Yet Another List (Comics with Women of Color)
So, since it’s on my mind, some comics that feature women of color as interesting characters. Starting with Amar Chitra Katha!
“I was crippled by Impostor Syndrome”: One woman’s story
This is one woman’s anonymous story about Impostor Syndrome and how it affected her geek career. It ultimately caused her to drop out of a profession she loved due to lack of confidence in her ...
Wednesday Geek Woman: Marita Cheng, Robogals founder
Marita Cheng is the Young Australian of the Year winner this year. In 2008, early in her undergraduate studies at the University of Melbourne, she founded Robogals.
Re-post: OMG, Ponies! (Or… my love affair with My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
I always thought my friend Sarah summed up the appeal of My Little Pony the best: Once you believe in rainbow-coloured ponies who can talk, there isn’t much limit to your imagination.
Wednesday Geek Woman: Esther Orozco, cell biologist and politician
This week’s Wednesday Geek Woman is Esther Orozco, cell biologist, winner of the 1997 Pasteur medal, and a 2006 laureate of the L’Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science.
Re-post: On being harassed: a little GF history and some current events
During the December/January slowdown, Geek Feminism is re-publishing some of our highlights from last year. This post originally appeared on October 13, 2011. Trigger warning for discussion of and graphic examples of threatening online harassment. ...
