#indigenerdity

[unsuperjay]

this was much more lewd when i conceptualised it. but as usual, my over-thinking of the design rendered this finished piece a rather tame character study. still fudging thru likenesses but there are elements that werk and a lot that don't. o welp, you win some and you lose some.

[retiredkat]

Geek Girl Crush of the Week: CAROL PELETIER

Noetta HarjoContact: Noetta.Harjo@geekgirlauthority.com

News Editor, Senior Contributor, and Press Editor. Coordinate breaking news, trailers and press releases. I also contribute reviews, recaps and interviews. Creator of the Indigenerd Wire, a column dedicated to the Indigenous creatives in pop culture.

GGA's resident Indigenerd, a little bit rez, a little bit classy...with a love for all things Star Wars, zombies, science fiction, and Indigenous. My ultimate goal is to start my own podcast.

Welcome to this week’s installment of Geek Girl Authority Crush of the Week. Here, we shine a spotlight on our favorite ladies in genre culture who inspire us. Our crushes range from fictional female characters in our favorite genre shows, movies and books…to women behind the scenes in geeky media.

DISCLAIMER: The following contains spoilers for The Walking Dead. If you are not caught up with the show, then you may not want to read on, but if you don’t care about spoilers either way, then continue!

Carol Peletier

Fast Facts:

Carol Peletier (played by Melissa McBride) is a survivor, a loving friend, and fierce warrior. She has set the bar high for the women of The Walking Dead. Rick (Andrew Lincoln) called Carol a “force of nature” that will do anything to protect the people she loves. Before the zombie apocalypse, Carol was timid, submissive and always apologetic. Her resiliency came from years of abuse at the hands of her husband Ed (Adam Minarovich). She tried to make a good life for her daughter Sophia (Madison Lintz), despite the circumstances. Since the world collapsed, Carol has learned to fight back against anyone who oppressed her. She has become a chameleon and a deadly ally for Team Family.

The Real Deal:

Carol’s world is dangerous, whether she’s fighting off the dead or the living. She experienced the dark side of humanity early on. She learned that people will go to great lengths for the things they want. So Carol goes to those same lengths to protect herself and her family. She also learned that losing loved ones is hard. She’s lost a husband, a daughter, an adopted son, and a couple of close friends. Though she is close to friends like Daryl (Norman Reedus) and Maggie (Lauren Cohan), Carol keeps her walls up to protect her heart.

Carol’s intuition gives her the ability to spot the bad people. She is adaptable to any situation, that gives her an upper hand. For example, when Team Family were practically forced to live at the Commonwealth, Carol knew immediately it was too good to be true. She found that the leaders of the community were up to no good. For the good of her family, she set out to find the secrets the leaders where hiding and expose them. It didn’t take long for Carol and Daryl to take over the Commonwealth and turn it into a truly safe community for Team Family.

A true leader, Carol is able to make the hard decisions. And is willing to carry out the hard tasks for the group. It took a her a while, but Carol learned to forgive herself for past mistakes. And to let go of regrets that she carried with her for far too long. She is a loyal friend, making sure her friends are always safe. She trusts her close friends, knowing they can take care of themselves; but keeps a close eye on them. And if a friend is in trouble, Carol will go to any lengths to help them.

Why Does She Matters:

Carol’s transition from battered housewife to stealth killer was unexpected. In a world where she should have died, Carol has defied the odds and become a great leader. At times she lost her faith in the world, in the goodness of people, and in herself. With help from her family, Carol emerged stronger and smarter.

Carol represents the bravery it takes to overcome adversity. Though she has lost much, she has gained so much more. In addition to her new family, Carol gained self awareness. She knows when to be ruthless and when to appear delicate. She battled her demons and won. There isn’t much that Carol hasn’t faced that could send her back to the frail woman she once was. Melissa McBride beams at the opportunity to play Carol. At the season nine premiere, McBride said, “I feel honored to play a character like that. To end up in a place of courage and taking initiative helping other people, finding her path or truth. I want that for everyone.”

We should all be more like Carol. Trust your gut when something doesn’t feel right, stand up for yourself and your family, and never let anyone make you feel inferior.

