G33K Out: Geek Girls Part 3 – Grace (aka Cerberusia)

Episode 45: Geek Girls Part 3 – Grace (aka Cerberusia)

This is the third episode in my ongoing series where I interview women in the geek community about what their experiences were like, and their history as a fangirl.

Cerberusia is one of the women I had originally interviewed back in 2014, when I was visiting London. I had been working on an article on fan fiction for the company I was interning at, and had reached out to Tumblr to find people outside of my fandom areas to quote. Since she was based in the UK (Oxford, to be precise), I asked if she would be interested in a further interview.

Obviously, time has passed since that interview, and so when I decided to get back to doing these, we agreed to redo the interview. We have a great discussion about what it means to be a geek, how she fangirls, and the future of geek culture.

Basic Show Notes:

• Running time is 38 minutes, 17 seconds.
• The interview was recorded on May 19, 2019.
• General notes about the discussion / further reading:
  • The Geek Girl interview page can be found here.
  • the article I wrote, quoting (among others) Grace, about fan fiction for Culture Whisper. Head’s up that it was edited highly and does not sound like my typical writing voice.
  • I reference episode 40, my roundtable on the politics of shipping.
  • The Welkin Weasels book series by Garry Kilworth
  • Percy Jackson series
  • Harry Potter series
  • the band Steeleye Span
  • you can find her on Tumblr and Dreamwidth
• The mid-show plug is from Victoria Male from the podcast Your Biggest Fangirl, who I interviewed in episode 39.
• In this episode, “Angie Geeks Out” about Good Omens.
  • primarily the Amazon TV series, but I also reference the radio production BBC Radio did back in 2017, as well as obviously the book itself.
    • Here’s where you can buy a copy of the radio version.
    • If you don’t get Amazon (and won’t be able to catch it on BBC Two when it broadcasts there, it is available for pre-order on DVD and Blu-Ray.
  • I also talk about my newfound love for actor Michael Sheen, and his interactions on Twitter (specifically this one and this one).
• Theme music is “Schoolyard Haze”, by Jari Pitkanen, available via the Free Music Archive.
• This podcast is released under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike License.
• Interested in hearing other episodes of G33K Out or learning where all you can hear the podcast? Check out the main G33K Out with Angie Fiedler Sutton page.

And now, it’s time to geek out.