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The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy
The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy: A Handbook for Girl Geeks | Sam Maggs
Fanfic, cosplay, cons, books, memes, podcasts, vlogs, OTPs and RPGs and MMOs and moreits never been a better time to be a girl geek.The Fangirls Guide to the Galaxyis the ultimate handbook for ladies living the nerdy life, a fun and feminist take on the often male-dominated world of geekdom. With delightful illustrations and an unabashed love for all the in(ternet)s and outs of geek culture, this book is packed with tips, playthroughs, and cheat codes, including: How to make nerdy friends How to rock awesome cosplay How to write fanfic with feels How to defeat Internet trolls How to attend your first conAnd more! Plus, insightful interviews with fangirl faves, like Jane Espenson, Erin Morgenstern, Kate Beaton, Ashley Eckstein, Laura Vandervoort, Beth Revis, Kate Leth, and many others.
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Chazlyn
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Panpan

Didn't age well.

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StephtheLibraryTech

“... being a feminist does not mean that you don't like dudes. It just means that Wonder Woman and Black Panther deserve their own movies as much as Superman does, and that when they finally hit the big screen, we're gonna be all shut up and take my money about it. “

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InLibrisVeritas
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#fandomfriday @LibrarianRyan

1. Darth Maul, Moff Tarkin, and Leia
2. Nine! Christopher Eccelston
3. Khalessi
4. 1
5. Miss Piggy

LibrarianRyan Darth Mail is a good character. 6y
DGRachel Darth Maul has my favorite light saber. 😍 6y
InLibrisVeritas @DGRachel You have good tastes 😉 It's my favorite too. 6y
InLibrisVeritas @LibrarianRyan I really love the direction they took his character after the prequels. 6y
RJHowe Ecclestone was awesome 6y
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MissTangle
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My favorite thing about this is that she doesn't even have to use his full name because if you're reading this book you should probably already be familiar with the Hiddles!
(If you're not I am 2000% willing to help you out! Hiddlesisters forever!)

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MissTangle
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Looks like I'm doing the Marvel fandom right!

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ofclumsywords
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Book and music day of #Marchinbooks is honestly just a day for me to fangirl over the fact that I‘m going to see Ed Sheeran in October!!!! @maich

maich I'm jealous😁 He's my favourite singer❤ 7y
ofclumsywords @maich mine to! I‘m still in shock that I actually got tickets! His concerts sell out fast! (edited) 7y
maich @Ofclumsywords He will be in Vienna in June. And it is already sold out. I was thinking to go with my friends because is our neighbour country... but tickets aren't available 😭 7y
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LA_Mead
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Went to a massive book sale in Toronto the other day and this was my book haul! 23 books for $6.75 and most of them were brand new! #bookhaul

rabbitprincess Awesome haul!! 7y
swishandflick What a score!! 7y
LA_Mead @rabbitprincess @swishandflick Yes! It was epic. I probably could have stayed there all day, but I ran out of bags to carry! 7y
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litmuggle I just cant resist those kinds of sales either. 7y
LA_Mead Lol yeah it was an awesome book sale. I think it might be one of the best ones in Toronto, but it only happens twice a year. 7y
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GameOfTomes
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Finally got my first bookish candle and my first ARC. Game of Tomes the candle smells like Cappuccino & Caramel Custard. It's made by Novel Heartbeat Creations. Note: Do wait a week after delivery for optimal scent throw; it really helped with mine!

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anniekslibrary
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Pickpick

I could have done without the first three chapters, which were mainly a sort of guide to geekness. But the fourth chapter, about feminism in fandom (and irl, of course!), was really good! Maggs is big on intersectionality in feminism, and tackled all sorts of related topics lightly and with humor.

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danimgill
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Pickpick

This was a cute and fun introduction to geek culture! I didn't relate to all of the chapters (for example, I don't cosplay or plan to start) but they were still interesting.

Sometimes it seemed like this was aimed at a much younger audience, so teens just getting into geekdom might enjoy it more.

What I most enjoyed were the mini-interviews with female creators and the section with book/TV/game recs - I'll def be looking into some of those!