[paddysnuffles]

Self-proclaimed 'Indigenerds' claim space in streaming, sci-fi and table top role-playing games

[jaezbrainlint]

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A Tribe Called Geek's Brown Ball of Fury put together a list of this summer's TOP 10 Must Read Books by Native writers. Check it out and let us know who and what you're reading this summer. http://atribecalledgeek.com/the-brown-ball-of-furys-top-10-indigenous-reads-for-summer-2019/ About: A Tribe Called Geek is an award-winning media platform for Indigenous Geek Culture and STEM. For more information, visit www.atribecalledgeek.com. #ATribeCalledGeek #Indigenerdity #top10 #indigenousreads #brownballoffury #nativewriters #nativeliterature https://www.instagram.com/p/By3fPdblWMO/?igshid=1he4840qs24zb

[forallnerds]

It’s been three years to the day since the release of The Last Jedi, so let’s celebrate with these iconic shots of @dezbah.rose as Rey. In their own words: Posted @withregram • @dezbah.rose "I am no Jedi, but I know the Force. It moves through and surrounds every living thing. Close your eyes... Feel it... The light... it's always been there. It will guide you." . . . #rmyoungphotography #navajorey #rey #reycosplay #starwars #mazkanata #starwarscosplay #indigenerd #indigenerds #forallnerds #thelastjedi https://www.instagram.com/p/CI01EmcD0OP/?igshid=1td6anije4euo

[blacknerdproblems]

Repost from @dezbah.rose using @RepostRegramApp - Here she is! Raven inspired by @sideshow_kel's illustration 💜🖤✨ 📷: @ceejayandthecosplay #IPXDenver #indigenouspopx #ipx2019 #indigenerd #indigenouscosplayer #ravencosplay #teentitans https://www.instagram.com/p/B0mDgtTlH1-/?igshid=1aazw2ufjzcuc

[jkarts]

So fun to be a part of this great graphic novel project by @literatipress Repost from @literatipress • Reminder that The #RezDetectives by @stevenpauljudd and @tvlijacob drops Dec 8. Preorder from your #LocalComicShop today (Previews Code OCT211566) or order direct from #LiteratiPress at the #linkinbio👆 #LPComics #NativeCreatives #Indigenerds #ShopSmall #indiecomics #allagescomics https://www.instagram.com/p/CU0hv-4LeyJ/?utm_medium=tumblr

[astraphel]

you’re indigenous !? like native american !? i am too , i never see other indigenous peoples on the internet. <3

btw i loved that giyuu hanahaki fix, pt two sometime pls 😔🤚

Hiii, yes I am! I'm Alaska Native (Tsimshian). I've been hoping to connect with other indigenerds on here - we're a rare sight that's for sure.

So glad you liked my Hanahaki story, I'll keep your request in mind :)

[the-aila-test]

From A Tribe Called Geek’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/tribecalledgeek/status/1320812092006383616?s=20

CALLING ALL COSPLAYING INDIGENERDS! WE WANT TO FEATURE YOU IN OUR COSPLAY SPOTLIGHT!

If you are interested, shoot us an email at info@atribecalledgeek.com

Please include name, tribal affiliation, email & a few photos of your cosplay. If under 18, you must have parental/guardian permission. Please include their email, so they can be added to all communication.

We ask for tribal affiliation, but this call is open to Indigenous peoples from around the world as well. We celebrate all Indigenerdity!

[fatehbaz]

Funny animals make tracks across American and European comics traditions, but [...] the offerings of the newly founded, “Indigenerd”-only Native Realities Press [...] reanimate the longer legacy of animal figures in Indigenous multimodal and multispecies storytelling traditions. [...] In the spring of 2015 [...] comics creator and self-proclaimed “Indigenerd” Lee Francis IV (Laguna Pueblo) founded Native Realities Press, a comics publisher devoted to Native American comic books and comics creators. [...] From the teen sheep Jonesy in Jonathan Nelson’s wordless comic The Wool of Jonesy to the Cherokee trickster Tsisdu in Lee Francis IV and Weshoyot Alvitre’s Sixkiller, [...] Indigenous animal figures roerient and reframe comics reading practices, generating a model of visual and popular culture that productively recenters Indigeneity and unsettles the settler discourses that circulate about Native peoples in mass culture. [...]

