I’m excited to announce the launch of Geek Girl Brunch! GGB is a meetup group for geek girls who hang out over brunch. I’ve been working on this project for a while with my friends and co-founders, Yissel and Rachel.
Geek Girl Brunch- Game of Thrones Edition
Origin Story
In a galaxy far far away… some geek girls had brunch. A few actually, and since we had so much fun geeking out and sipping on mimosas we wanted it to become a bigger thing. After a few brunches we tossed around the idea that we wanted to start making Geek Girl Brunch a “bigger thing” and open it up to more geek girls. We didn’t want to keep all of this fun to just our group!
A talking cat with a crescent moon on her head told Rachel, Yissel and I that we were the chosen founders of Geek Girl Brunch. We’ve watched enough anime to know that talking cats are completely normal and immediately accepted the mission. Geek girl extraordinaire and design magician Leslie did some moon prism power stuff to our blog and made it pretty and we are forever grateful!
Themes
When you get a group of geek girls who like to shop and cosplay it was inevitable that we’d find excuses to dress up to these events. That’s when the concept of themes was born. So far we’ve had themes of Doctor Who, Harry Potter, Star Wars, Lolita, Reverse Harem Anime and Game of Thrones. Next month our brunch theme will be ‘Magical Girls’ in celebration of the relaunch of Sailor Moon in July.
For our themed brunches we tend to cosplay or dress up based on the theme, it isn’t required at all, but it’s fun! Whenever possible, we have field trips related to our theme. For our Lolita brunch, we attended the Sakura Matsuri festival at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden.
On our blog, we dedicate each month to a different GGB theme. This gives us time to learn more about each theme and share our love about it with others.
We are more than just geek girls drinking mimosas
GGB is more than just a group of geek girls who eat bacon, drink mimosas and talk about anime boyfriends (although there’s nothing wrong with that). As women that live in the geek subculture online and IRL, we know how it isn’t always welcoming. With Geek Girl Brunch, we want to create an environment where identifying lady geeks can be themselves without fear of sexism, bigotry or ridicule. We hope to provide a safe space to give voice, create friendships and hang out!
No Power in the ‘Verse Can Stop Us
The founders of GGB are NYC based, but we have dreams of expanding around the world and to alternate dimensions (when the technology becomes available). We plan to recruit officers in other cities to spread GGB around the globe.
If you’re interested in becoming an officer or have any questions about GGB email us at geekgirlbrunch@gmail.com. If you live in the NYC area and want to attend one of our brunches or meetups you can sign up here! Follow us to stay up to date on GGB news and meetups!
Follow Us!
- Blog: geekgirlbrunch.com
- Facebook: facebook.com/geekgirlbrunch
- Twitter: @geekgirlbrunch
- Tumblr: geekgirlbrunch.tumblr.com
- Instagram: instagram.com/geekgirlbrunch
The very first Geek Girl Brunch
GGB judging the Wasabassco Burlesque Costume Contest cosplaying as original characters
Sakura Matsuri @ Brooklyn Botanical Garden
Lolita Selfie :3
Star Wars Brunch
Reverse Harem Anime Brunch (We are pretty much a J-pop boy band lol)
Reverse Harem Anime Brunch
Doctor Who Brunch
Game of Thrones Brunch
Doctor Who Brunch
