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Featured contributors: Meet Ashly Burch and Bonnie Burton

Meet Ashley Burch and Bonnie Burton, two featured contributors at GeekGirlCon!

From the voice behind strong characters in popular games to clever feminist crafting , these two featured contributors are bringing cheer and charm to GeekGirlCon this yearone panel at a time.

Check it out.

Ashly Burch

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You may recognize Ashly Burch’s voice from some of your favorite games.

Ashlya BAFTA-nominated actor and Emmy-nominated writeris best known as Chloe Price in Life is Strange, Tiny Tina in Borderlands 2, and Cassie Cage in Mortal Kombat X.

She is also the co-star, co-writer and co-creator of the web series Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin’? Take a look at one of the most popular videos from her web series below. 

In addition to Ashly’s comedy and voice acting, she speaks about social issues in the gaming industry: from bullying problems to gaming and gender. Check out some of her talks here.

She will be appearing in “Wait … I Know That Voice” in Room Tahoma 3/4 – Garnet on Sunday at 10:30 a.m.

Bonnie Burton

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Bonnie Burton has enough girl-powered projects to smash the patriarchy.  

She is an author who writes about feminism, crafting, and pop culture. Her books include The Star Wars Craft Book, Girls against Girls, and Womanthology.

But getting crafty doesn’t just stop at books when it comes to learning from Bonnie; she also has a web show, Geek DIY.

She’s also on a web show with Felicia Day, Veronica Belmont, and Kiala Kazebee called Vaginal Fantasy Book Club Show. It dissects a new genre romance novel each month.

(You can join them by reading the books and joining their Goodreads Forum!)

“Crafting with Feminism Workshop: Let’s Make Tampon Buddies!” is in Room Chelan 5 – America on Sunday at 11 a.m.

As the clock ticks closer to GeekGirlCon, we become more excited about our panelists and contributors who will be at the con. Read our panelist and contributors announcements so far here. Make sure to check back; we will be sharing the news of other featured contributors the weeks leading up to GeekGirlCon. Get your passes here!

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2 responses to “Featured contributors: Meet Ashly Burch and Bonnie Burton”

  1. […] more about individual featured contributors in some of our earlier blog posts: Ashly Burch and Bonnie Burton; Li Kovacs, Pisara, and Cheyenne Jaz Wise; Natalie “Moxie Girl” McGriff and Sammus; and an […]

  2. […] with Ashly Burch and Sarah Elmaleh in Room Tahoma 3/4 – Garnet on Saturday at […]

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