November 9 & 10, 2024 • Seattle, WA
This year proved to be a challenge in unexpected ways, but I’m so proud that we’ve made it this far—that we found solace as a community, that we persevered and kept going. We did it together, and we will continue to push forward together.
Happy Halloween week! While this weekend marks the finale of GeekGirlCONLINE, we still have plenty in store—including the Halloween Dance Party hosted by GeekGirlStrong founder Robyn Warren (@geekgirlstrong).
We still have plenty of tickets available, so make sure to pick your’s up before the event this Friday, October 30, at 6 pm!
The dance party is on Friday, October 30, from 6 pm to 8 pm.
The dance party will be held in a private Zoom room! A link will be sent out to all ticket-holders at a later date closer to the event.
Tickets are available on Showclicks right now! There are only 50 seats available, to pick yours up today! All tickets are pay-want-you-want and budget-friendly.
Dancing isn’t the only thing you can look forward to! Throughout the event, there will be various fandom-related giveaways (including some GeekGirlCon merch!)
Costumes not required, but certainly encouraged! 🎃
We’ve got a couple more surprises up our sleeve for #GCConline, including the Halloween Dance Party!
We’re thrilled to announce that Valve is one of our sponsors for GeekGirlCONLINE. They’ll be joining us on Sunday, October 25 at 2:30 PST with their inaugural GeekGirlCon panel: Wearing All The Hats.
We are so excited to finally share details with you about our inaugural digital event starting this weekend!
GeekGirlCONLINE is just around the corner, kicking off on October 1 with the opening of our Virtual Expo Hall. Each following weekend through Sunday, November 1st will be filled with panels, workshops, and other live presentations on Twitch. Each week will also follow a unique, fun theme—starting with Science & Technology on October 3 and 4!
In preparation for GeekGirlCONLINE, we’ve officially launched our Twitch Channel!
Subscribe to GeekGirlCon at twitch.tv/geekgirlcon and tune-in this October for all sorts of geeky shenanigans—from panels and workshops to gaming streams and more!
We’ll see you there. 🎮
While our team is in the midst of putting together the finishing touches for #GGCOnline, we wanted to take a moment and share our weekly themes!
Each week during the month of October, our content will revolve around a uniform theme from Arts & Literature, Comics, Gaming, to Science & Technology! As we get closer to the beginning of the month, we’ll share our finalized schedule.
Stay tuned for more information on #GGCOnline! We’ll be sharing more details in the coming days about all of the content you can expect to see this October, including our full schedule, some unique merch, and some very special guests.
To the GeekGirlCon community,
To best support the safety and comfort of our attendees, contributors, and staff, we are postponing GeekGirlCon until 2021. Though this is a disappointing reality, the health of the GeekGirlCon community is, and will always be, our top priority. We’ll be back up and running to celebrate our tenth anniversary in person next year, and we’ll announce dates and other updates as soon as we’re able.
In the meantime, we have some exciting news to share. In the absence of a physical convention this fall, we’re going digital with a new event debuting this fall: GeekGirlCONLINE
While we’re still in the early stages of planning this event, we’re so excited to continue our journey and find new ways to connect with our community in an ever-changing world. We’re excited to celebrate a very geeky, jam-packed month with you this upcoming October. Stay tuned for updates about how to participate in GeekGirlCONLINE in the coming weeks!
We’re busy planning both GeekGirlCONLINE as well as our 10th Anniversary Celebration for 2021. Our team will reach out directly to passholders and programming applicants as follows:
If you already purchased passes for GeekGirlCon ‘20, we’ll be offering refunds. Alternatively, if you’re able, you can consider your pass purchase a 501(c)(3) donation to GeekGirlCon. We’ll be emailing passholders directly with more information on these options, and here’s an exhaustive FAQ for your reference.
Our team will be reaching out to you individually with updated information about your applications and options moving forward.
Thank you for your support. We’re so proud of our community for remaining steadfast and resilient. We’ll see you online this fall, and back in the heart of downtown Seattle in the years to come.
Stay healthy, safe, and we’ll see you soon.
The GeekGirlCon Family
The world can be relentless. It can be scary, daunting, and seemingly endless. Right now whenever I turn on the news I’m filled with an acute sense of dread and fear. Anxiety that I’m not doing enough, or that I know too little. I try to educate myself and listen, because something is happening. Something is churning and it feels like change.
Racial injustice is a burning plague in this country—throughout the world. The black community has been mistreated and forced to endure centuries of systematic abuse and discrimination. Their pain and suffering are real, and we should all be listening to their cries of anger and frustration.
We all have something to learn from their stories.
In his novel Rainy Days, G. Empty paints the image of a dreary, apocalyptic cityscape. Although the narrative is rooted in rich, intoxicating fantasy, the fight and hardship of his diverse cast of characters are very real and incredibly relevant. G. brilliantly illustrates the plight of the black community as they stand up against their oppressors. You’ll wince beneath the weight of their pain and cheer when they succeed.
Listen and learn, because as G. carefully highlights: everyone has rainy days.
Anime inspired by black culture. That was my first impression of Rainy Days by G. Empty. The story is quirky and fun, coated in a blithe exterior and reminiscent of your favorite 1990s cartoon. It’s filled with caricatures and slang—I can hear a jazzy rift play whenever a character angrily beats on a door or stalks down the hall. Dipped in a sepia-toned pool and handed a weapon to fight, it’s comparable to Cowboy Bebop with just a pinch more Hitchcockian-noir.
It was a joy to read, and once you breach the surface—hell, it goes so much deeper. It’s devastating.
“Oddly enough, no one mourned the pigs.”
Rainy Days
For someone who very publicly claims that he isn’t a writer but a storyteller, G.—an 2020 Independent Publisher Book Awards medalist in Urban Fiction—constantly wowed me with his crushing play on words. There’s an earnestness in his tone that isn’t so easy to find in big-house publishing. I was immediately drawn to G. and his story during our initial introduction. His charisma is endearing, and Rainy Days is his heartbeat.
Because of your support, we were able to make $4,668 during GiveBIG!
As you know, GeekGirlCon is a volunteer-powered nonprofit organization that exists because of people like you who believe in our mission to celebrate and honor the legacies of under-represented groups in science, technology, comics, arts, literature, gameplay, and game design. We know the last few months have been unexpectedly difficult, and now more than ever we appreciate your dedication to helping GGC achieve its mission and expand its impact in ways we could have never imagined when we were first starting out ten years ago.
