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After 5 years of talking about all things feminism, geekdom, and LGBTQIA+ issues, the time of Geek Herring has come to an end. 

In this episode Amanda and Moni talk one final time about their decision and what led to this point.

We are forever grateful for every single person who listened to our ramblings. 

Hopefully we'll see or hear you in one way or the other out there. 

So long, and thanks for all the fish!

Forever geekily yours,
Amanda & Monika

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It's time to talk about Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3! What we loved about it, what we didn't like so much, and whether or not we actually cried.

P.S. We still hate Chris Pratt.

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• Geeking Out About Wakanda Forever: Just Incredible.
• Geeking Out About She-Hulk: The Power of Women Supporting Women
• Geek Girl Reviews Ms Marvel: A Fun, Cultural Masterpiece with Jasmin Joe Star

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Geek Girl in the News looks at the awesome or not so awesome news that will make you go either: "YAY" or "OMG I can't believe that." 

The latest and greatest geek girl news from May 2023 covers the Phillip Schofield scandal, Target caving into hate groups, the terrifying reality of abuse female gamers face, a look into the PlayStation showcase, a whole bunch of The Little Mermaid hype, why we still think Emma Watson is the freaking best, and the weirdest but most awesome update coming to Dead By Daylight.

We'd love your take! Let us know in the comments of wherever you see this episode!

In this episode of Geek Girl in the News, we covered these news stories:

• Elderly couple wins at Wii Bowling tournament in wholesome gaming moment
• Phillip Schofield admits he lied about relationship with junior colleague
• Target is Caving to Hate Groups By Burying Its Pride Collection
• Half of British female gamers experience abuse when playing online
• PlayStation Showcase: Spider-Man 2 leads PS5’s 2023 games lineup
• The Little Mermaid hooks audiences with whale of an opening weekend
• Emma Watson reveals why she stepped away from acting after 'Little Women'
• Nicolas Cage will feature in Dead by Daylight

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• Geek Interview: Inclusive Games Journalism with Ed Nightingale
• Geeking Out About Wakanda Forever: Just Incredible.
• Geek Girl Reviews Heartstopper: Queer Joy & LGBTQIA+ Rep Done Right

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Amanda & Moni

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Have you ever thought about the sexual content you consume? We're joined by our resident sexual content expert, Gemma Glitter, to talk about ethical pornography and sexual service consumption.

What is ethical pornography? How can we consume sexual content in a manner that doesn't result in exploitation? Where can we find ethical pornography? And how can we support sex workers? We answer all these questions and so much more.

If you got as much information out of this episode as we did, please let us know on social or in our Discord!

Resources Mentioned

• Language Matters
• Suggested Sources for Free Feminist Porn
• Gemma's Personal Favourite Feminist Porn Site
• Global Sex Worker Action Projects
• SWARM 
• Maggie's 
• SWOP 
• ESWA 

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• Geek Girl Reviews Money Shot: The Pornhub Story
• Geek Girl Reviews Surviving R. Kelly: What a Piece of Sh*t
• Bodies and Radical Self-Love with Gemma
  
  

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Charity Twitch streamers have such a positive impact! In fact, it's such a good avenue for charities to explore, many charities have opted to hire folks to liaise directly with streamers for huge fundraising campaigns.

We're joined by Jay, a charity Twitch streamer, content creator, and Gaming Partnerships Executive for War Child UK. They talk about their experiences raising money on Twitch, making a difference with War Child UK, and all about War Child UK's charitable contribution to this world.

This is an excellent, super inspiring episode that we definitely hope you love as much as we did recording it!

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About Jay

Jay (he/they) is a queer, neurodiverse, and salty content creator and charity-fundraising-gremlin from War Child UK. They are also a member of the fundraising team Cosmic Heart. Jay has been making content on Twitch for three years, and has been a fundraiser their whole adult life. Jay is just an absolutely massive nerd.

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• Geek Interview: An Insight into Second Wave Feminism with Professor Taliep
• Geek Interview: Redefining Genres with New York Times Bestselling Author Madeleine Roux
• Geek Interview: Life as a Professional Feminist with Virginia Mendez from The Feminist Shop

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We are joined by the one and only absolutely incredibly inspiring Demeternoth! She is a content creator and Twitch streamer, focussing on deep discussions and MMOs. We have a fantastic conversation about the trials and tribulations of content creation, what it's like being a visible woman, and how we are all changing the world one day at a time.

We also had some amazing community questions:

From Cyrub_KoC on Twitter: Deme, as a fellow content creator, how do you gather the motivation to continue creating? I’ve hit a pretty bad wall and I don’t know how to get back into the groove of creation. Any tips?

From TitansCreed on Twitter: Why are you so coooooooooool?

About Demeternoth

Demeter-likethegoddess-noth is your local bifactional, bisexual MMO streamer.

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If you’ve enjoyed this episode, please check out some of our others!

