Let your Kids Embrace their Dark Side
GeekMom Melody is letting her daughter embrace the dark side through Star Wars Cosplay.
Continue ReadingGeekMom Melody is letting her daughter embrace the dark side through Star Wars Cosplay.
Continue ReadingThe new middle grade series gives ‘Star Wars’ a fresh perspective in a fun read.
Continue ReadingGeneral Organa; Misty Knight; Luke Cage; the Dora Milaje; and Padfoot, Prongs, and Moony provide inspiration for these geeky goals.
Continue Reading‘Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ brings the franchise up-to-date with a full play through of the movie and bonus levels featuring all-new content. But we’re hoping the Multi-Build feature isn’t in the next game.
Continue ReadingSphero has released an update for their popular BB-8 droid that allows him to “watch” ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ with you at home, so we gave it a try.
Continue ReadingIt can be lonely being an outsider. Kylo Ren illustrates a common theme that regularly tortures parents of geeky and gifted children: what is to prevent my clever and uniquely charismatic child from becoming frustrated with his lot as an outsider and turning to the Dark Side?
Continue ReadingLattes with Leia: an awesome Star Wars female perspective podcast that Geekmom wants you to hear !
Continue ReadingOver recent years, I’ve taken to Etsy for my Valentines Day card shopping. I wanted to share some of my favourites with you, many of which are perfect for handing out at school.
Continue ReadingThis Star Wars: The Force Awakens painting is so quick and easy, you might end up with a BB-8 art gallery in mere minutes!
Continue ReadingYou don’t have to dig through the ruins of Jakku to make this easy upcycled scrap doll.
Continue ReadingWhat does it mean to be a villain? And what if your child fell to the Dark Side?
Continue ReadingAn academic and thorough breakdown of the intertextuality in The Force Awakens that was used to bind the old and new together.
Continue ReadingYou are no princess. You are a general. You are OUR general. You are the general for the generation of women whose bodies change, whose age impacts their look, whose mouths say the thing others don’t want to hear. Thank you.
Continue ReadingAs I’ve said before, my daughter loves Star Wars. I’m sure it comes as no surprise to anyone that there is a small number of female characters in the Star Wars galaxy. And at her young age, even my fledgling padawan has noticed the lack of women in the galaxy. She would rather pretend to be Luke or Anakin because they get more involved in the action of the story. (“Leia needs to be rescued and Padme dies, Mom.”) Yes, Princess, now General, Leia and Padme do get in on the action, but if we are all honest with ourselves, the boys are the ones who get to play the role of hero and save the day. And then came Rey.
Continue ReadingOverall, I loved this movie. I really do think that it brings new life into a franchise that many love. I am pleased that it will be the first Star Wars movie experience my son has. I’m excited that he overcame his fears and came with us because when he is our age, he will remember this when he writes a blog post about the reinvention of a franchise that he fell in love with as a child.
Continue ReadingThe reason I’m dithering over my clothes is not because I’m a fashionista but because I want to add this memory to the ones I already have of what I did when wearing these clothes.
Continue ReadingAs the first of my Facebook friends to have seen The Force Awakens, I have gotten a lot of questions about whether it is little kid appropriate. L is 6-years-old, precocious cognitively, but very 6 emotionally. So, my answer is:
It is kid dependent. Multiple factors have to be considered before taking your youngling to go see this movie.
Continue Reading‘Twas the night before Star Wars
And all through the ‘Net
All the rumors were stirring
Making me fret
Today, just like most ever geek on the planet, I am counting down the days until “Star Wars:The Force Awakens” hits theaters. We have tickets for the whole family and, here it comes, my kids couldn’t care less
Continue ReadingDecember 18th will be like a national holiday for ‘Star Wars’ fans. But what about your youngest Star Wars fans, who may be too young to actually see ‘The Force Awakens’ in theaters?
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