It’s late May, and there’s all sorts of pride in the air. Geek pride, that is — as Geek Tyrant and about 200 people on my Twitter feed noted, May 25 was “officially” Geek Pride Day. It was named as such because it is “towel day” in honor of Douglas Adams‘ wonderful Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy novels, Terry Pratchet‘s “Glorious 25th Day of May” from his Discworld series, and, of course, the anniversary of the launch of the first Star Wars film in 1977. Thus, May 25 is the day nerds of all stripes celebrate by embracing all thinks geeky.
Adorned with the greatest Star Wars photo outside of a Princess Leia bikini photo shoot (admit it, you’re a little jealous of Chewie — see below), the GT article also boasts an excellent “Geek Pride Manifesto” complete with requisite responsibilities.
Well, since there’s another pride season nearly upon us, I thought I’d amend the rules specifically for us, the lesbian, bi, queer ladies of the geek world.
1. The right to complain about the over-sexualization of women in comic books and videogames, while still enjoying the hotness of said characters.
2. The right to wear any item of clothing a 1980s’ teenage boy would have thought was “awesome.”
3. The right to write Xena
