Gravy, it doesn’t get much better than that. Visit CakeSpy.com for more information about Jessie, her book, and the shop.
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For more information about this event contact Kelly at specialevents@geekgirlcon.com.
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01.27.12 // Central Cinema TV Dinner with GeekGirlCon, Trek-style
Take this opportunity to introduce you young geeks in you life to the show that started a pop culture and geek culture revolution.Details and cheat codes:
Date: Wednesday, February 15th
Where: Central Cinema (1411 21st AVE, Seattle)
Time: 7:00 PM
Who: All ages
Cost: $5 (goes toward your food voucher)
TV Dinner at the Central Cinema located in Seattle’s Central District at 21st Avenue and East Union Street. If you’ve never been to a TV Dinner before, here’s how it works: you pay just $5.00 and it gets you a TV Dinner food voucher to secure your seat. Then order up some snacks and cash in your voucher with your waiter against your tab. Easy!
Contact Kelly at specialevents@geekgirlcon.com with questions or for more information on this event. To find out more about the Central Cinema, visit http://www.central-cinema.com/
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01.9.12 // Grab Another TV Dinner with GeekGirlCon at the Central Cinema on January 11th
Grab your towel and a Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster! GeekGirlCon and the Central Cinema bring you the BBC’s 1981 television adaptation of the Douglas Adams classic novel The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy for TV Dinner on Wednesday, January 11th at 7:00 p.m. Don’t miss a chance to see this award-winning production on the big screen.
TV Dinner at the Central Cinema located in Seattle’s Central District at 21st Avenue and East Union Street. If you’ve never been to a TV Dinner before, here’s how it works: you pay just $5.00 and it gets you a TV Dinner food voucher to secure your seat. Then order up some snacks and cash in your voucher with your waiter against your tab. Easy!
Details and cheat codes:
TV Dinner: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (BBC 1981)
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
7:00 PM
Central Cinema is located at 1411 21st AVE, Seattle
Only $5.00
All ages
Direct link to this post: www.geekgirlcon.com/TvDinnerTHGttG
Contact Kelly at specialevents@geekgirlcon.com with questions or for more information on this event. To find out more about the Central Cinema, visit http://www.central-cinema.com/
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12.19.11 // GeekGirlCon Merchandise for the Holidays
Looking for a holiday gift for that geek girl in your life?
GeekGirlCon has great deals on our 2011 con merchandise at our Etsy store. Couldn’t make it to Seattle? Or you made it to the con, but were low funds? You are in luck! T-shirts, tote bags, stickers, and pins are all available for purchase.
Get a piece of geek girl history for yourself or that special geek in your life. Act now, because when the 2011 gear is sold-out — it’s gone for good!
To receive your shipment in time for Christmas, you must place your order no later than December 21st.
Visit our Etsy store today!
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11.30.11 // Continuing the Discussion: Miss Representation
Thank you everyone who came out tonight to see the sold out showing of Miss Representation!
For those of you who want to discuss the film more or maybe you didn’t make it, but still want to discuss these issues, please head to our GeekGirlCon forum and start posting your thoughts and responses.
Also check out MissRepresentation.org for more things you can do to voice your concerns, help spread awareness, and be a pro-active media watcher. And the sites of our partners in this screening: The Women’s Funding Alliance, Reel Grrls, and SIFF.
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11.10.11 // SOLD OUT! -Represent Yourself! Come to GeekGirlCon’s Screening of Miss Representation November 30
**Update: This screening is now SOLD OUT. Advance tickets are no longer available, a limited number of “standby” tickets might become available at the door five to ten minutes prior to the screening. Standby tickets are sold on a first-come, first-served basis, depending on how many seats are available. Cash only.**
Miss Representation – Presented by Women’s Funding Alliance in partnership with Reel Grrls, GeekGirlCon, and SIFF. Join us on November 30th for a special screening of this compelling new film that exposes how mainstream media contribute to the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America.
This 90-minute documentary identifies huge gaps in the mainstream media’s portrayals and depictions of women and how the limited images actually lead to fewer women in positions of influence and power in our society. Miss Representation is essential viewing for anyone bombarded with images and memes from mainstream media (ergo, that means everyone needs see this documentary).
