The Reviews Are Trickling In!

My team at It Books just sent me over this glowing review of Geek Girls Unite from Publisher’s Weekly.  I can’t stop blushing… or doing a really ugly-looking victory dance. Check it out, y’all!    Read More

Geek Girl Of The Week: Kelly Cutrone

A video posted by Kelly Cutrone (@kellycutrone) on Jun 5, 2015 at 11:21am PDT Who: Kelly Cutrone Type of Geek: Fashionista Geek Girl You might not guess it from her signature stark, all-black wardrobe, but Kelly Cutrone is a style maven like no other. She’s the founder of People’s Revolution—a fashion and lifestyle branding, PR and marketing firm—and she’s responsible putting together the hottest runway shows all over the world, in... Read More

Geek Girl Of The Week: Lorrie Moore

// “Go to a wedding. His relatives. Everyone will compare weight losses and gains. Maiden cousins will be said to have… Posted by Lorrie Moore on Friday, September 6, 2013 Who: Lorrie Moore Type of Geek: Too-Funny-For-Her-Own-Good Literary Geek Some women seek therapy from psychologists; others seek self help from Lorrie Moore. Specifically, they seek Self Help, Moore’s wildly successful and insightful collection of short... Read More

Geek Girl Of The Week: Amy Sedaris

@nitetacos @broadcity A photo posted by Amy Sedaris (@imamysedaris) on Jul 25, 2015 at 7:27pm PDT Who: Amy Sedaris Type of Geek: Don’t Know Whether To Laugh Or Vomit Funny-Girl Geek Much like Vegemite and Josh Groban, Amy Sedaris is an acquired taste. It’s not because she’s unfunny—it’s almost that she’s too funny. Her comedy knows no limits or boundaries, which can at times annoy people to no end or make them... Read More

Geek Girl Of The Week: Sloane Crosley

Nice labeling. RT @LaurenLeClaire First book club party- @askanyone #warbyparker #teamwarby there was cake! pic.twitter.com/owgUGakWzU — Sloane Crosley (@askanyone) April 2, 2014 Who: Sloane Crosley Type of Geek: Witty Wordsmith Literary Geek If it weren’t for being locked out of two different Manhattan apartments twice in the same day, Sloane Crosley might not have written her debut collection of essays I Was Told There’d Be... Read More

Geek Girl Of The Week: Sofia Coppola

A photo posted by Francis Ford Coppola Winery (@coppolawine) on Jul 1, 2015 at 3:33pm PDT Who: Sofia Coppola Type of Geek: High Style, High Art Indie Film Geek Audiences didn’t expect much from Sofia Coppola after she was pelted with metaphorical tomatoes for her dreadful acting performance as Mary Corleone in The Godfather: Part III, but the daughter of famed director Francis Ford Coppola wasn’t ready to say arrivederci to the... Read More

Geek Girl Of The Week: Genevieve Gorder

A photo posted by Genevieve Gorder (@genevievegorder) on Aug 10, 2015 at 2:56pm PDT Who: Genevieve Gorder Type of Geek: Design Problem-Solver Domestic Goddess Geek We first became smitten with Genevieve Gorder when she appeared on everyone’s favorite flip-flop decorating show Trading Spaces; however, we fell into flawlessly designed love when she launched her own show on HGTV, Dear Genevieve, where she tackles all sorts of real-life... Read More

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Leslie is the author of Geek Girls Unite: How Fangirls, Bookworms, Indie Chicks and Other Misfits Are Taking Over the World, out now through It Books. She is also the author of Wish You Were Here: An Essential Guide to Your Favorite Music Scenes and co-author of Everybody Hurts: An Essential Guide to Emo Culture. She currently lives in Los Angeles, CA.