“Animals” [...] orients us on a long-standing crisis of categorization regarding the taxonomies and hierarchies of “species” [...]. The combinations of textual and visual representations of Indigeneity model the coordinated processes of settler occupation and Indigenous dispossession [...]. Drawing comparisons to settler cartography, which maps temporalities and territories, the arrangement of panels and gutters in comics featuring “Indians” orients readers on a visual grammar that raises (and often answers) the questions, who belongs in time [...], and to whom does the visual terrain belong. [...]

Native Realities is [...] home to some of the most innovative contributions to the contemporary funny animals genre, with titles such as The Wool of Jonesy (2016), Deer Woman: An Anthology (2017), and Sixkiller (2018), all featuring anthropomorphic animals. Rather than revitalizing the American tradition of funny animals in comics, however, I argue that the wordless “wooly” sheep (Jonesy), reactivated first beings (Deer Woman), and talking tricksters (Sixkiller) featured in the pages of Native Realities call for a [...] reorientation to the funny animals genre through Indigenous theoretical frameworks. [...]

Whereas The Wool of Jonesy creates a speculative soundtrack with its wordless protagonist, Sixkiller, written by Francis IV and illustrated by Alvitre, features many talking animals who aid and advice Alice Sixkiller, a teen Cherokee girl, who embarks on a journey to avenger here murdered older sister. [...]   With Alice and Tsisdu, the rabbit trickster of the Cherokee, the comic crosses dreams with reality [...]. As Tsisdu asserts, he and Alice coexist in the “same world together, girl,” as they engage in the mutual process of reframing their relational and relative positions in time and in place through and across the fence lines that become unstable markers of imposed separation, more chance than closure. [...]

Whereas Gardner asserts that “funny animals have the power to speak truths that might otherwise go unspoken,” in Nelson’s funny animal comic, truths are articulated, not through speech or writing (or “righting”), but, instead, through the suggestion of sound. Through speculative “sound tracking,” we hear the whir of fan blades oscillating in Jonesy’s bedroom and the buzz of electric clippers as he shears his unruly wool. We hear the creak and clatter of wagon wheels over cattle guards [...]. Jonesy has “just finished high school,” and, as a result, he “has been weighing his options for his future” [...]. Perhaps this is the “weight” Jonesy carries as he sits atop his hulking bundle of wool -- the heavy, unwieldy weight of an uncertain future. Temporarily relieved of the weight of the canvas  bag, Jonesy, the teen sheep from Hogback, New Mexico, does appear to be “weighing his options for the future.” However, the front matter declares, “he is in no rush to get moving.” [...]

 Funny animals might be the wrong name, much like Tsisdu is not Rabbit’s only name, or the way “Indian” misnames the diverse Indigenous peoples of what is now the United States. Ranging across generic and geopolitical territory, humor and history, the funny animals and first beings of Native Realities resist easy tagging, slipping through the fence lines separating species [...]. They meet human animals at treelines and fence lines, teasing imposed separations, remediating origin stories that cross over into original new media. [...]

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Joshua T. Anderson. “Re-animating Native Realities: The Funny Animals and Indigenous First Beings of Native Realities Press.” The Journal of the Comics Studies Society. Fall 2019.

[unsuperjay]

wanted to get this out a few months back but hit the brick wall that is artists block heading into x-mas and this went to the backburner. but now here it is in all its tardiness. hope y’all can dig it. 

-j

[tuulinokameramblings]

Things that keep me up at night

One day, I'm gonna find another Indigenous nerd who loves X-Files, and we're gonna have a very long conversation about "the gift."

[jaezbrainlint]

It's here!!! the May/June issue of Diversity in Action Magazine! Check out the great feature on #NativesinSTEM and I'm not just saying that cuz I'm one of the Natives profiled! #atribecalledgeek #indigenerdity #indigenerdsrising #bbof #brownballoffury #LeagueofIndigenerds

[comiccrusaders]

The Rez Detectives Are on the Case! @literatipress #literatipress, #LPcomics, #RezDetectives #NativeCreatives #Indigenerds http://ow.ly/JabS50GfqFQ