Synopses & Reviews
What do Amy Poehler, Bjork, Felicia Day, Martha Stewart, Miranda July, and Zooey Deschanel have in common? Theyre just a few of the amazing women proving that “geek” is no longer a four-letter word.
In recent years, male geeks have taken the world by storm. But what about their female counterparts? After all, fangirls are just like fanboys—they put on their Imperial Stormtrooper Lycra pants one leg at a time.
Geek Girls Unite is a call to arms for every girl who has ever obsessed over music, comics, film, comedy, books, crafts, fashion, or anything else under the Death Star. Music geek girl Leslie Simon offers an overview of the geek elite by covering groundbreaking women, hall-of-famers, ultimate love matches, and potential frenemies, along with her top picks for playlists, books, movies, and websites. This smart and hilarious tour through girl geekdom is a must-have for any woman who has ever wondered where her sassy rebel sisters have been hiding.
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“Geek Girls Unite is the ultimate guide for any girl who identifies with the geekier side of life. Its a hilarious must-read look into the modern geek and what makes her so cool!” comedy duo Garfunkel and Oates
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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
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“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
Synopsis
For every girl who marches to the beat of her own drum, Leslie Simon has your manifesto: a smart, expansive, and winningly entertaining celebration of comedy queens, film geeks, bookworms, craft mavens, indie chicks, and other all-star women. Following the breakaway hit book Everybody Hurts, Simons energizing look at todays pop-culture and counterculture heroines—like Amy Sedaris, Tina Fey, Sofia Coppola, Regina Spektor, and Jenny Hart—is an empowering, eye-opening, and, above all, fun journey. Readers of The Hip Girls Guide to Homemaking and The Modern Girls Guide to Life will love joining forces as Geek Girls Unite!
About the Author
LeslieSimon, coauthor of Everybody Hurts: An Essential Guide to Emo Culture, is a senior editor at Buzznet.com. Her work has appeared in Kerrang! and Alternative Press. She lives in Los Angeles, California, where she is determined to stalk Michael Cera until he marries her—or he's forced to get a restraining order. Whichever happens first.