I found the link to this video over at She's Such a Geek! - thanks, Charlie! Listen to one female geek's response to reading the book. I particular loved her saying that the "she" in "She's Such a Geek!" should not make men feel excluded - they should just "ignore the s in front of the he as we have been ignoring its absence" for lo these many years. Hee! Enjoy!
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My video! I wrote the essay for my dad. He also really liked the line, "Ignore the "s" in front of "he" like the other half of us have tried to ignored its absence our entire lives."