This is all types of awesome and earning thousands of views. It’s a simple formula; the melodies of The DoubleClicks combined with very simple messages from geek girls.
We’ve seen “fake geek girl” battles all over the place. They come in many forms; you’re not a geek, you’re a pretty girl trying to gain popularity from a geek fan base or you’re not a geek, you’re just using the word because it’s trendy or even you’re not a geek because you dislike the way female superheroes are drawn.
When did geeks get so elitist?
My favourite message in the crowdsourced music video is a comic book and game shop owner who finds that people just assume she’s in the store to humour her husband. Really?
If you’ve not watched the video yet then watch out for the special guest stars. Some usual faces – celebs who are usually awesome too.
Hi, I’m the comic/game shop owner from the video. One of our customers pointed out your article to me! Yes, it’s true – plenty of people believe I “let” my husband open the shop because I’m such a tolerant wife. The truth is, we met when *I* was working in another comic shop and he was one of our best customers! We’re both big geeks. We’ve worked to make sure our shop is woman-friendly (and EVERYBODY-friendly, really), and our customer base is about 30% women now.
I think the video turned out really well and I’m honored to have been featured in it. At least one other customer and a female staff member are also in it – they’re in the super-fast montage at the end.
Oh! Hi!
Super cool to have you turn up at the blog :) Don’t know if you want the attention or not but maybe we could think up an angle to allow for a post just about your store – um, a guest post about running a games & comic store? thoughts about the topics mentioned in the video? Or perhaps you could just review a favourite game or comic book? :)
I’d be happy to! I easily could write about any of those topics. We’re 8th Dimension Comics & Games in Houston, Texas.
How should I contact you?
I’ll drop you an email tomorrow :)
@Annie Bulloch I wish there were more women that were geeks. I think that most geek women are MORE beautiful than all others that are not geeks. At least geeks are who they are and they accept themselves. They are real and not putting on an act. I wish there were more like you.
Chris
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This is great! I do a interview series of lighthearted flufffy interviews called Real Geek Girls… that… ALSO… hits a few Feminist notes. (www.realgeekgirls.net) This was really cool!