Noble Hierarch is Not a Slut
As big nerds, Charles and I like to do nerdy things. Recently, we’ve managed to infiltrate a dear college friend’s weekly Magic: The Gathering club. This is super good news! I’m the only woman, but...
View Article“Attractive people bring a culture that geeks are trying to get away from.”
This is a comment by ThePaleKing74 on the post “Are Geeks Being Manipulated By Hot Girls?“ “There’s a point in the ‘Metrosexual; episode of South Park where Mr. Garrison, outraged at all the straight...
View ArticleYour Wedding, Your Life
The greatest threat to marital peace is a set of unrealistic expectations, demands which may reach an early climax in the wedding ceremony. Like other children raised Catholic, I was trained to enter...
View ArticleHow Revenge Of The Nerds Ruined My Life
If you think your only two choices are to be a nerd or a jock, writes Noah Brand, you are doomed from the start. Previously published at No Seriously What About Teh Menz. I first saw Revenge Of The...
View Article5 Rules for Achieving True Nerd-dom
Sam Sattin grew up among the snorting ranks. The latex-allergied and the comically stuttered. And now he wonders whatever happened to all the REAL nerds? Do you remember when nerds used be, you know,...
View ArticleVideo: Nerdy PSA Asks You to Stop Pretending to Be a Nerd
Okay, so it’s a PSA spoof from Portlandia, but the message feels really true to a lot of men and women who do not appreciate the Hipster mainstreaming of nerd-dom. Two real-life nerds, Sam Sattin and...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to My Son, Who Yesterday Was Called a ‘Nerd’
RSVP to join weekly calls on Conscious Intersectionality Even when the world is dark, and people are picking on you for wearing glasses, Mom and Dad are here and we’d take a bullet to spare you pain....
View Article“People throw around ‘nerd’ like it’s a new subculture, but I am happy kids...
Brendan says that when he was asked about Star Trek trivia about the new movie, that he had been preparing for that moment his whole life. This is a comment by Brendan on the post “5 Rules for...
View ArticlePoker? I Don’t Even Know Her! (And other horrible, rejected titles for my...
Mark St. Amant talks to Ben Mezrich about fame, manhood, kids, STRAIGHT FLUSH, and waking up under a pile of hookers in a Dubai hotel (or not). — Just gonna say it: Ben Mezrich’s characters are douche...
View ArticleBreaking the Stereotype That Reading isn’t Manly
Nicolas Gremion asserts that if we could make the culinary arts cool for men, then we can make reading cool, too. — You’ve just bought a new entertainment center. It’s going to require a bit of...
View ArticleMy Five Favorite Film Trailers!
Simms Jr. geeks out, and shares with you his favorite movie previews. Yes. Nerd Alert. It’s Simms Jr. here. If you are a friend of mine, or anyone who’s scanned my social media behavior, you know...
View ArticleHail Beavis, Hail Butt-head: Reflections on my Nerdy Youth
A grown-up N.C. Harrison reflects on his nerdy boyhood. — My sister, bless her, is on something of a Poke-bing, right now. She is playing Pokemon Black 2, right now, and my days are filled with the...
View ArticleWhat’s The Nerdiest Thing You’ve Ever Done as a Husband or Father?
Tom Burns knows what his geekiest moment as an adult was and he wants to know yours too — As anyone who knows me can confirm, I’m a big, big nerd and, as such, I’ve done a lot of nerdy things...
View ArticleJudging Jeopardy – How I Learned to Love an Aggressive Nerd Named Arthur Chu
How a Jeopardy champ went from being a despised, overly-aggressive nerd, to a White Knight in the #YesAllWomen conversation – Lauren Conaway’s apology to Arthur Chu and good men everywhere. — From...
View ArticleSmart Is Sexy: 7 Reasons it’s to Your Benefit to Date a Nerdy Girl
Times have changed. Society has progressed. Instead of drooling over the T-Birds or the Pink Ladies from “Grease,” we’re mesmerized by Jessica Day, aka “New Girl.” — Perhaps it’s her thick, black...
View ArticleTweets of the Day: Nerds, Kids, and Kisses
See what our readers are saying about us on Twitter! There is hope #FinUp – Nerd Alert: Ten Reasons Why Marrying a Geek Was My Best Decision Ever – http://t.co/0kvzI9F808 via @goodmenproject —...
View ArticleThe Roots of Nerd Rage, Part 1
From “fake geek girls” to Gamergate, a certain demographic seems constantly, causelessly angry. But are you sure it’s the demographic you think it is? —- Like a lot of folks, I’ve spent the last...
View ArticleConfessions of a Former Football Nerd
Can sports fans be nerdy—in that good nerdy way? Matt Rozsa thinks so. ___ I’m not sure if I can be considered a Green Bay Packers fan anymore. It isn’t simply that I missed the NFC Conference...
View ArticleHow Do You Know When It’s Love?
Doctor NerdLove explores the reasons why so many guys get confused about what it means to be in love. A recent letter from one of my readers was a potent reminder of what I was like when I was in my...
View ArticlePop Culture Nostalgia Trip: Episode 4
Go on a Gen X pop culture nostalgia trip in the Way Back Machine with Derek, Dan, and Anthony! The dynamic trio has another calm, rational discussion, this time about the wonders and highlights of the...
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