Being Geek Chic is a blog about one woman navigating the male-dominated industries of production and tech. It's written by Elizabeth Giorgi, Founder, CEO and Director of Mighteor - one of the world's first internet video production companies. Learn more about Mighteor here.
Meet GiGi and CC, the dynamic duo that make up We Geek Girls. Together, they blog about their adventures through geekdom—into the worlds of Doctor Who, all things Marvel, Disney, cosplay, Star Wars, geek fashion, Lego, geeky weddings, Lord of the Rings…you name it, the list goes on.
So get to know these amazing ladies and check out their interview with Being Geek Chic! They’ll tell you all about their passions, motivations, and inspirations for doing what they do.
Oh, and be sure to follow their antics on Twitter: @WeGeekGirls.
Q: How did you discover your passion for blogging about all things geeky?
GiGi: I was driving my friends crazy on Facebook with my constant geek posts, so after attending our first con in 2013, we decided to start the blog. It’s been an awesome outlet for meeting fellow geeks and to show our love of different fandoms.
CC: I had kind of a tumultuous twenties…I feel Iike I went through a major chameleon phase but thankfully, just shy of my 30th, I got back in touch with my roots (which are heavy in geekdom) and found a kindred spirit in GiGi. After about a year of liking every single thing each of us posted and shared on Facebook, we decided it would be cool to have a common place to share what we like. The result has been WeGeekGirls.
Q: Where do you find inspiration in life?
GiGi: I draw inspiration from my faith in Jesus and in just about everything around me — from art to music to nature, etc.
CC: Transparency is one of my focus words. Being vulnerable enough to share exactly what is on our minds and hearts, what we go through (no matter how wise or unwise) is a really beautiful thing. So, I guess I’m inspired by authenticity…living and loving what we want to and respecting those choices in others.
Q: If you could take any fictional character out for a drink, whom would you choose and what would you drink?
GiGi: Oh, this is a tough one. I have a whole list. I think it would be interesting to have cocktails with Benedict Cumberbatch’s Sherlock. I want to learn the whole “mind palace” technique. Also, I think we would get along great.
CC: That is a very, very tough question…BUT since I believe he and I to be cut from the same cloth, I’d say Bilbo Baggins. We would both have a brew from the tried and true Green Dragon and we’d share stories. He would without a doubt have better ones than me ;)
Q: What would you tell your 13-year-old self?
GiGi: To break it down:
CC: I would tell her that she doesn’t have to try so hard. She is beautiful, talented and super cool! She has friendships in place that will last a lifetime and the unfailing love of her incredible family. Most of all though, I would tell her to trust her instincts, they will not fail her. :)
Q: What’s the title of your memoir?
GiGi: “A Geek Girl’s Journey Through Life”
CC: “Shut Up and Dance With Me” My motto and goal for myself this year…tune out everything that doesn’t benefit my highest self and dance with what does!!
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So things got in the way of this review and for that, I apologize. You know, nerdy things, Sherlock things. 221B Con was a big success and I am better you’ll all love the live podcast from the Con in the weeks to come. Then there were the Shorty Awards, which we didn’t win, but were honored to be nominated for. Somewhere in there, Jonny Lee Miller attempted to understand how the same teeth could co-exist in many mouths at once.
When a pair of murders show eery similarities to what police thought was a previously solved case involving bite marks on victims, the entire history gets re-examined. And it also causes Joan to do some re-examining of her own. The man who had previously confessed to the bite mark murders, Aaron Colville, ended up on Joan’s operating table while she was still working as a surgeon. In the heated moments after he was stabbed, her residing surgeon let the man die, in Joan’s assessment, which causes her to feel slightly haunted by the concept of justice. Had he been innocent after all, he died for no reason. Ah, but Joan needn’t worry, because other moral quandaries of even greater confusion are about to wrap around her.
Remember when I asked you to do me a favor and tweet on behalf of the Baker Street Babes for the Shorty Awards? Well, you lovers kicks ass because your tweets have paid off. The Baker Street Babes have been nominated for a Shorty Award in the category of Podcaster alongside This American Life, Night Vale, Radiolab, Jovem Nerd, Elon James White, and Steve Black Jr.
Click here to see the full list of Shorty nominees…
We have YOU TO THANK FOR THIS ACHIEVEMENT. We have YOU TO THANK, for your generosity in giving us your time and attention and support and love.
So here’s some fun news: the super awesome group of Sherlockian ladies of which I’m a part, the Baker Street Babes, are nominated for a Shorty Award. Would you be a dear and vote for us!
It’s so easy. Just go to shortyawards.com/BakerStBabes - Tweet a reason why you love the podcast or the website or the babes themselves and we’ll move up the ranks.
Pretty cool, right?
Are you nominated for a Shorty? I’d be happy to return the voting favor if you leave the link in the comments.
I don’t want to be so bold as to suggest that dinosaurs are a sure fire way to get wavering fans back into a show, BUT, dinosaurs sure did keep me interested in Elementary this week.
Joan has been revisiting some of Sherlock’s “unsolved” cases and comes across an unusual homicide where a man’s home is ransacked and he’s murdered in the back yard, but no weapon, motive or murderer ever emerges. In the case photos, Joan zeros in on an unusual stone, which a geologist named Gay helpfully points out is pre-historic. At the time of the initial investigation, Sherlock was struggling with his addiction and was unable to zero in on any helpful details which may have solved the case. With Joan’s new discovery and a few scans of this rare rock, a dinosaur fossil is uncovered and Sherlock’s passion for the case is piqued. When the thief (a man who goes by Magpie) who got his hands on the fossil turns up dead too, well as Doyle would say, The Game is On.
