Dope Extends the Blurred Lineage of the 'Cool Nerd'
“A bad day for most geeks would be being the butt of jokes,” says the punk-band-playing straight-A brainiac Malcolm…
New York Comic Con Was All About Diversity This Year
Over the weekend, New York Comic Con saw the usual crowd of geeks, nerds, cosplayers, and other pop culture…
Geek Girls Have Nothing to Prove
The Doubleclicks made their video about geek girls, and it is rocking! Was that nerdy? I don't give a beholder's ass.
Geek Girls Tired of Being Called Fake Geeks Because of Their Genitals
Tired of dudes implying/outright stating that you're a fake geek because you have a vagina and therefore can never…
Bay Area Sex Workers Tweet Their Way to the Top
Some of the Bay Area's sex workers are also self-described geeks and marketing whizzes who use Game of Thrones…
Entrepreneur Seeks Driver/Secretary Who Looks and Acts Like His Favorite Sexy Video Game Character
In fantastic news for unemployed Australian women, a commerce student recently posted an extremely long (on purpose, as…
Comic Con's Women Are Outfitting Geeky Female Fans — and Making Bank, Too
Female Comic Con attendees have a lot of bullshit to contend with — booth babe jokes, depressing "women aren't funny"…
Felicia Day Wants You to Know That Geeks Are Cool Now and She's Telling You in Song
I don't mean to blow anyone's mind here, but Felicia Day is very pretty. She has a nice face and beautiful hair and…
Jersey Shore Creators Target Nerds For Dubious Stardom
Depending on how much you watch the show, Jersey Shore's transformation of a few unknown guidos and guidettes into an…
TLC Invites You To Gawk At Nerds On Geek Love
Now that TLC has presented its fascinating/funny/exploitative portrait of virgins, it's moving on to one of the most…
Geeks Get Eating Disorders Too
I am thirteen and at my first comic/sci-fi expo. I'd had no idea what to expect, and I'm stressed out. The place is…
The Evolution Of Geeks
Geek culture has come a long way, baby: In our parents' era, you were merely a dweeb, dork, or nerd. These days you can…
Why Geek Girls Shall Inherit The Earth
If you told 15-year-old me that once you graduate from high school, life becomes a movie where the geek girl achieves…
The Male-Dominated World Of Hackathons
"Where are the lady geeks?" asks Fast Company blogger Jeffrey To. Over the course of six months, he attended dozens of…
Heart-Warming Force Is With Star-Wars-Loving Little Girl
When 7-year-old Katie Goldman was teased about her Star Wars water bottle being "for boys," her frustrated mother took…
Michelle Rodriguez Has Noticed A Shift In Hollywood's Leading Men
Although: The Expendables did beat Scott Pilgrim at the box office. Still, she has a point. But it's tough to tell…
Is This The Geek Dream Girl?
In this video, a woman balances books on her head while solving a Rubik's cube and reciting Pi. That's probably some…
Ladies Secretly Love Geeky, Hairy, Book-Reading Men
A survey of 2,500 women revealed that our "secret turn-ons" include facial stubble and a geeky personality. And more…
Tolkien's Ladies: Is Geek Culture Female-Friendly?
Are geeks and feminists allies or enemies? One feminist geek tackles the question head-on with her praise of a Lord of the…
Sorry, Cosmo: Geeks Can Be Jerks, Too
"He may be bit of a geek," a recent Cosmo piece begins, "but the guy you've always thought of as 'just a friend' could…