It all started when…
“I was looking for articles that related to someone like me--a Black girl, geeky, nerdy, a little older…”
Born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, Kiesha has been playing video games from a very young age (Jungle Hunt was the first video game she played at eight-years old). In school, she excelled at writing short stories, essays, and poems.
Fast forward to the digital age…
Everywhere I turned there was fashion, makeup and relationship advice, which I'm also into. But when I'd go to websites for gaming, they were all geared toward boys and men with hardly any mention of women-led comics, games or anything from a woman's perspective.
Kiesha noticed that the communities from male-centric geek culture sites tended to be misogynistic and racist and never felt safe interacting with others. So, she decided to do something about it.
GNL Magazine is woman-centric gaming and tech content for all. Women geeks and gamers don’t fit into one specific box.
We are stay-at-home moms and homemakers. We're entrepreneurs. We are hair and fashion gurus. We come from different racial, ethnic, cultural and religious backgrounds. We are straight, gay, bi, gender-fluid, and trans. And we are all united in our love for gaming and geek culture. We are not each other's competition. We are all Geeky Nerdy Ladies.
Who is GNL Magazine?
GNL stands for Geeky Nerdy Ladies. GNL is like Vogue for gamers. We’re a woman-centric, video games and tech blog. We create high-quality video game and geek culture content as well as address issues that deal with intersectionality in the video gaming and geek spaces. From popular video games, anime, and comic series to women in tech, we are storytellers who want to make the world better for all, starting with the gaming community.
GNL’s Mission
Our mission is to create high-quality geek culture content free from misogyny, inter-sexism, racism, xenophobia, and homophobia. GNL promotes solidarity among women, taking control of the narrative of what it means to be a geeky, nerdy lady. To be clear, GNL is not anti-man. We love our male counterparts! GNL was created because women in geek culture need a platform and community free from the aforementioned stigmas that plague geek culture. In fact, while GNL's content is from a woman's point of view, the content is for everyone.