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Erica is feminist geek, social community manager at SEOmoz, and a founder of GeekGirlCon. Follow her @emcgillivray.
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For My Cousin, On Her 18th Birthday
Dear Nikki, As you turn 18, you make me feel both old and grateful I am not your age. I’m turning 30 this year, and having watched you grow up, I’ve been thinking a lot about what I would say … Continue reading
Books Nominated for 2013 Hugo Awards!
Huzzah! Both Chicks Dig Comics and Chicks Unravel Time, which I contributed to, are nominated for Hugo Awards. Congratulations to the editors, all the writers, and to everyone else who also contributed to these books. Ironically, both are nominated for … Continue reading
How the Great Wall Mall Saved Me
My third week at my first job out of college was one of those rare Puget Sound days where it was actually hot. Our office was packed with everyone on the second floor, where the air didn’t move. There wasn’t … Continue reading
Thank You, GeekGirlCon
For two weeks, I’ve been trying to figure out how to write this post. What can I even say that would sum up the last two and a half years of my life. How to wrap it up eloquently and … Continue reading
Life Goals 2.9
A lot has changed in the past month. 2012 was a hard year where I reached my limit of many things and figured out what I could and couldn’t deal with. More importantly, what I wanted to deal with. I … Continue reading
Out Today: Chicks Unravel Time!
I’m pleased to announce that Chicks Unravel Time is out today, featuring my essay “How the Cold War Killed the Fifth Doctor.” I’m super excited to be featured in another Mad Norwegian Press book. A big thank you to Deborah … Continue reading
Happy National Coming Out Day, Friends
Today I’ve been pondering a lot about two conversations I had yesterday with two different friends. Conversations that were intense with feelings and deeply personal and all about coming out and being queer in America today. For those of you … Continue reading
Change, New Challenges, Shazam! The Future
“The only constant is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as … Continue reading
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GeekGirlCon ’12: Achievement Unlocked
August 11th and 12th was GeekGirlCon ’12, the second annual convention supporting and celebrating geeky women. There were hundreds of amazing moments as a plethora of geeks (over 3,000) attended the 2-day event. I couldn’t be more happy or proud … Continue reading
GeekGirlCon ’12 is Tomorrow, Friends
Let me start off with some advice, I don’t recommend running two conferences/conventions 15 days apart from each other. This is what I did. Because I’m insane. Because I aspire to be Wonder Woman too much. Because this is what … Continue reading
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