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danimgill
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Came home to the rest of my #Quirksgiving treats today! Can't wait to get started on The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy 🎆

Graciouswarriorprincess I love this book. Let me know if you enjoy it! 8y
danimgill @Graciouswarriorprincess I definitely will! Glad to hear you enjoyed it, I've had my eye on it for a while hoping it was good haha 8y
Graciouswarriorprincess @danimgill It's pure fun!👍🏻 8y
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TreyaTheT-Rex
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My longest titles, from top to bottom 27 letters, 27 letters, 24 letters, and 24 letters! #booktober

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Carol
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Curled up on the couch in nerdy Star Wars PJs, reading a nerdy book, and putting off starting my nerdy day. #hellooctober @Liberty

moranadatter Sounds delightful! Still interested in trying our Landfall Crate replacement experiment? If so, I'll have some time next weekend to get it organized. 8y
Carol @kmdartist October gets crazy for me (fall publishing and conference season at work) but I might be able to make it work. Tell me what you need from me! 8y
Broke_Girl_Reads Those PJs are awesome! Where did you find them? 8y
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moranadatter @Carol I think all I need now is an idea of how long to run the original experiment and an email with a mailing address later. I'm thinking 3 months might be good. It's short enough not to be a huge time or financial commitment for anyone involved and long enough that we can get an idea of how well it works and if it is fun. I'm betting we can find two other comics readers who might enjoy trying this. What do you think? 8y
Carol @kmdartist I'm trying to think of the best way to get others on board without getting a massive response.... 🤔 8y
moranadatter @Carol Spoiler hidden post about a somewhat obscure graphic novel? 8y
Carol @Broke_Girl_Reads thanks! They are from Loot Crate's Level Up which might be called Loot Wear now. Occasionally they sell past items on their website (I bought a backup pair). 8y
moranadatter @Carol Alternatively, I could set up a few additional groups of four to run the experiment separately too. Too many interested people isn't the end of the world. I'll have time. Also, limiting it to the US would help a bit. 8y
Carol @kmdartist should we cap it at 16 then? "First 14 US comics lovers who agree to a three month experiment of each month sending graphic novels, comics, and ephemeral goodies to another Litten with amount of goods totaling around $X not including shipping" ?? I say 14 because I'm already counting us ? 8y
moranadatter @Carol Sounds great! I can get a post together next weekend. I'm thinking recently published would mean within 6 weeks of the ship date. So if we ship the first box by Dec. 1, it'd be mid October through Nov. 30 and we'd have plenty of time to make selections and get the first box together. Is $30 reasonable? Average trade is around $15 - 20 and single issues are around $4 - 5. That leaves some wiggle room for bookish goodies. 8y
Eyelit @kmdartist & @Carol omg your convo is making me super excited!! Consider me totally interested. 8y
Carol @Eyelit woohoo! Stay tuned 8y
Carol @kmdartist that sounds great! 8y
[DELETED] 3323341091 ooo...i am intrigued as well! and i like your jammies 😊. 8y
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bookishchelle
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I just started this & already the first fandom Sam described happened to be my #1 fandom. 💙💛
🤓📚✌️️ #proudravenclaw #proudpotterhead #potterhead #fangirl #harrypotter #funkoHP #illustratedharrypotterandthephilosophersstone

bookishchelle @TheNextBook ❤️ Same I have meet some fabulous people online & IRL because of this fandom 8y
arty I have the same keyring but the blue has long since faded. 8y
bookishchelle @arty It has been well loved. Mine is a souvenir from WB Harry Potter in England & I have had it for 4 years! 💙💛 8y
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Eyelit
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Pickpick

Fun & fast intro to the fandom life on the Internet (as well as off). Also included short interviews with female icons in the geek world, so that was neat. I wish this book had existed when I was younger as I would have found it very helpful.

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Eyelit
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Reading time seemingly thwarted by snuggly kitty... Had a stack of backup books on hand for such an occasion. 😸

Zelma 😻😻😻 8y
Kirstin So pretty! 😻 8y
Bookzombie 💕🐱 8y
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Alisnazzy Loving this #KittenLitten 😻 8y
LauraJ Decoy books are a must for any #kittenlitten owner. 8y
Bette 😺📖❤️ 8y
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Eyelit

Reading time seemingly thwarted by snuggly kitty... Had a stack of backup books on hand for such an occasion. 😸

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Eyelit
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There have been too many things distracting me from #biblioweekend - here's hoping I can get back on track 😄

StephBengtson 🙌🏼 8y
Ellsbeth The art in Overture sorta blew my mind. I haven't gotten to Thor yet and I'd love to hear your opinion. 8y
Eyelit Omg you are so right about the art! @Ellsbeth 8y
Ellsbeth It is my favorite art at this point. I feel like it ruined me for other books! 8y
queerbookreader Ahh I've been looking everywhere for Thor!! I hope you like it! 8y
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Eyelit
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#libraryhaul for today. I 💜 my library.

