The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy: A Handbook for Girl Geeks
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Fandom, feminism, cosplay, cons, books, memes, podcasts, vlogs, OTPs and RPGs and MMOs and more—it’s never been a better time to be a girl geek. With delightful illustrations and an unabashed love for all the in(ternet)s and outs of geek culture, this book is packed with tips, playthroughs, and cheat codes, including:
• How to make nerdy friends
• How to rock awesome cosplay
• How to write fanfic with feels
• How to defeat internet trolls
• How to attend your first con
And more! Plus insightful interviews with fangirl faves, like Jane Espenson, Erin Morgenstern, Kate Beaton, Ashley Eckstein, Laura Vandervoort, Beth Revis, Kate Leth, and many others.
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It's kinda sad that a lot only applies to the US. Especially the ways to meet other geeks in real life are simply non-existent in Germany - or few at least not outside of huge cities. Even the advice to plan your own events in community spaces isn't practicable as there's no such thing as community spaces here. And it's also sad that so much of the book deals with conventions. Been there, done that, and not only was bored but also had both a nervous and a circulatory breakdown. Conventions are just not accessible if one is disabled. (Not to mention that they are overpriced, too far away from everything and that a few things the author advices the reader to do are forbidden at conventions in my country.) None of that is the author's fault, of course. How can she know that being a geek in Germany sucks big time (not only because shows sometimes take ten and more years to air here, while people on the Internet already discuss them and throw spoilers around)? But it shows that I'm not exactly the audience this book is meant for, just because I'm not American and also not abled enough to do the stuff this book revolves around big time.
Description
Fandom, feminism, cosplay, cons, books, memes, podcasts, vlogs, OTPs and RPGs and MMOs and more—it’s never been a better time to be a girl geek. With delightful illustrations and an unabashed love for all the in(ternet)s and outs of geek culture, this book is packed with tips, playthroughs, and cheat codes, including:
• How to make nerdy friends
• How to rock awesome cosplay
• How to write fanfic with feels
• How to defeat internet trolls
• How to attend your first con
And more! Plus insightful interviews with fangirl faves, like Jane Espenson, Erin Morgenstern, Kate Beaton, Ashley Eckstein, Laura Vandervoort, Beth Revis, Kate Leth, and many others.
Book Information
Posts
It's kinda sad that a lot only applies to the US. Especially the ways to meet other geeks in real life are simply non-existent in Germany - or few at least not outside of huge cities. Even the advice to plan your own events in community spaces isn't practicable as there's no such thing as community spaces here. And it's also sad that so much of the book deals with conventions. Been there, done that, and not only was bored but also had both a nervous and a circulatory breakdown. Conventions are just not accessible if one is disabled. (Not to mention that they are overpriced, too far away from everything and that a few things the author advices the reader to do are forbidden at conventions in my country.) None of that is the author's fault, of course. How can she know that being a geek in Germany sucks big time (not only because shows sometimes take ten and more years to air here, while people on the Internet already discuss them and throw spoilers around)? But it shows that I'm not exactly the audience this book is meant for, just because I'm not American and also not abled enough to do the stuff this book revolves around big time.