We’d like to showcase some of our amazing, talented bloggers who have connected with us recently, we had such a great response to our call out and were really happy to expand our blogging team a couple of weeks ago.
We also want to say thank you to those faithful bloggers who have been writing for us all year (you know who you are). To all of you, we thank you for letting us share your stories so that we can inspire more women to join and become part of our journey!
Check out the new blogging team:
Emma Riley
“I work in Marketing and PR and I’ve lived in Liverpool for over five years since graduating from the University of Liverpool.
Since finishing my degree I’ve immersed myself in arts, culture and tech and I love all things content, engagement and social media.
Diversity is so important and I’m passionate about promoting the opportunities that are open to women and young girls. There are loads of fantastic opportunities out there and I wish I’d had the knowledge and the confidence to take them when I was still at school, A-level or even University.
It’s a tough world out there for girls and we should be doing everything we can to take away the barriers they face when entering the tech sector, or the world of work more generally. This is especially important when we think about the fact that they’re choosing GCSE subjects at around 14 years old - a choice that can affect your entire trajectory.
I think confidence is a work in progress and I am keen to pay forward all the advice, inspiration and encouragement from the amazing women who’ve helped me along the way.
Holly Redman
“I’m a music lover and feminist who loves to write, particularly fiction writing!
By day you’ll find me working for Mashbo, a Liverpool-based development agency and digital consultancy, and by night you’ll find me either at a gig, writing, or out and about exploring the world!
In terms of blogging, I love to write about my passions and values – music, film, female empowerment, equality and mental health.
As both a member of the LGBT community, and a young woman working in tech, I’m super excited to write for Liverpool Girl Geeks and give a voice to those who don’t fit the ‘boys club’ stereotype of the tech sector.
LGG have a vision that I am extremely passionate about and I’m really looking forward to being involved with such an inspiring group of women!”
Georgia Flynn
“By day, I am a Creative Consultant in an Education Company. In my role, I specialize in Media, Social Media Management and enhancing the curriculum with the use of technology. I get to run fun Arduino Coding Clubs, and send things to Space to collect data! I love to merge art and technology together and see what I can produce to help others understand technology in different ways.
By night, I photograph gigs and love catching live moments with my camera. I have built a community blog for photographers ‘Shout About It’ which I hope to turn into an App one day! I also write blogs about my life and adventures at Wine After Whiskey.
I love Liverpool Girl Geeks because I want girls to grow up knowing that they can do anything they set their mind to.”
Rose Cairns
“I’m a second year IT & Multimedia Computing student at Liverpool John Moores – and loving it! My previous academic background was in social sciences, and I decided to get into tech quite spontaneously when looking for a change in career, so I’m really glad I turned out to really enjoy it.
I’m a feminist and strongly believe that technology is for everyone, no matter your gender, skin colour, age or anything else that makes you, you!
Outside of tech, I’m a cabaret performer and creator of The Spare Rib Burlesque & Cabaret, which started out as a platform to celebrate the wonderful women of Liverpool. Using my events background, my ambition is to help create Liverpool Girl Geek conventions with workshops, talks, entertainment and more – so watch this space!
I’m really loving being a part of the LGG blogging team and hope to inspire other amazing geeky women!”
Rose’s Twitter.
Jenny Mugridge
“By day I work for a local internet marketing company, but by night, I…mostly sleep, to be honest.
Working at an SEO agency is great for getting experience writing in lots of different styles, and I’ve also loved learning about websites, analytics and tracking, social media marketing, paid ads and so much more.
My day job supports my various geeky passions: comic books, video games, board games, sci-fi & fantasy books, horror films and lots more. I regularly attend comic conventions, where I sometimes get to interview awesome people, and really just love to write about the things that make me squee in the hope they’ll have the same effect on others.
As well as writing for Liverpool Girl Geeks I am a co-editor of Snippets, the craft zine from Cut Out + Keep. Other bits of writing just go straight on my website: www.jennymugridge.com”
Jo Morfee
“Hello, I’m now a Director at LGG, but I started out by joining their blogging team! I’ve worked in the digital sector for over a decade in many roles, both technical and non-technical, and I’ve seen first-hand that there’s a gender imbalance. I think that we need to address this by breaking down some of the gender stereotypes and removing the barriers to women entering the sector. I hope to help achieve this, through all my day to day activities as a Director of the company, but also through continuing to create content for all of our platforms.
I believe that ‘you can’t be what you can’t see’, so part of the content I create for our platforms is focused on showcasing role models - both current and historic, to tell their stories and to help raise women’s aspirations. I’m looking forward to editing the blogs which are written by our new team too, it will be great to hear their voices.
When I’m taking time out from being geeky though, I head to the hills. My pride and joy is an old camper van with a pop top roof, which I’ve driven all over Europe and to many festivals.”
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Our bloggers will be regularly updating us with news and inspiration. We’ve got some great stuff lined-up over the next few months – but if there’s something you really want to see us writing about, or if you know someone who could be interviewed, let us know in the comments below – or drop us a line: hello@liverpoolgirlgeeks.co.uk.