#geekgirlcon is a lovely time

[feysplendent]

#I will literally make you sew #no more saying you cant sew #this is a threat #visit our panel please #geekgirlcon is a lovely time #geekgirlcon #geekgirlcon 2023 #seattle convention #convention blogging #convention blog #how to sew #cosplay sewing #cosplay sewing 101

[natalieleif]

Drawin' some freakin' KORKS. I love these cozy lil guys so much...

Hoping to have these ready as stickers in time for GeekGirlCon, wish me luck!

#korok #leif draws #legend of zelda #tears of the kingdom #breath of the wild #stickers

[popthiscollective]

Mid-life crisis series: Eat Pray Love vs Under the Tuscan Sun (Pt 2) (Encore Presentation)

Summary:

  Encore presentation. This week we go way back in the vaults and discover that in 2017 our main preoccupation was arguing over whether Eat Pray Love or Under the Tuscan Sun was the better/worse mid-life crisis movie. Part 2 of a 2-part series (Part 1 re-aired on Sept. 7).

    Show notes:

  The Rabbit Hole, Seattle

  GeekGirlCon

Eat. Pray. Love. Market. (Fast Company)

  Recommendations:

Lisa: The Defenders

Andrea W.: NYT roundtable on "Women Are Making The Best Rock Music Today"

  Music credits:

Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

  Intro bed: "OLPC" by Marco Raaphorst Courtesy of Free Music Archive CC BY-SA 3.0 NL

  "Good Times" by Podington Bear Courtesy of Free Music Archive CC BY-NC 3.0

    Pop This! Links: Pop This! on Tumblr Pop This! on iTunes (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Stitcher (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Google Play Pop This! on TuneIn radio Pop This! on Twitter Pop This! on Instagram Logo design by Samantha Smith Intro voiced by Morgan Brayton

Pop This! is a podcast featuring three women talking about pop culture.

Lisa Christiansen is a broadcaster, journalist and longtime metal head. Andrea Warner is a music critic, author and former horoscopes columnist. Andrea Gin is a producer and an avid figure skating fan.

Press play and come hang out with your new best friends.

Pop This! podcast is produced by Andrea Gin.

  Check out our latest episode!

#podcast popculture feminism

[yura-ibnida]

A Love letter to myself

I was starting to feel really very down (I made myself laugh too hard yesterday using the Reface app in a variety of movie clips and gifs... so what comes up must go down.... I guess), so I decided to do the thing that I’ve been putting off for a while, instead of spiraling down the negativity rabbit hole. I don’t expect anyone to read this, nor do I intend for anyone but myself to read it. But I guess for anyone who does happen upon this, be my guest? It’s just going to be an embarrassing (but hopefully uplifting) letter to myself. Dear Yura, April, Pelcho, whatever other nicknames you’ve had in life, Congratulations on your promotion at work! This is the most you’ve ever made in your lifetime of jobs with shitty pay! You’re being paid human wages and I’m proud of you for sticking to it this long. I know this isn’t what you want to do for the long haul, and you’re doubting that you’ll ever reach your dreams that have nothing to do with this job or promotion, but we have to start somewhere. Even if that somewhere has taken nearly 16 years. You are a fully independent woman now, able to take care of yourself financially and also able to indulge in the finer things in life (whatever you think that is, yes even your incredible BTS addiction at 34 years old). Don’t dwell too much on how you wish you could have had this job when you were with Yuki. Even if you did, and you were still together, would either of you really be happy? You’d still be making the same excuses that it’s hard to pursue what you want to do in life (hello, 9 years later and you still don’t know) because you’re working most of the day at this job, then being a reluctant housekeeper constantly falling behind on her duties at home. And he’d still feel like he’s the only one giving his all in everything. You were both just incompatible and STUBBORN. It’s ok that you’re flawed. It’s ok that you’re not perfect. You don’t have to make up for these flaws no matter how much YOU think it bothered him. Because he still loved you, flawed and all. He just wanted to push you harder to lift you up higher. You’re just very sensitive and didn’t take that well. You do things at your own pace, and your ADHD makes it really hard to have that constant flow of motivation. Maybe one day you will meet someone who will understand this and make you feel loved and taken care of, you’ll stop feeling inadequate. But maybe before that YOU have to love you and accept yourself. Mom and Pook just think happiness is founded in a partner who accepts you for you, but I think YOU need to accept you for you first. When I say you, I mean “I and me.” Remember when he went to Japan, those first few months you were so brokenhearted and lethargic? Not to mention Wasabi had to be put down like a day before he left. But in that time he was gone you were able to get a new job, go to therapy, and feel a bit freer. Later that year, with the help of Frankie’s beautifully organized work-mind, you were able to make adorable crafts to sell at Geekgirlcon! Hell, with the help of friends you were actually accepted to be a vendor at Geekgirlcon! You had so many accomplishments. Your friends are all amazing and sweet, and you’re so lucky you have them by your side. It’s going to take time again since you’re broken hearted AGAIN. You’re doing the best you can with limited energy. I know you think you should be crafting more, or drawing more, or learning how to play the guitar and diligently practice singing, but if your heart and mind aren’t well, how can you expect to do anything? 

