About that Slave Leia PSA…

The Nerd Machine Slave Leia PSA I'm kind of in

So, that Nerd Machine’s Slave Leia PSA I participated in finally came out. Did you see me? Don’t watch it again. Because you won’t see me…unless you know where to look. My Slave Leia is absolutely not in the picture, I can tell you that much. My Jawa outfit, however, is. Pause at 0:48. See Gigi/Chun Li’s talking to somebody? And that shadow behind Lauren’s Wonder Woman and the white spot on the floor behind her (might I add, fine) tush? That, my friend, is the left side of me covered in my Jedi/Jawa robe. And the white spot on...
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Geek Girls Sunday

The Nerd Machine Slave Leias

Serendipitously, after I posted the rant about geek girls v.s. faux geek girls, that very same weekend turned itself into a Geek Girl Weekend. Thursday A friend of mine forwarded me a tweet: a call of arms for any L.A. Slave Leia costume owners for a web video shoot for The Nerd Machine.  (For those who didn’t know, The Nerd Machine is a brainchild of Zachary Levi a.k.a. Chuck from the TV show Chuck…or the voice of Flynn Rider from Tangled.)  I replied to that call with a couple of photos including the Zombie Slave Leia with Darth Vader. Friday...
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