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As mentioned, I'm doing a re-watch of Quantum Leap (1989) now that I've fallen back into writing slash for it. And as I watched, decided to write up my off-the-cuff thoughts as I watch and post them. (I'm also doing this on my Tumblr.)

Season 1, episode 5: "How the Tess Was Won"
Date of Leap: August 5, 1956
Written by: Deborah Arakelian

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July felt very quick. Not a lot happened, but more than I remembered. More under the cut.

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I've written before about the term 'fangirl' and its current place in fandom. Of course, I'm not the only fan who's taken to reclaiming the word and redefining myself as a fangirl. Hansi Oppenheimer is a filmmaker who has considered herself a fangrrl since at least the age of 6, but wanted to explore what it meant to be a woman in fandom. What was originally going to be a feature film turned into the ongoing YouTube documentary project, Squee! The Fangrrl Project. A couple of months ago, she announced that she was going to do a mini-convention, SqueeCon, in December.

I sat down with Hansi and talked about what it means to be a fangirl, her approach to creating the documentary, and where she wants to go from here.

"Squee! Teaser Trailer" (Watch on YouTube)

See the full show notes and listen to the episode here.

There's been a lot of talk in the last few months about the toxicity in the Star Wars fandom, specifically in the backlash against The Last Jedi. How it connects to women and people of color in fandom is not an accident. So, I got together with some women to discuss the female perspective on the issue.

My wife and I, posing with Rey at Disneyland

See the full show notes and listen to the episode here.

Since I had also started getting into audio (and podcasts) in 2014, I decided I wanted to start a series of interviews with women in the community to discuss what it was like to identify as a woman in the geek community. This is the first of a series of interviews where I take an academic approach.

Supriya and I met, as mentioned in the interview, thanks to a Facebook Sherlock fan group for those in Southern California. At the time, she worked for Geek and Sundry, although now she works for DeviantArt. Originally from the Silicon Valley area, she moved to Los Angeles to look for work. We talk Harry Potter, Reddit, and other topics.

See the full show notes and listen to the episode here.

While I had Miracle Laurie on hand for an interview for her work in the new web series Nobility during 2014 Comikze, we talked a bit further about her process as an actress and about female representation in science fiction, which naturally led to her work on Dollhouse.

See the full show notes and listen to the episode here.

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