With more power (money) comes more responsibility, and yeah you’re stressing over more. But you can do it. In due time. You will adapt to this pandemic lifestyle. Something will spark joy in your life again. A year will pass before you know it, but you’ll move out of this current apt and get an even better one! Maybe one with a water view and a balcony (at the very least, a washer and dryer IN the unit).

Thanks for bearing through the emotional garbage, self. Someone and something besides BTS will spark joy someday (in the meantime, watch those beautiful boys dance and sing to your hearts content XD )

Love, Yourself

[destinationtoast]

Hi, I'm a new tumblr fumbling around with fanfic analysis! I just wanted to say that I remember stumbling across your stuff a couple years back looking up stuff for a class and it's always stuck with me. I'm really glad to see coming back now that you're still around! Would you have any recs for other active-ish fandom analysis blogs?

Aww, thank you!  :3  

I am packing to head out to GeekGirlCon, so I don’t have time to give your recs question the full attention it deserves.  But I’ve gathered some pointers to other analyses in the past.  And my GeekGirlCon co-panelists are all worth checking out:

@olderthannetfic has done various analyses of fanwork content and is co-presenting some analyses with me at the con.  

University of Washington has a research lab ( @ffanalytics ) that looks at questions like how reader feedback influences fan authors.

@fansplaining ​ does really cool fandom surveys and detailed articles writing up their findings.

Also check out the #fandom stats tag here on Tumblr.  And anyone who follows me who wants to self-rec, please do so in the comments!  (I’d also love more pointers to newer fandom data blogs to check out.)

#fandom stats #asks #toasty replies #geekgirlcon #ggc19 #program 800 #program-800 #fansplaining is hereby officially dubbed 'friends of the toast' #because they keep calling me a 'friend of the pod' #(but this does not exclude others from being friends of the toast ;) )

[madscientistjournal]

A Thank You to Our Artists, Part 2

Last week, we thanked several of our artists who have helped make MSJ so awesome! This week, we are thanking several more!

We met Errow and America at the same time, when they were cosplaying Cecil and Carlos from Welcome to Nightvale at GeekGirlCon. We told them we loved their costumes, and they gave us their card. When we found out they were artists, we contacted them to see if they would like to do some commissioned artwork for us, and they agreed! They’ve been producing covers and interior artwork for us ever since! Check out Errow’s portfolio here and America’s here!

Scarlett O’Hairdye is a Seattle-based burlesque performer who we met through that art form. We found out she was also an artist, and we brought her on board to make art for us as well! She’s done some of our strangest pieces, when there was no one else we could think to give it to other than her! You can find more about her here!

Finally, Ariel Alian Wilson is someone who Jeremy has known since she was a toddler, who has also developed into a talented artist in the intervening years between then and now. She’s the artist behind one of our most popular MSJ covers, “Scientist Cat“. You can find more of her work here!

