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Geek Girls Unite: How Fangirls, Bookworms, Indie Chicks, And Other Misfits Are Taking Over The World (2011)

by Leslie Simon(Favorite Author)

3 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0062002732 (ISBN13: 9780062002730)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

It Books

review 1: Giving this book a single star because I can't give it something lower.I was excited to read this book. I thought I would find a collection of stories and examples of how being a Geek Girl is an amazing thing and how despite our differences how really the same all of us are. My excitement quickly went from disappointment to anger.One of the biggest mistakes author Leslie Simon makes is taking on the tone of all-knowing. As if she is Head Girl of each of the randoms she writes about, even when she's making claims that are simply incorrect. I think the hipster-like attitude of "I'm a bigger, better, fan than you" is one of the most harmful things when it comes to fan girls coming together and unfortunately Ms. Simon comes across as being the ultimate fan of everything. She c... morelaims to have gotten a lot of her knowledge from her self-made sorority (Geek Girl Guild) but she never lets their voices shine through. Ms. Simon also claims at the beginning of the book that fan girls should set aside their differences and come together. (It doesn't matter if someone likes gaming and I don't, we're still both enthusiastic fans. We can relate.) Great message. Sad that she spoils it by adding a piece to the end of each chapter called "Frenemies." AKA here is a list of people this particular type of fan girl loathes: athletes, twihards... So girls, unite with other fans, unless that fan can be lumped into a particular kind of group and then avoid them,This book is written for young teenage girls. It reads like Seventeen Magazine, complete with quizzes (The answer is always C.) and a list of the boys that are suited best for each time of fan girl. (Looks like my husband an I will have to divorce. He's listed as incompatible with my brand of geek according to Ms. Simon.)This is a book worthy of Regina George, not a Geek Girl looking to be empowered by other women who are fearless to be enthusiastic about what makes them happy. My only condolences is that Geek Girls are intelligent enough to see this book for what it is - trash.
review 2: Ehhh, not great, but not awful. This was written in 2011 and it's surprising how dated a few of the references already seem, but it was interesting reading how music, literature, athletic, and other geeks are defined. I think music might be my biggest geekdom (although I have no idea how you skip Lilith Fair when talking about women in music, and the write-up about Liz Phair was horrible). A pretty fun read to skim through. I found myself happily nodding along to some of the descriptions, but also cringing. Then I realized this was written by an MTV staffer, and things made a bit more sense. less

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