Geek Girl #2 (1995) is a spirited, boundary-pushing quarterly zine for “geek gals and aspiring geek gals,” blending tech, culture, and feminist thought with wit and curiosity. This issue dives into the digital and the literary, featuring Jim Keith fishing for online gems, Pirate Kathy Acker, and Noam Chomsky’s “No Newbie.” It explores the early web with features like Dunkin’ into more swell www sites, Ken Wark’s Tokyo Nice Life, and Virtual Sisterhood, alongside a playful nod to Donna Haraway’s “I’d rather be a cyborg than a goddess” from 1984.
Published by Rosie Cross and Lisa Pears under the Spyfood collective, the magazine fuses writing, art, audio-visual design, and research to celebrate women in electronic arts. Issue #2 captures the adventurous, DIY spirit of mid-90s cyberculture while amplifying voices often overlooked in tech and media. Geek Girl is irreverent, thoughtful, and exuberantly geeky—a snapshot of creativity at the intersection of feminism, technology, and pop culture.
