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Author Archives: Tanya
Reader Mailbag is open: Costuming
Hello friends of Geekquality! Tonight, at 7pm Pacific time, we’ll be gathering to record episode 4 of our podcast. The topic for this episode is to discuss costuming, from our favorite costume and armor designs in films, TV, games, comics, … Continue reading
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Spera and a Conversation with Josh Tierney
I can’t quite recall how I stumbled onto the online comic Spera, but once I had, I was hooked. The original online comic is a collaboration between writer Josh Tierney and an impressive score of artists (too many to mention … Continue reading
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Tagged Comic Books, josh tierney, web comics, YA fiction
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Recap: The Everdeen in the room
Over the past few days, we’ve watched the activity around Elyse’s “Hollywood Whitewashing” post explode on Tumblr. We got a real kick when our post made its appearance on Oh No They Didn’t. (Does this mean we’ve officially arrived?) The … Continue reading
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March 8 – International Women’s Day
Happy International Women’s Day! The holiday as we currently know it is rooted in several historic occasions. In 1909, the Socialist Party of America commemorated the struggles of working women – primarily motivated by the Shirtwaist factory strikes led by … Continue reading
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5 Favorite Bowling Scenes
Bummed out doesn’t come close to describing my reaction when I heard that my favorite local bowling alley will be shutting its doors in April, after operating for over 50 years. I have many fond memories attached to that place, from … Continue reading
In Praise of YA Fantasy Fiction
You’ve devoured The Hunger Games trilogy and can’t wait for the movie. You might have every word of the Harry Potter books etched into your heart like a fond memory you’ll never give up. Perhaps you celebrated the 50th anniversary … Continue reading
Shot Through the Heart, and You’re to Blame: Our Favorite OTP
While not everyone might be into the Valentine’s Day hype, over here at Geekquality we’d still like to take the time to focus on our reason for the season: the One True Pair, the end-all be-all of soul-mates. Most of us … Continue reading
The Future’s So White, I’ve Gotta Wear Shades
This guest blog post first appeared on Suga Butta, and is being shared here with the author’s permission, in its original glory. ~ T. Y’all, PoCs need to watch out. If you believe what movies and TV tell you, we’re … Continue reading
Back in action
Hello dear friends of Geekquality! We hope you enjoyed your winter break, if you were so fortunate as to have one, or just had some time to have fun with friends and loved ones over the holidays. We here at … Continue reading
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Pardon our dust
Recent hardware malfunctions on our hosting service, as well as errors in some scripts & plug-in installs, have caused our site to go off the rails. Things seem to be righting themselves, but during a recent server restore by our … Continue reading
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Get to know us
We are so close to airing our first podcast (and bonus content!) we can almost taste it. For the time being, we thought we’d share with you a little bit about ourselves. There is our About page, listing our fandoms … Continue reading
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It’s happening!
Our inaugural podcast has been recorded and Elyse is now in the process of doing the edit and mastering. We had a fantastic time sitting down for a group chat. We hope to have our first podcast available for your … Continue reading
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