Geek Herring
Geek Herring is the podcast talking about feminism in geek culture. Each week, we bring you geeky discussions and debates, news that matters to geek feminists, and interviews with inspirational folks in geek culture. Hosted by incorruptible women, Monika Rabensteiner and Amanda Sloan.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 53 minutes
- Episodes
- 183
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2023
Geek Girl in the News: James Bond Alternatives, How to Deal with Harassment Online, Stranger Things Female Power, and Exciting New Releases
Geek Girl in the News looks at the awesome or not so awesome news that will make you go either: "YAY" or "OMG I can't believe that."
The latest and greatest geek girl news from July 2019 covers a Wom…
Geeking Out About Marvel's Phase 4
You all know we love us some Marvel! And this year's revelations at San Diego Comic Con did not disappoint. With phase 3 ending on Spiderman: Far From Home's summer 2019 release, we're set to have a …
Geek Herring Reviews Period. End of Sentence.
Period. End of Sentence. Is a documentary about living in rural India where stigma surrounding women's periods still exists. It's a recent Oscar winner, which is how it came onto our radar, and we kn…
Geek Interviews: Gender Identity and Modern Medieval Life with Jamie
Have you ever wanted to live out your medieval life dreams in a safe and modern way? This is exactly what today's guest, Jamie Unrau, does with the Society for Creative Anachronism. Today, we're talk…
Geek Girl in the News: Gender discrimination in game development, FFVII, & female representation in video games
Geek Girl in the News looks at the awesome or not so awesome news that will make you go either: "YAY" or "OMG I can't believe that."
The latest and greatest geek girl news from June 2019 covers gende…
Geek Herring Reviews You're Never Weird on the Internet... Almost by Felicia Day
Love her or hate her, Felicia Day is, without question, Queen of the Geeks! This week on Geek Herring, we're talking about her hilarious and insightful, yet neurotic, autobiography, You're Never Weir…
Geeking Out About Anime and Manga with Jannie & Nat
Calling all our anime and manga lovers.... this episode is for YOU! We're joined by our guest experts, Jannie and Nat, who are sharing their views and thoughts after spending much of their lives invo…
Geek Discussion: Rising Representation and Diversity in Video Games
Representation matters. In careers, media, and now, more than ever, video games! 2019 has been bringing us a whole amazing host of different character types: LGBTQ+, race, ability, size, and more!
In …
Geek Girl in the News: Gillette's transgender ad, an end to child marriage, and Georgia's abortion bill
Geek Girl in the News looks at the awesome or not so awesome news that will make you go either: "YAY" or "OMG I can't believe that."
The latest and greatest geek girl news from May 2019 covers Gillet…
Geek Herring & Chill: Upcoming Excitement, Host Updates, & Mental Health
Sometimes you need to just sit back, relax, and shoot the breeze. So rather than stick to one episode topic, we decided to go free and talk about anything and everything that comes to mind in the gee…
Geeking Out About Game of Thrones
Have you been glued to your TV everytime Game of Thrones is on? We DEFINITELY have. And now that the series is completely over, we feel we need to dig into what we thought of season 8.
Because love it…
Geek Discussion: Women in Game Development with Three Extra Lives
Female game developers are an important part of the game industry! Women have an active and substantial role in not just indie games, but AAA titles as well, including some extremely well-known games…
Geek Girl in the News: Space Trolls, Skyrim Granny, + Blizzard Employee Tracking
Geek Girl in the News looks at the awesome or not so awesome news that will make you go either: "YAY" or "OMG I can't believe that."
The latest and greatest geek girl news from April 2019 covers the …
Geeking Out About Avengers: Endgame: Mental Health, Politics, + Representation
Avengers: Endgame just might be the perfect ending to a decade long love affair with these Marvel characters. Not only these characters, but the actors portraying them, have grown in our hearts and l…
Geek Interview: Feminism and Gender with Dr. Sol Haring
In this week's episode of Geek Herring, we welcome a very special guest: Dr. Solveig "Sol" Haring. Sol is a scientist who focuses her videographic research on the interdisciplinary aspects of New Med…
Geeking Out About Unicorn Store: Embrace Your Weird
Unicorn Store is Brie Larson's directorial debut! It's a bright, colourful, and totally extra coming of age film tackling some pretty tough issues. Learning to love yourself and those around you for …
Geek Girl Reviews: The Mask You Live In (Exploring Toxic Masculinity)
In this episode of Geek Girl Reviews, we watched the 2015 documentary, The Mask You Live In. This touching and eye-opening documentary gives incredible insight into the societal and cultural expectat…
Geek Milestone: Celebrating 25 Episodes of Geek Feminism
Our critical geek culture podcast is officially 6 months old! Thank you so much for joining us for the last 25 episodes. We're celebrating what it means to be a geek feminist and what avenues hosting…
Geek Girl in the News: Women's History Month, All Female Space Walk, NBA 2k!
Geek Girl in the News looks at the awesome or not so awesome news that will make you go either: "YAY" or "OMG I can't believe that."
The latest and greatest geek girl news in March 2019 covers the Wo…
Geeking Out About Captain Marvel: Higher, Further, Faster, Feminist
You already know that Captain Marvel is the first female Marvel superhero to have a movie made about her, but do you know just how incredible the film has been for women in the industry? Geek Herring…