Comments on: Who is the REAL Queen of the Geeks?

By: Jen

Jen — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:54:55 +0000

…have to give props to the suggestion for “Tina Fey”.

By: Drzoltar

Drzoltar — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:39:38 +0000

Whenever I hear Queen of the Geeks, my first thought is of US Navy Capt. Grace Murray Hopper who was the first person to coin the term Computer Bug. And yes, it was an actual bug (a moth).

But of your posted list, I’d have to vote for Felicia Day. She’s super smart, quirky, and sexy.

By: Bugs

Bugs — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:03:54 +0000

I’m divided on your poll. Some candidates are geek because they star in Sci-Fi / Cult media but are attractive. While others produce or create content that we love.

So on one hand. I vote for Natalie Portman – not on the list – for both her beauty and choice roles in SW, V for Vendetta, etc

On the other hand I vote for J.K. Rowling – not on the list – for making it cool to love magic, dragons and bad ass wizards!

Cheers

By: Jenna M. Pitman

Jenna M. Pitman — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:01:59 +0000

Using the argument that Felicia Day wins by default as she actually is a geek is a little bizarre. While there ARE actresses on the list, most of which we know little about when it comes to their personal geekiness, there still are plenty of options that have proven their geekdom by their lifestyles.

1. Gail Simone – Not an actress. Works on comics. You have to be geeky to do that.

2. Majel Barrett-Roddenberry -DUH!

3. Alice Bradley Sheldon – Hard sf writer. Again, one must begin as a geek to even dream of this.

4. Maria Chudnovsky – Ph.D. in the top of her field. The field of mathematics. Geeky? Uhm. Yes.

5. Kari Byron – No one joins that cast unless they’re a geek.

Is Felicia a geek? Yes. But the list is NOT entirely full of actresses who have been paid to play a geek, or a character that geeks like. So if you want to vote for her or for Majel, that’s fine. But don’t lump these women in with actresses. They’re work deserves more than that.

(That being said, I want Ursula K. LeGuin to win. Or Lois McMaster Bujold.)

By: Vinzent

Vinzent — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:34:45 +0000

I gotta boldly go with Majel Barret-Roddenberry as the true Queen, but definitely Felicia Day as the heir-apparent.

By: Caitlin C.

Caitlin C. — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:30:48 +0000

What a hard decision, but kudos to Shannon and Matt for doing this after the embarrassing Spike and Contactmusic.com announcements. I would have liked to see Anne McCaffrey on the list (personal fave for many years).

If I missed it, I am sorry, but did you say how long will you have the poll up?

I think that, while these women are revered by geeks, they are not all geeks themselves. Shouldn’t the Queen of Geeks be a geek? Kinda bends the favor toward Felicia …

By: Gamewatcher

Gamewatcher — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:49:16 +0000

Have to go with Felicia. My mind instantly went to her when the question was posed. She just wears her geekiness with pride and doesn’t try to be a bad-ass (well, not successfully).

She just is what we are, yet somehow better at it than all of us.

By: JYHASH

JYHASH — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:23:00 +0000

Honestly, it has to be Majel. She loved what she did, she helped Gene Roddenberry create a whole new generation of Scientists and geeks who have created their own little geeks. The others are passable, but none really have the commitment she did.

~JYH

By: Don B

Don B — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:16:57 +0000

This was a tough poll. Most of these women are all kinda awesome.

Picking first choice between Majel and FeliciaDay/DeliciaFay was the toughest.

And Summer Glau is all kinds of awesome!

Great idea for a poll!

@donbcivil

By: Don Glover

Don Glover — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:54:19 +0000

Felicia beats Kari, by just a hair. Except for maybe Gail Simone, the rest (including those in comments) are distant also rans.