Gina Carano Strikes Back
Gina Carano, the once badass MMA fighter turned Mandalorian star, has filed her response to Disney’s attempt at dismissing her complaint. This comes one month after Disney and Lucasfilm have filed paperwork to have Gina Carano’s wrongful discharge and sex-discrimination suit tossed out. In their motion to dismiss, Disney states: “to publicly trivialize the Holocaust by comparing criticism […]
Disney Files Motion to Dismiss Gina Carano’s Lawsuit
Disney wants to make Gina Carano’s lawsuit go away. If you’ll remember, the former MMA star was fired from her Star Wars role by Disney and Lucasfilm ostensibly for sharing a post in her Instagram stories – but actually, she argues, for her political opinions concerning forced pronoun declarations and her unwillingness to submit to a […]
That Star Wars Girl Has C2E2 Press Pass Canceled
That Star Wars Girl needs to get a more diverse audience, according to the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo. The YouTuber, whose name is Anna, applied for a press pass to the convention, more managably called C2E2. And she was approved… for a little while. C2E2 then labeled her previously approved press pass as “under […]
Gina Carano Discusses her Disney Lawsuit
Gina Carano’s lawsuit against Disney and Lucasfilm is making waves, with the former MMA fighter and Star Wars actress forcing the issue of cancel culture into the news. As she gives interviews about the case, new details of her ordeal – and those of others in a similar boat – are coming to light. Last week, […]
What is the 199?
Memes dominate the internet, and we all love a good meme. The Geeks + Gamers community is built on them, so it should come as no surprise that the one thing that represents us the most is all because of that: a meme. On April 10th, 2023, the main Geeks + Gamers YouTube channel was hosting another episode of our […]
Gina Carano’s Protesters Both Meet and Subvert Expectations
As promised, the outraged trans community (and/or their “allies”) came out to protest Gina Carano’s appearance at the Vancouver Fan Expo today, and the results were… pretty much what you’d expect. Drunk 3PO was on hand to film their attempts to stick it to the man – or woman, not that I’m a biologist – […]