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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… Read more »
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!