Geek Girl Con: Women Running Geeky Businesses

11 Oct

Erin Shanendoah |  October 11th,2011 | Discrimination, Games, Science, Software, Technology |  2 comments

I attended 2 panels at Geek Girl Con.

I was disappointed in Women Running Geeky Businesses- not because of the panelists, who were great, but because it didn’t focus on the challenges of being a woman running a business, running a geeky business, or being a woman running a geeky business. It was mostly about how to run a business. That’s not bad, but also not what I’m looking for in a panel specifically about being a WOMAN running a GEEKY business.

There are gender issues in geek culture. That’s why this con exists. I wanted to hear those addressed.

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  1. Chrystal Doucette says:
    October 11, 2011 at 7:36 am

    Aww. I am sorry you were disappointed. I had a great time being on the panel, and since my business is ultra geeky I had that part down. The questions we were given did not focus on being female, as you can tell. I hope some of it was useful still.

  2. shanendoah says:
    October 11, 2011 at 7:56 am

    I thought the choice of panelists was good. And you guys did a great job answering the questions you were asked. My issue really did come from having the president of Geek Girl Con asking the questions and not asking ones that I felt were the reason behind why a Geek Girl Con is even necessary.

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