Exuding Geekiness since 1984

Hello kiddies! O.k. so searching the internet for interesting topics, articles to share with you, I bumped into this article by Geek and Sundry, where it mentioned that Valentino and other high end artistis/creators are starting to take note and interest in Geek/Nerd culture and mainly fashion.  The article references Valentino doing a Wonder Woman "inspired" collection and also made a reference to M.A.C. releasing a make-up line for the 50th anniversary for Star Trek. Which, I also had mentioned this in previous posts (sans Valentino/Wonder Woman collection) and as I kept reading, i seriously started to get a gut wretching feeling about what i was just hearing. Let me make this VERY clear, I AM in favor of celebrating MY community. And I'm saying this in MY POV. I do not OWN the Geek Community, nor am I the "LEADER" of a autonomous community that is made up of so many diverse people and POV's. I get it, but I do care about a community that I bel...

I feel like sometimes I just blink for a second, and there are even more exciting news in the world of Geekdom. A New Companion for The Doctor:  So, if you, for some miraculous reason have not heard, over the weekend BBC unveiled not only a teaser spot for the upcoming season 10 of Doctor Who, but a new companion was introduced just along with it. Yes, a NEW companion was introduced. The sky will fall, I know. (Source: metro.co.uk) So far what we know about this new companion is very little, just that her name is Bill and she will be portrayed by Pearl Mackie. What makes Bill so special is that she is a companion of color. Yes, you heard right, Bill is black. She will join the only other companion who was not white (Freema Agyeman). Many news articles have started to praise the BBC decision(with the director/producer) to add Bill into the long and treasured list of companions. From what I can tell, is that I am excited and hopeful to see more diversity on Doctor ...