A Thank You to Our Artists, Part 2 was originally published on Mad Scientist Journal

#Artists #Pimping #Thank You

[nerdiestlittleartist]

I loved running the Cosplay Figure Drawing workshop @geekgirlcon 2019! We had waaay more people than I expected. Of course I couldn’t have done it without the amazing cosplayers and models, Ellie and Marlow or my emotional support Erica, Allen, and Melanie.

This workshop was full of so many firsts. My first time running any sort of workshop/panel at a con, my first time interviewing someone in front of an audience, my first time saying I’m genderfluid out loud to a group of complete strangers IRL.

Thank you to everyone for your kind words and participation. I hope to bring Cosplay Figure Drawing back for 2020!

#ggc19 #geekgirlcon 2019

[geekstarcostuming]

Hello sweet geek babes! Gentle reminder that GeekStar is not open for business, because Claire is learning to TALK TO ROBOTS. 😂💖😂 This career switch into being a Software Developer is super intense, so it takes every bit of spare time and energy and doing anything with GeekStar is currently impossible. Who knows what may happen when life settles down again, but we can't promise if and when that would be. We still see you, we still hear you, we still love you. This community means the world to us! . Currently, you can still get a few GeekStar jewelry designs at @metropdx on Hawthorne in #PDX, but that's it. If and when we ever reopen shop you will hear it here first, so thank you, dedicated darlings, for sticking around just in case 😘😁😉 . And oh hey, Claire here, who wants a badass, creative, loveable, capable Fullstack Software Developer on their team? Because the job hunt starts meow and I would LOVE to find my people out there. 😻😽 PM me here! . #womenwhocode #womenintech #geekgirlcon #geekstarcostuming #geekstar #talktorobots (at Portland, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2e5j79BHqk/?igshid=cqfdkuvu8gos

#pdx #womenwhocode #womenintech #geekgirlcon #geekstarcostuming #geekstar #talktorobots

[comickergirl]

ECCC is pretty great (esp artist's alley, celebrities, panels, etc), but get ready to stand p much the whole time since there are so many attendees that even floor space can be hard to find! My personal favorite con around here is GeekGirlCon, have you ever been to that one? It's a lot smaller and it has a super friendly vibe- I love ECCC but it's gotten big enough that it doesn't feel friendly in the same way

Good to know! It sounds a bit like Wondercon, when it used to be in San Francisco; very little elbow room. XD Thanks for the heads up!

I have not! I generally don’t attend out-of-state conventions. It’s why it’s taken me a while to finally attend ECCC. 

#comicker replies #convention stuff #lifeismadeofrainbows

[blacknerdproblems]

Repost from @noirmooon @TopRankRepost #TopRankRepost Something told me y'all wanted another look at my Sailor Garnet Cosplay 😉 I love how happy I look in this pic, I had a great time attending and volunteering as a Special Agent at GeekGirlCon for the first time! . . Wig styling, Cosplay, Staff and Makeup by yours truly, NMC🎉 Photog 📸: @twtdip

#toprankrepost

[helblood]

First time shooting with @khaotic_photo and I love it! #runaan #runaancosplay #cosplay #bodypaint #moonshadowelf #elf #nightelf (at GeekGirlCon) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsTlsTkjQtf/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1u9r6jj154ozu

#runaan #runaancosplay #cosplay #bodypaint #moonshadowelf #elf #nightelf

[metamorph-magus]

Get ready, 2019~!

Ok so for real, I haven’t used a Tumblr in like three years, so bear with me.

WELCOME~! If you found my Tumblr, congrats! Here is where I plan to put all my ramblings and musings that I feel aren’t necessary for either of my other platforms. I’ll be posting plans, WIP photos, and anything else cosplay related I feel.

After a lot of that happened in 2018, including making new friends all up and down the coast, witnessing both positive and negative aspects of the community, and ultimately questioning myself as a cosplayer, I’ve taken the time to sit down and really figure out WHY I cosplay in the first place. 