Visit MissRepresentation.org and take the pledge to help end sexism. Then, make sure you secure your tickets for the screening:
Wednesday, November 30th
Doors open at 6:00PM, show at 7:00 PM
Uptown Theater (Lower Queen Anne neighborhood, 511 Queen Ann Ave. N)
Click here to buy tickets: $10, $5 for SIFF members
All ages are welcome to this event, but please consider this film is rated TV-14 DL for strong suggestive dialogue and strong coarse language. Visit MissRepresentation.org for more details.
Stay after the film for a panel discussion on the images of women in the media: how it currently stands and how to change it. Panelists include:
Regina Buenaobra-Community Manager at ArenaNet and Editor at The Border House Blog
Dr. Amy Peloff- Assistant Director of Comparative History of Ideas at University of Washington
Jennifer K. Stuller- Ink-Stained Amazon Author and Programming Director at GeekGirlCon
Malory Graham- Executive Director at Reel Grrls
Moderators:
Sara Reyerson- Director of Grant Programs at Women’s Funding Alliance
Lummy- Student at Reel Grrls
Whether a veteran activist or young upstart, this screening of Miss Representation offers everyone inspiration to become an agent of change for images of women in the media. It is time to stand up and represent! Continue the discussion at www.geekgirlcon.com/forum
Direct link to this post: www.geekgirlcon.com/miss-representation-screening
Please contact Kelly at SpecialEvents@geekgirlcon.com with any questions.
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10.26.11 // Have a TV Dinner with GeekGirlCon at Central Cinema
On Wednesday, November 9th at 7:00 p.m., some of your favorite geeky ladies of the small screen take over the big screen at the Central Cinema. GeekGirlCon and Central Cinema will screen TV episodes starring Lisa Simpson, Daria, Codex, and Lynda Carter’s Wonder Woman–all for just $5!
All ages welcome for this event at Central Cinema located in Seattle’s Central District at 21st Avenue and East Union Street (1411 21st Avenue).
Here’s what is in store for TV Dinner:
The Simpsons: “Girls Just Want to Have Sums”
Springfield Elemtentary is divided into two separate schools (one for boys, one for girls) following Principal Skinner’s demotion. Concerned that the boys are receiving a higher standard of education, Lisa disguises herself as a boy.
Daria: “Malled”
Daria’s economics class takes a trip to Mall of the Millennium to study supply and demand. Jane discovers the mall executives are actually using them as a focus group. Meanwhile, Quinn and the Fashion Club skip school to visit their mecca.
The Guild: “Cheesybeards”
The Knights of Good finally meet face to face and…it’s awkward.
The Original Wonder Woman: “Pilot” (1975)
Lynda Carter spins her way from Diana Prince into Wonder Woman in the classic TV series pilot. Amazon Princess Diana rescues Major Steve Trevor, a WWII pilot who crashed his plane on Paradise Island in the Bermuda Triangle. Against her mother’s wishes, Diana competes against other Amazons for the opportunity to return the pilot to America.
Contact Kelly at specialevents@geekgirlcon.com with questions or for more information on this event. To find out more about the Central Cinema, visit http://www.central-cinema.com/
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Direct link to buy tickets: http://www.central-cinema.com/tickets.htm
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10.24.11 // Archaia Giveaway Winners and Their Heroes!
These kids won Mouseguard Books!
Congratulations to our Expand Your Comic Mind and Archaia Giveaway winners! Each winner will be receiving a Mouseguard graphic novel for all their hard work. Hooray for the little geeks!
Delaura, age 6, of Moscow, ID wrote about and drew Sarah Jane Smith
Sully, age 5, of Seattle, Washington drew Jack Incredible
Andrew, age 9, of Federal Way, Washington drew the Green Lantern
Thank you to everyone who participated in our contest. Look for more opportunities for prizes through GeekGirlCon Facebook and Twitter!
Sarah Jane Essay from Delaura, age 6, of Moscow, ID
Art from Delaura, age 6, of Moscow, ID
Art from Sully, age 5, of Seattle, Washington
Entry from Andrew, age 9, of Federal Way, Washington