“Geek Girls Unite” more of the same Cosmo flippancy

book-cover-geek-girlsLeslie Simon is a tourist. All her books are written in the breathless tone of a 13 year-old’s diary, combined with the breezy weightlessness of a Cosmo article. Geek Girls Unite is no different. Even the reading lists provided – which are excellent resources for anyone looking for a good book – and her lists of influential women in each category – all very notable and quite worth knowing – are fraught with errors. It’s Our Band Could Be Your Life, not This Band. Courtney Love is a star-fucker, not a geek heroine of any sort. Et cetera.
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