Was it because I was bored? Was it to find friends? Was it for the internet fame?

All of these are completely valid reasons, but the one thing that I keep going back to is because it’s my creative outlet. It’s how I can express myself as an artist.

SO. With that:

In 2017, I was new to cosplay and was figuring everything out. In 2018 I kinda figured it out and was fucking around. In 2019...this is my year to step far outside my boundaries and figure out what I can do as an artist.

So my goal for myself this year is:

No more tiny builds.

By this I mean no more two-week builds with little to no detail work, that I feel rushed on and ultimately stress me out in the long run. A lot of these sorts of builds happen because I have a really bad time saying no to people. I constantly want to be included, even if that means throwing together something last minute. 

The other big reason for the onslaught of tiny builds is i became super obsessed with needing new content all the time. I needed to constantly be making new stuff to post. WHY? I honestly have no clue. I busted out crappy versions of characters that I could have made 10x better if I had taken a month to focus on them and given them the love and attention they deserved. 

I hate it and I don’t want to do it anymore. 

THEREFORE~!

I have three big builds planned for 2019, and I’ll announce one right now :) Hold on to your hats, kids~!

That’s right!

I’m starting off within my comfort zone, a full-fledged Princess Serenity cosplay.

This cosplay will be my main work-in-progress throughout 2019, where I will be constantly updating and adding elements. I’ll be seeking out help from various friends who are teaching me how to make articulating wings, an LED staff, and the whole 9-yards.

This piece I did a soft debut at Anime Revolution 2018 in Vancouver BC. She is a dream cosplay of mine, and honestly is a dream character for me since I was 9 years old and discovered anime. I was able to commission her wig from the absolutely wonderful wig-mancer Hee-Hee of Swank Wigs, and from there I will be creating her bridal gown and pieces for a better debut at GeekGirlCon 2018 alongside Clementine Cosplay as Black Lady.

I will be announcing my other big builds as I finish Serenity, and as I get closer to the debut dates. Keep your eyes peeled for debuts at:

- Emerald City Comic Con 2019 - D23 2019

I’m really excited for this year. Like, really.

Stay tuned for WIP photos and what not.

Cheers~!

#cosplay #cosplaygirl #princessserenity #princessserenitycosplay #sailormoon #sailormooncosplay #chandlerdarlingcosplay #chandlerdarling #ooc

[fangirlunderground-blog]

Thanks for the post about fandom and age. I still struggle with that. 36, and I want to cosplay, I want to go to cons, and I feel completely out of place. I hid my real interests for so long that I don't have any friends my own age into it, and going to cons alone, as an older adult just has all these negative connotations. Anyway, I really appreciate knowing that there are other folks out there who feel the same way.

Thank you 💛And, maybe I already said this – my mind is starting to blur everything together, so apologies if so – but I’m having the same issues with not having real life friends who want to do things like cosplay, and go to cons with me. Hell… even to go to little fandom things like the Infinity War premiere. I decided to go alone, but as silly as it might sound, it was so terrifying to get myself into that seat and even though it turned out fine, it wasn’t the same as having someone to actually sit next to and talk to. 

I only went to my first con in 2015, and I fell so in love, I made my most tolerant friends travel to several of them around the country with me before they finally threw in the towel. I want to keep going to them alone, when I can, but boy is it intimidating… 

And I know you’re not asking for suggestions here and I don’t know where you are (or if you are also shy and as lowkey terrified of talking to strangers as I am), but at least from the cons I’ve been to, the two that felt the most welcoming to adult women so far were GeekGirlCon in Seattle and DragonCon in Atlanta. The former is so welcoming to all kinds of people, and I met a lot of adults women there of all ages. That’s the one I had the easiest time talking to people at. The latter is intense, and massive, but it’s broken down into tracks and there are a lot of social activites (that I mostly didn’t try because, again, so shy) but I saw a lot of grown women. There was one woman last year who had an entire sash made up of every single badge from every single year she’d attended (which is to say a whole lot of them), and she was wearing them like trophies. I never even talked to her, but she’s like my secret patron saint now.

