We're two girls on a mission to share our geeky thoughts with the world. The cake is a lie is Zoe Hawkins and Samantha Wright's monthly podcast that touches on everything geek, gaming and tech... with a lot of food commentary and relationship anecdotes thrown in for good measure. Zoe is a writer at South Africa' biggest gaming site - Lazygamer.net while Sam heads up a tech blog for women - techgirl.co.za. Neither is very good at photoshop or sound editing.
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Self Censorship | November 2015
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This month we talk about censorship online and, more importantly, self censorship. Our focus is on Essena O'Neill and how she quit Instagram as well as the Kardashians and Paris Hilton. We add it all to the mix and then discuss how we, as content creators, need to control what we share.The cake is a lie.
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Rage 2015 And Gaming Stereotypes | October 2015
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In this episode Zoe and Sam podcast from rAge Expo 2015. rAge is the biggest gaming expo in Africa and the pair hunt down a booth babe, chat gender stereotypes with gaming developers and also find an extremely stereotypical "Attraction Academy" that claims to help gamers (who are obviously all male) communicate with women in "real life". Take a lis…
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Bloggers, Bull And Babies | September 2015
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In this episode Zoe and Sam touch on the ethics of blogging in a changing media landscape. The conversation leads to a discussion about how to raise a girl child to feel empowered in the world of technology and one predominantly dominated by men.Zoe and Sam with be talking at Tech4Africa on 8 October 2015. For more information: http://register.tech…
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The one where we talk about sex | August 2015
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In this episode Zoe and Sam discuss the complicated human interactions that arise from sex. The women touch on faking orgasms as well as online infidelity and how the physical relationship tends to steer the direction of the emotional one.The cake is a lie.
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