Recently I used the phrase “monkeys might fly out of my butt” in relation to agreeing with someone who normally I disagree with in the comments of my Bleeding Cool articles… Another reader posted this image in the comment section, I find it hilarious… Nice to know the Green Arrow has my back… :P
A new Bleeding Cool “agony aunt/uncle” column authored by me and Elliott Serrano. If you have a question you’d like answered, email us at keepyourpantsonbc@yahoo.com - we’ll do our best to help (in a gleefully sarcastic way…)
Nods to Avenue Q.
If you haven’t been following this sitch, you should be - it is a prime example of how women are treated differently than men on these here innerwebs. In short: Rebecca Watson is a really smart, sassy woman philosopher (founder of Skepchick.com) — not so long ago, she was speaking at a skeptics convention about how to make women feel more welcome in the skeptic community, to which she encouraged people NOT TO sexualize women before speaking to them/hearing their thoughts… Common sense, right? I guess not so much - because following her speaking engagement and holding discourse on this topic in a bar (until 4am) some guy (who had been present both at the lecture and hotel) cornered her in the elevator of her hotel and asked her back to his room… This, of course, was a guy who had NEVER SPOKEN TO HER prior to that moment. Following this, Watson made a pretty innocent remark via a YouTube vlogcast, describing what happened and saying “Hey, you want more women in the skeptics community? Then don’t do that.” And, as it is wont to do, the Internet exploded with vitriol, anger and misogynistic calls for Watson’s head on a platter… Including shitty comments from physicist Richard Dawkins. (WTF, seriously, Richard?) All-in-all, the response to her remark is pretty indicative of how women are treated differently than men in any (and most) Internet communities. This is her follow-up to the first vlog and I have to say, it’s f-ing brilliant! Kudos! My favorite quote from the comments is “Women are people. Treat them like people, not like potential cum-dumpsters.” It defies logic that this statement isn’t common sense. [Thanks to Lynne and Paul Taylor for telling me about this story…]
Marc James Michael Jackson replies to my column about his online antics and The Man From Space (his webcomic.) Four comments in on the forum and someone has already turned it into an excuse for them to say that they think my writing is “shit.” (Quite literally.) I’ll be interested to monitor the comments throughout the day…
Some simple tips to ensure your survival of San Diego Comic Con International. Though some may criticize that these are things “you’d do at any comic con” I believe they bear repeating. SDCC is its own brand of crazy, not like attending any other con (other than NYCC) and if you’ve never been to a big entertainment expo, these may not be as common sense as one might think…
Even though the title is really close to my now infamous 2006 “Geek Girls Need Love, Too” short story… Doesn’t matter, I’d pay $$ to see Nathan Fillion read the phone book. Yum!
Shuffle + Synopsis Challenge | Nathan Fillion, John Krasinski, and Kristen Bell | asked by jessbakescakes | song: Nerdy Girls Need Love Too - Amy Lee Radigan.
so I’m hoping you can love me for the nerdy girl I am.
NERDY GIRLS NEED LOVE TOO…
When Charlotte Mason’s (Bell) longtime boyfriend Danny (Krasinski) dumps her, after a big fight about how he wanted her to control her nerdiness, Charlotte buries herself further into her nerdom. On a whim she signs up for an online dating website, filling her profile with various stats of herself like: “Owns every cat suit from Julie Newmar’s to Miss Berry’s” and “If you let me ride your TARDIS, I’d go beserk”. When she gets an e-mail from it, she’s kind of shocked. However, Tyler Grant (Fillion) seems to be the type person she’s been looking for. After all, Nerdy Girls Need Love Too…
Tonight was the Geek Girl on the Street/Challengers Comics + Conversation fundraiser for the Hero Initiative. We raised a decent amount of money for HI considering our event was a week before SDCC and THE SAME WEEKEND AS PITCHFORK (d’oh!)
I will post a full wrap-up on GGotS, but I wanted to say thank you to Patrick and Dal at Challengers, Harrison at Tipton Spirits, Paul Storrie, Jeffery Brown, Thom Zahler, Meg White, Thatcher Cleveland, Kylee Lane, Robert Kirkman, Josh Emmons, Mike Norton, Jim Demonakos, Kyle Stevens, Tony Maldonado, Lauren Burke, Greg Sorkin, Elliott Serrano, Lance Curran from Threadless, Johnny Todd/Colleen Curtis/Jeremy Stoppleman from Yelp, Shane Peterman from ThinkGeek, Maria Diaz from EdenFantasys and EVERYONE (Nicholas, Susan, Gordon, Justin, Mike, Jenni, Sara, John, Lynne, Lauren… I could go on!) who came out, had fun, donated money and generally validated the Chicago geek community as being one of the most awesome in the world…
There are a few schwag bags left which I’m going to offer to people online who want to donate $20 to the Hero Initiative, check GGotS for more deets on this sometime next week…
Now I sleep.
Rich is so right… don’t read the comments. :P Coincidentally, it is Marc Jackson’s birthday today. Your welcome, Marc - gift wrapped just for you. Heh.
Heroes in Disguise, the Geek Girl on the Street fundraiser to benefit the Heroes Initiative is coming up this Friday at Challengers Comics. If you’re in Chicago and would like to come, please hit me up via email kate AT katekotler DOT com and I’ll put you on the VIP list. There will be free booze and schwag (or SWAG as my friend Verne insists…)