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WGBH Forum Network; She's Such a Geek

01/11/2007

She's Such a Geek Annalee Newitz, editor Charlie Anders, editor She's Such a Geek is an anthology that celebrates women who have flourished in the male-dominated realms of technical and cultural arcana. Editors Annalee Newitz and Charlie Anders bring together a diverse range of critical and personal essays about the meaning of female nerdhood by women who are in love with genomics, obsessed with blogging, learned about sex from Dungeons and Dragons, and are not afraid to match wits with men or computers. More than anything, She's Such a Geek is a celebration and call to arms: it is a hopeful book which looks forward to a day when women will invent molecular motors, design the next ultra-tiny supercomputer, and run the government.


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WGBH Forum Network
Program
She's Such a Geek
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3328

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The WGBH Forum Network is an audio and video streaming Website dedicated to curating and serving live and on-demand lectures given by some of the world's foremost scholars, authors, artists, scientists, policy makers and community leaders. These events are hosted by world-class cultural and educational organizations in the Greater Boston area. Through this online service thousands of interested people across the world partake of these lectures from the comfort of their home or office at any time they choose. We are proud of the role we serve in our community, of protecting and projecting the public voice; and of informing and inspiring that public voice to foster deeper understanding of and civic engagement in important issues.

Program Description

SHE'S SUCH A GEEK ANNALEE NEWITZ, EDITOR CHARLIE ANDERS, EDITOR

SHE'S SUCH A GEEK IS AN ANTHOLOGY THAT CELEBRATES WOMEN WHO HAVE FLOURISHED IN THE MALE-DOMINATED REALMS OF TECHNICAL AND CULTURAL ARCANA.

EDITORS ANNALEE NEWITZ AND CHARLIE ANDERS BRING TOGETHER A DIVERSE RANGE OF CRITICAL AND PERSONAL ESSAYS ABOUT THE MEANING OF FEMALE NERDHOOD BY WOMEN WHO ARE IN LOVE WITH GENOMICS, OBSESSED WITH BLOGGING, LEARNED ABOUT SEX FROM DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS, AND ARE NOT AFRAID TO MATCH WITS WITH MEN OR COMPUTERS. MORE THAN ANYTHING, SHE'S SUCH A GEEK IS A CELEBRATION AND CALL TO ARMS: IT IS A HOPEFUL BOOK WHICH LOOKS FORWARD TO A DAY WHEN WOMEN WILL INVENT MOLECULAR MOTORS, DESIGN THE NEXT ULTRA-TINY SUPERCOMPUTER, AND RUN THE GOVERNMENT.

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Chicago: “WGBH Forum Network; She's Such a Geek,” 01/11/2007, GBH Archives, accessed December 5, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_653FA5B63994449788935A516082B64F.
MLA: “WGBH Forum Network; She's Such a Geek.” 01/11/2007. GBH Archives. Web. December 5, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_653FA5B63994449788935A516082B64F>.
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