Of course, I don’t live by either, so considering how hard it was to go to a movie alone, it’s going to take a lot of work to psych myself up to an out of state con. Still… I’m curious if anyone has suggestions for fellow adult women who want to go to cons but find the idea of going alone  intimidating? 

As for cosplay, I’ve never done it despite my secret dreams to figure out a genderswap Howard the Duck despite not knowing how to even thread a sewing machine, and I know from reading other people’s accounts that it’s not all sunshine and rainbows, let alone an easy thing to do alone… but for what it’s worth, I’ve also seen so many different people cosplaying. I mean, different ages, different genders, different body types… The stereotype is a tiny, gorgeous, able-bodied 20-year-old girl in a bikini, but the reality is so different. I always kind of feel the best about myself at cons, and it’s always somehow easiest to talk to the people in costumes. Hell, even just wearing clothes from Her Universe has prompted a lot of people to talk to ME somehow! 

Sorry, I went on WAY TOO LONG, but TL:DR, I feel you and I hope you either find a community where you live, or a way to go and do the things you want to on your own! I hope I do, too, frankly.  :)

#ask #notallprincesses

[afroeccentrix]

Geek Girl Con has been an absolutely wonderful experience 💖 it kinda set the standard for what I want out of a convention as a space that caters to geeky women and femmes. I kicked off the con being on a successful panel, moderated a Q&A and got to spend time with some lovely humans without dying somehow. I’m so glad I got to experience this ✨#geekgirlcon #ggc17 #prettybrownandnerdy #seattle (at GeekGirlCon)

#ggc17 #seattle #geekgirlcon #prettybrownandnerdy

[geekgirlcon]

I hope this is the year I can finally go to GeekGirlCon! I love you guys and this time its not conflicting with any other events that I'm obligated to attend!

We’d be thrilled to have you! ❤️💛💙

#thatjayjustice

[dare-to-dm]

@brianiswikyd: “First of all, dammit, why did it have to be Brian? Making a bad name for the rest of us out here.

Seriously though, I have a daughter who has just turned 10. She loves the default expected female role for most things: pink, submissive, dainty, princesses, feelings. I encourage most of that in her because that’s who she is. She also loves Batman, Justice League, Pathfinder, and swinging swords at people. I encourage all of that in her just as much, if not more.

I took her to GeekGirlCon in 2015 to get her into the community, and to see if STEM interested her at all. It didn’t, but holy shit did she love the artist booths, the comic booths, the Cosplay competition…

Her grandfather (my side) has told me several times not to spur her on with comics and gaming because it’s a toxic place for girls. He’s the same person who expects my mom to do all of the cooking and yells about my ex-wife swearing because it’s not ladylike. I feel that if I tell her to avoid things because of what people will think about her, I go against the upbringing she’s had where she’s free to explore anything without worrying about how I’ll react. Women and girls have shaped so much of the world, why should I stop her from experiencing it? To protect her?

That’s not how things work. Hiding your daughters from the ugliness does nothing but leave them ill prepared for how to respond. She has learned by the age of 10 that you don’t have to put up with people’s bullshit. You don’t have to bend to the opinions of others. If you enjoy what you’re doing, and you aren’t hurting anyone (or breaking any laws, tentatively), there’s no reason to stop. She’s empowered, not because I can’t feminist slogans at her, but because she’s learned from a young age that she matters as much as anyone else.

I’m sure how I’m raising her will make teenage years tough on me, but I think she will be better than me, and I hope she can pass it on to another generation and they’ll be better than her.”

I agree with you that we shouldn’t shelter our girls by preventing them from pursuing their interests.  The fact is, you can’t protect your daughters from sexism; they’re going to experience it no matter what.  But you can raise them to have the strength and support they’ll need to handle the challenges. 

The gaming community can be very toxic, but ultimately games have been an incredibly empowering force in my life.  I wouldn’t trade this passion of mine for anything.

#sexism #feminism #conversations