The Nerd Must Flow: A Geek Woman's Musings on All Things Nerd and Beyond
So naturally I was going to play with combining all these things: the flavor of bistek tagalog in the meat for shepherd’s pie, covered with mashed purple yam instead of white potatoes. And this is what I ended up with. Continue Reading →
WisCon 41 is in one week and I’m incredibly excited to see old friends at one of my favorite cons. This will be my fourth year at WisCon and while my Continue Reading →
May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month! Given the recent intense spate of conversations about Orientalism, whitewashing, and white saviorism in pop culture, I thought it would be useful to collect the Continue Reading →
No rest for the weary! If you’ll be attending this year’s DePaul University’s Pop Culture Conference: Harry Potter and the Pop Culture Conference, on Saturday, May 6th, you can find Continue Reading →
Because I never do things in half-measures, next week, April 20-23 is going to be filled with panel appearances, comics, and con shenanigans! Continue Reading →
In honor of Star Trek’s 50th anniversary, this month’s event “Adler After Dark: Boldly Go” on Thursday, September 15th, celebrates all things Star Trek, and I’m pleased to share that I will be on a panel at the event, talking about the cultural legacy of the show. Continue Reading →
I’m inexplicably awake after less than 5 hours of sleep so I will put together some more coherent thoughts on this incredible honor and my experience at my very first WorldCon later. But I’ve received so many touching responses to my portion of Uncanny Magazine’s acceptance speech that I wanted to put the text up to share. Continue Reading →
I’ll be discussing the finer points of building a healthy, inclusive nerd community at the Chicago Nerd Comedy Festival, taking place at Stage 773 in Lakeview, this coming Sunday, August 14, from 6-7pm. Continue Reading →
I finally got around to cutting and uploading the footage from the two C2E2 2016 panels I was able to record: “Fight the Power,” which I moderated with authors Rachel Caine, Arwen Elys Dayton, Michelle Hauck, and Lisa Yee, talking about themes of revolution in science fiction and fantasy; and “With Great Power: Mentoring the Next Generation of Geeks,” where I joined Wesley Sun, Lynne M. Thomas, Ytasha Womack, and Aaron Amendola (moderator) to talk about leadership and encouraging the growth of inclusive, vibrant geek communities and professions. Continue Reading →
On July 29, 2014, we launched the Kickstarter for Uncanny Magazine Year One — honestly I had no idea if we’d fund but just being asked and being able to say I was a part of this project was one of the proudest moments for me ever. Continue Reading →