Do They Know It? 

There is a channel on YouTube called REACT, where teenagers and college students are quizzed on different artists, genres, and songs from various decades. I don’t think it’s meant to make people of a certain age feel old, but when they can’t recognize Ace of Base or Lisa Loeb, you can’t help but feel like…

Discover: Rachel Maksy

I think my proclivity for all things vintage began when I was kid and my grandparents would show me classic films on television like Singing In the Rain and Take Me Out to the Ballgame. I would sit too close to the screen, enthralled by the popular strains and the way the actors and actresses…

Discover: Yoga with Adriene

These long, early months of the year can be brutal on your psyche if you live in a cold weather state like me. There’s snow on the ground. The sun hardly ever comes out. You feel trapped. It seems like there’s no where to go, nothing to do. You long for the days of heat…

Discover: Justin Scarred

The great thing about YouTube is that there are so many channels and videos to watch. There is, literally, something for everybody. There’s tasty recipes and music videos, yoga gurus and silly dog videos. You’ll even see celebrities answering questions and eating exceedingly spicy chicken wings for your amusement and pleasure. If you like something…

Discovery Monday: TableTop

Game. On. From the start of Kim the FanGirl, it has been my mission to introduce you to new things. Nerdy things. With Discovery Monday I’d set out to do just that. True, it’s been a while since we met at this particular forum, but now I’m back with something I think you’ll all enjoy…

Discovery Monday: Supernatural

Lay down that salt ring, it’s Supernatural premiere week! Whether you’re a fan, or soon will be (*wink*), there are only 4 more days until the season 6 premiere of Supernatural! You’re free to fangirl now. While it may be no surprise that I would dedicate a whole week to the season premiere of Supernatural,…

Discovery Monday: John Green

We uncover the awesomeness of nerdfighter & author John Green for this Discovery Monday I guess it’s not a surprise that John Green is one of my favorite people. See that quote at the top of the page? Yep. John Green. He is the New York Times bestseller of Looking For Alaska, Abundance of Katherines,…

Discovery Monday: A Very Potter Musical

For this Discovery Monday I let you in on the greatest non-secret on the internet In 2009 a group of University of Michigan students had a revelation about Harry Potter, “The character Draco Malfoy is always picking on Harry’s best friend, Hermione. And just during the reading of it, we were like, Draco does he…

Discovery Monday: The Nerdist Podcast

For this Discovery Monday we get all nerdy as I crush on Chris Hardwick and The Nerdist Podcast. People get scared when they hear the word, NERD. I don’t know why. Nerds are awesome! For example, these nerds from The Nerdist Podcast (Like my segue?). My nerd soul mate, Chris Hardwick (who you can see…