humanity
Humanity or geek-manity? Humanity topics include pieces on the real-life lives of geek advocates and influencors.
Who over what
Long ago, when DVD’s and VHS tapes roamed the earth and Netflix was still a mail-order service, I moved to a new city for a job doing something I really loved. I was just starting out on the journey we call adulthood – which at the time, I thought of as a destination – and I was determined to make the most of what I believed adulthood should be: A life propelled by the thrill of charting my own course, by the near-certainty that great things were just around the corner and the endless possibility of a city and its millions of people.
By Stephen S Lane5 years ago in Geeks
To Serve Man
As a child growing up in the 1970s, the mothers on our block would throw us out of the house each day during the summer, when we would roam the neighborhood unsupervised until the street lights signaled our return. It wasn’t just so they could watch their soaps unencumbered by noisy children. There was also a prevailing wisdom they all prescribed to that too much television made your brain go “soft”. It was bad enough we got a few hours in during the school year; they would not allow a summer filled with marathons of Gilligan’s Island and Gidget to be the undoing of all our learning.
By Nancy Gwillym5 years ago in Geeks
Mental Health in Fantasy Series
“Do you have any recommendations for good shows or movies?” I can’t begin to tell you how much I love getting this question. I would call myself a self-proclaimed “film buff” if everyone else didn’t proclaim it on my behalf. Not trying to brag or anything, of course, I just love introducing people to stories that they may have otherwise not been aware of. The themes of these stories in films and series are really what drives my recommendations. It’s easy enough to say something like “Hey! You liked ‘Shrek’? Well, here’s ‘Shrek 2’”. But for me, it’s not as much about recommending something with the same kinds of stories or that share the same actors. I appreciate finding human connections that I can see others relating to. I like to identify the themes that really made the show or movie stand out to me and see if I’m aware of any other series or films that may share similar thematic elements, even if they may not share the same medium or even genre. One recent standout example for me that I wasn’t expecting to feel as much human emotion with came from a story where the main characters are primarily superhuman.
By Giacomo Thillet5 years ago in Geeks
Lean On Me & The Cosby Show
The Cosby Show I'm old school. Plus, I hardly watch any tv these days; so, the only movies and shows that I have to talk about are from the eighties and the nineties. So, the first program I have to talk about is Lean On Me which was released in 1989 (March 3, 1989) and was a true story about a high school (Eastside High) in a low class community, with dysfunctional kids from unstable, dysfunctional, homes, and teachers who had given into the horrible circumstances of the school. A principal, named Joe Clark, came along and changed all their lives.
By Shahidah Ahmad5 years ago in Geeks
Learning to Glide. Top Story - March 2021.
I decided to intersperse this story with gifs from one of my all-time favorite movies: Miss Congeniality, because, well because I can (nah nah nee boo boo) and Vocal let's me be who I am. Okay, so let us start, shall we?
By Corinne Jenkins5 years ago in Geeks
"Why Don't You Talk Black?"
Being born in the late '80s and growing up in the '90s meant that black looked, sounded, and acted a certain way that I didn't always quite live up to. I sucked at basketball, wore button-ups and payless shoes, and wasn’t allowed to listen to my first rap album until the age of 17 solely because the artist had a song called "Jesus Walks;” only to have it quickly taken away because my Dad didn't want me listening to such a "lost young man."
By Isaac brown III5 years ago in Geeks
