Geek Girls Unite
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Geek Girls Unite by Leslie Simon
A celebration of all the women who are busy bucking convention and making the world a smarter, better, and, yes, cooler place. It also includes chapters that are dedicated to a crosssection of the geek elite-fangirls, music fanatics, bookworms, craft mavens, funny girls, film buffs, and others.
"Geek Girls Unite is the ultimate guide for any girl who identifies with the geekier side of lifeIt's a hilarious must-read look into the modern geek and what makes her so cool!" -- comedy duo Garfunkel and Oates "While geekdom has long been portrayed in pop culture as a boys' club, Simon catalogues the wide variety of geek girls in this entertaining look at embracing nonconformity...a worthy endeavor." -- Publishers Weekly Tina Fey worshipper Leslie Simon crowdsources media obsessions from a 'guild' of like-minded women to assemble this peppy survey of comedy, literary, film and music icons, all the while evangelizing on behalf of misfit females. -- Wired.com
Leslie Simon is the author of Wish You Were Here: An Essential Guide to Your Favorite Music Scenes and co-author of Everybody Hurts: An Essential Guide to Emo Culture. Her work has appeared in Kerrang!, Alternative Press, metromix.com, and MTV.com.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780062002730 |
| ISBN 10 | 0062002732 |
| Title | Geek Girls Unite |
| Author | Leslie Simon |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers Inc |
| Year published | 2011-11-05 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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