Jenna Busch
Jenna Busch was the host of Moviefone Minute and is a writer of all things geek for AOL, SCI FI Wire, JoBlo, Huffington Post, Popeater, UGO, IGN and Geek Week. A New York transplant living in Los Angeles, Jenna has been on many sides of the entertainment industry. Makeup artist, (don't stand too close, or she'll glue something to you) actor, (stopped because she felt that replacing body parts with silicone was the first step towards becoming a cylon) and finally writing, which allows her to work in her pajamas.
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Wednesday, August 17, 2011
An Interview with Cheeks, Sean Hemeon and Alessandra Torresani of 'Husbands'
Jenna Busch conducts a Comediva-exclusive interview with "Husbands" cast Cheeks, Sean Hemeon and Alessandra Torresani.
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Monday, August 15, 2011
An Interview with Jane Espenson and Jeff Greenstein of "Husbands"
Jenna Busch conducts a Comediva-exclusive interview with "Husbands" Executive Producer Jane Espenson and Director Jeff Greenstein.
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Monday, July 18, 2011
Geek and Gamer Girls, We're Unbelievable!
With Geek Girls' true intentions being put under a microscope, Jenna Busch opines on the Geek Girl Wars and the future of women in Geek-dom. View Jenna's original article on Girl Meets Lightsaber!
Geek girls have been all over the news lately, from Boobgate to little Katie Goldman who was teased for liking Star Wars (and the unbelievable outpouring of support from geek girls all over the world) to why some people think Game of Thrones is for guys, to whether or not celebrity women are pandering to geeks. I've talked about it. I've discussed it on Twitter and ComiCenter. I just chatted about it with my very good friend and honorary geek chick George Roush and new buddy Jennifer Landa on My Geek Lady. (Check out the show). But I thought it was time to put my feelings down, if not on paper, then on the web.
I think it's easy to dismiss us because the prevailing feeling out there is that being a female geek is still an unusual thing. I still have men look at me in shock when I tell them I play World of Warcraft (to be fair, I might be mistaking that for what is really shock that I leave the house and play World of Warcraft). Not so very long ago, I told the producers of a show on a major gaming network that I love video games and comic books and they called me a unicorn. Rare, they explained, because I don't look like a troll and I know what a drow is. This from a network that regularly hires geek women.
Geek girls have been all over the news lately, from Boobgate to little Katie Goldman who was teased for liking Star Wars (and the unbelievable outpouring of support from geek girls all over the world) to why some people think Game of Thrones is for guys, to whether or not celebrity women are pandering to geeks. I've talked about it. I've discussed it on Twitter and ComiCenter. I just chatted about it with my very good friend and honorary geek chick George Roush and new buddy Jennifer Landa on My Geek Lady. (Check out the show). But I thought it was time to put my feelings down, if not on paper, then on the web.
I think it's easy to dismiss us because the prevailing feeling out there is that being a female geek is still an unusual thing. I still have men look at me in shock when I tell them I play World of Warcraft (to be fair, I might be mistaking that for what is really shock that I leave the house and play World of Warcraft). Not so very long ago, I told the producers of a show on a major gaming network that I love video games and comic books and they called me a unicorn. Rare, they explained, because I don't look like a troll and I know what a drow is. This from a network that regularly hires geek women.
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Thursday, June 02, 2011
Writer Jane Espenson on Game of Thrones, Torchwood and Geek Girls
Jane Espenson started off her writing career by writing a spec script for M*A*S*H, and never sending it. Since then, she's been a writer and/or producer for almost every popular scifi/geek show out there. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Battlestar Galactica, Dollhouse, Caprica, Warehouse 13 and more. (Take a look at her IMDB page and marvel!) She wrote the most recent episode of Game of Thrones, and critics across the board have called it the best episode yet. She's writing the next season of Torchwood for Starz and has just been named Consulting Producer on the new show, Once Upon A Time... read more.****
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