readingonarainyday Just finished Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy last week. It was a fun read! 8y
Eyelit Awesome @readingonarainyday I've been looking forward to that one for a while - good to have someone else say it's worth it 😃 8y
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thebookmagpie I'm so excited about that oral history of Clueless! 😍 8y
Eyelit Me too! 😃 @thebookmagpie 8y
[DELETED] 2232195534 As If! Looks interesting! 😀 8y
BarbaraTheBibliophage What a haul! 8y
Blair_Reads As if!!! 8y
Bette Your Library loves you back! 📚💞 8y
Tammygrrrl I loved this book! 8y
Carol 📚🙌 8y
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TheNunnnery
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A lighthearted and informative read; something easy between novels. I appreciated the chapter on comic conventions and fandom lingo. Also, any book that lists Strange Days as a must-see movie gets an immediate thumbs up from me.

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Lezbrarian
Mehso-so

As a fangirl I wanted to enjoy this, and found plenty of useful information, but as a lesbian fangirl several parts felt tokenizing to marginalized populations (most of our mention is in the glossary, rarely elsewhere, even though we have vibrant fandom lives), or just made me uncomfortable (including sexualizing male/male slash because "two hot guys," while ironically later defining "objectification"). So I have to go with so-so, since YMMV.

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Lezbrarian
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"Yeah, none of these fandoms really describe me-"
*turns page and questions what I've turned my desk into*

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readingonarainyday
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That's definitely me! There are a few other fandoms that I identify with too (Tolkienites, the Unsullied, and the Whedonites). And then there are some I am not into, esp the DC comics. But I love that the author also mentions where to start if you want to be a fan. Which fandom are you?

Eyelit Whedonite & Janeite - and more that don't have defined names! 😅 8y
[DELETED] 2232195534 Potter, Tolkien, Whedon, a bunch of mystery authors... 8y
moranadatter Comics, tabletop games, SFF, Austen, & library history 8y
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readingonarainyday
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Looky what I picked from the library! I've been so excited to read this one ever since it came out. Only just got the copy though. A few pages in and love it so far - so much geekiness in here to ❤️.

thec0zy That looks utterly adorable! 8y
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Carol
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Happy Embrace Your Geekness Day!
👻👽🤖🕵👓🐙🦄🐉☄👾🎮🎲🚀🕹💾⚔⚗🔭🔮🔬🗿📚🔰

AnnaDesourdy No wonder I did so much reading today 😂 8y
angrylilasian I love the hoodie!!! Where can I get one? 8y
Carol @angrylilasian it's actually a footie PJ suit for adults I got from ThinkGeek a couple of years back. I don't see it on their website tho 😩 8y
MrBook Great pic! 😎👍🏻 8y
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ispeakforthebooks
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I'm only a couple chapters in and I'm already so glad I randomly picked this up at Barnes & Noble! It's exactly what this fangirl needed to pump me up for ComicCon season. 🖖🏼🦄🎮

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Graciouswarriorprincess
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This is my Fun Friday book! I just pulled it out again because of Shark Week. #geekgirl @Liberty for you!😘

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Juisonfire
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Amazing guide about the fangirl life! Witty, delightful a good read! Explains cosplay, going to Comiccon and so much more. References to Xena warrior princess a big plus for me

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Baileythebookworm
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Pickpick

This is such an affirming, useful, fun geek book. It's an amazing reference book, an introduction, and a guide to the wonderful world of fangirls

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WolfeWillRead
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Pickpick

I love this little book! It's super cute and completely describes a fangirls life. It has guides on how to cosplay, attending comic con, and living in a fangirl world.

BookJunkie429 What the what! I need this! I'm already living the fangirl life, but could always use more insight. 8y
youngish-adult That's awesome! Need. 8y
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Obsessivegirlfan
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QuirkBooks
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"I am a geek girl and I am a feminist." Happy International Women's Day!

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QuirkBooks
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"I don't have to prove my nerd cred to anyone, ever."

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QuirkBooks
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Spotted at The Book Loft in Great Barrington, MA! A staff pick too!

Bookstorecats Great bookstore to boot! 9y
Bookstorecats I know them well @QuirkBooks 💜 9y
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