• Geek Interview: An Insight into Second Wave Feminism with Professor Taliep
• Geek Interview: Redefining Genres with New York Times Bestselling Author Madeleine Roux
• Geek Interview: Life as a Professional Feminist with Virginia Mendez from The Feminist Shop

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Join hosts Moni and Amanda as they celebrate Amanda's birthday with some of their favourite card game: Ask Deep Questions!

These are the questions asked in this episode:

• What is the most memorable gift you've ever received?
• How do you motivate yourself?
• If you had to give a talk about something you're NOT known for, what would it be about?
• If you could re-live a single moment of your life, which one would you pick?
• What do you do, even though you don't want to?
• What is your relationship with flirting?
• What is a piece of advice you have received, that you were glad to take?
• What courageous conversation have you been avoiding?
• What are the brightest and darkest thoughts on your birthday?
• In what way do you feel incomplete?
• If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
• What are you most grateful for in your life?

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• Geek Herring & Chill: Setting Boundaries & Intentions, Seeing Dead People, Seeking Advice, and More!
• Geek Discussion: Our PCOS Stories, or How Medicine Says FU to People With Uteruses
• Geek Herring & Chill: The Games We’re Playing
  
  

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Money Shot: The Pornhub Story is about, well, porn. But it's also not. It's about sexual exploitation, legal sex work, and the laws that have muddled everything up.

With some thoughtful and knowledgeable from our community, we discuss this documentary in-depth, what FOSTA and SESTA mean for the sex work industry, and, above all, condemn the sexual exploitation on Pornhub and so many other pornography sites.

Rest assured, we're going to dive into this topic, specifically sex work and ethical pornography, in a future episode.

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Find Follow This: Whore's Day on Netflix

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• Geek Discussion: A.D.I.D.A.B. (All Day I Dream About Boobs)
• Geek Discussion: You Do You (aka Why The Patriarchy Can S*ck It)
• Geek Girl in the News: Abuse at GDC, Filibustering for Trans Rights, & Illegal Street Harassment in the UK

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Geek Girl in the News looks at the awesome or not so awesome news that will make you go either: "YAY" or "OMG I can't believe that." 

The latest and greatest geek girl news from March 2023 covers the abuse allegations and drink spiking that took place during March's GDC, a better response from Resolve Esports about transphobic hate comments their athletes received, the absolute awe we all feel about Senator Cavanaugh filibustering from Trans Rights, the great news from the UK that street harassment will soon be illegal, that the 90s are coming back with the 30 year reunion of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers on Netflix, Daniel Radcliffe is gonna be a dad, and Bonnie Wright is starting an environmental TV show!

We'd love your take! Let us know in the comments of wherever you see this episode!

In this episode of Geek Girl in the News, we covered these news stories:

• Abuse allegations emerge in the wake of GDC 2023
• GDC 2023 attendees were reportedly subjected to abuse, assault, and drink spiking
• Resolve Esports Twitter Response
• “I Will Burn This Session To the Ground”: We’re in Awe of the Nebraska Senator Filibustering for Trans Rights
• Wolf Whistling, Catcalling, Other Forms of Street Harassment Set To Become Illegal in the U.K.
• The Original ‘Mighty Morphin Power Rangers’ Are Reuniting on Netflix!!!
• ‘Harry Potter’ star Daniel Radcliffe and Erin Darke expecting first child
• Bonnie Wright and Pattie Gonia are Making a TV Show!

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• Geek Discussion: Attending Mass Events as Women and Marginalised Genders
• Geek Discussion: Morals in Entertainment: When do you walk away?
• Geek Interview: Winning Gold Medals and Championing Diversity & Inclusion in eSports with Emma ‘Emzii’ Rose

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Amanda & Moni

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Clarkisha Kent joins us to discuss her brand new book, Fat Off, Fat On: A Bit Bitch Manifesto. We had the pleasure of reading this book before its release, and it was really cool getting to chat with her about her writing and creative process.

CW for childhood and family trauma, which is a big topic in her memoir. We briefly discuss family dynamics and trauma in this episode, too.

Clarkisha shares her writing process, how she came to write her memoir before the western she's dreaming of, and what it's like being a first-time published author.

About Clarkisha Kent

Clarkisha Kent is a Nigerian-American writer, culture critic, former columnist, and author. Committed to telling inclusive stories via unique viewpoints from nigh-infancy, she is fascinated with using storytelling and cultural criticism not as a way to “overcome” or “transcend” her unique identities (as a fat and queer Black African woman), but as a way to explore them, celebrate them, affirm them, and most importantly, normalize them and make the world safe enough for people who share them to exist.

Fat Off, Fat On: A Big Bitch Manifesto on Goodreads

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If you’ve enjoyed this episode, please check out some of our others!

• Geek Interview: Winning Gold Medals and Championing Diversity & Inclusion in eSports with Emma ‘Emzii’ Rose
• Geek Girl Reviews Ms Marvel: A Fun, Cultural Masterpiece with Jasmin Joe Star
• Geek Interview: Geek Interview: Geek Joysticks with Ed and Ben from Swapping Joysticks

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