Episode 47: Making a Name for Yourself in Nerdery and Becoming a Resource with The BlerdGurl Karama Horne

Published: Sept. 24, 2019, 3:03 a.m.

b'Karama Horne is the visionary behind The BlerdGurl, a website that provides commentary and perspective from the often overlooked black nerd demographic. On her website, \\u2018blerd is a word and a movement.\\u2019 She\\u2019s a contributor at SYFYWire, where she writes the weekly Indie Comics Spotlight column and co-hosts their two of their weekly podcasts. In addition, she also hosts two of her own, The Blerdgurl Podcast, and The Radical Geeks with Angelique Roch\\xe9. Karama joins us to not only share her experience as a woman of color in the geek space, but how we can cultivate safe spaces on the internet, engage in online discourse healthily, and champion our peers in fandom. She also shares how fangirls can create their own platform and grow their presence in the nerd community, plus leaves us with tons of comic and fan film recommendations!\\n\\nMiles from Home Fan Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OSvMmfIj_w\\n \\nKarama\\u2019s article 25 Reasons You\\u2019re Not Making Any Money at Comic Cons: http://theblerdgurl.com/resources/cons/why-you-dont-make-money-at-comic-cons/\\n \\nKarama\\u2019s post about Riri Williams: http://theblerdgurl.com/commentary/riri-rhodey-re-skinning-marvel-misunderstanding-diversity/\\n\\nWhere to Find Karama:\\n \\nTwitter: @theblerdgurl\\n \\nInstagram: @theblerdgurl\\n \\nFacebook: @theblerdgurl\\n \\nTheBlerdGurl.com'