She’s Such A Geek is the “Cool Read” at Bookslut’s Bookslut in Training column for January. Colleen Mondor writes:
An excellent anthology found its way to me a couple of months ago: She’s Such a Geek! Women Write About Science, Technology and Other Nerdy Stuff. With essays written by women in all sorts of scientific or technological fields, it’s a unique way for college-bound teens who never thought they would fit in to realize that really, they’ve been part of a larger in crowd all along. … They are brave, bold, and utterly fearless when it comes to how they want to live. For the teenage woman striving to find her own moment of courage in a field dominated by men, it’s the perfect book — just make sure they are of the sixteen-and-older sort as there is a sexy essay here that would be a bit much for the junior high crowd.
I’m curious what your take on the other Bookslut piece that mentions your book but in a negative light. Very cool mention though especially in a column about YA lit because I hadn’t really considered that your audience is not just adults but teenagers, who surely also need the message of She’s Such a Geek, if not moreso than adult women.
Hey, thanks for the link! I hadn’t seen that before. I get the impression she hadn’t actually looked at our book when she wrote that. Maybe if she’d read our book, she’d feel differently. Also, Mattilda’s new book is very far from your standard rehash of feminist stories. It’s really out there and radical and unprecedented, just like all of Mattilda’s previous books.