Corvida Raven: Geek Girl

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Introduction to Corvida Raven, a young, funky, geek-proud African-American woman who blogs at shegeeks.net. Part of series on Women's Contributions to the Development of Computers & Web.

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GeekGirl : 

GeekGirl Corvida Raven

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Once upon a time there was a woman blogger, who some may call a “geek.”

Corvida : 

Corvida She lived in a land called the Internet, but resided in Atlanta, Georgia. She started with books and then blogs and is now is affectionately called “Oprah of the Web.”

Corvida : 

Corvida She runs a website called Geek Girl that teaches girls about the web and computers. But she must be careful or else the evil patriarchy will shut her down.

GeekGirl : 

GeekGirl Corvida’s website has even branched out to merchandise to spread its “girl power” ways.

Geek Girl : 

Geek Girl There is even a camp to help girls with computers, because computers, like the patriarchy are dangerous for girls.

Corvida : 

Corvida Her crusades include: Owner of SheGeeks.net Will she be safe?

Her face is posted everywhere, she can’t hide. : 

Her face is posted everywhere, she can’t hide. Corvida

They can scout her every move. : 

They can scout her every move. Twitter is where the patriarchy can know everything she is up to, and devise a plan to keep women out of the web.

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Will they get her? Or will her knowledge of the web serve to defend her against attacks on her being a tech-savvy fearless female?