Ask Dr. NerdLove: Off The Leash

Ask Dr. NerdLove

Dear Dr. NerdLove, I am a 24 year old gamer lady currently engaged to my very own gamer lad. We’ve been together for three years and decided about six months ago that marriage was in the cards. He is the sweetest, most thoughtful man I have ever dated, and I look forward to spending the [...]

Can Men And Women Be “Just” Friends?

"Feeling it yet?" "Nope. You?" "Me neither."

One of the longest running debates amongst men and women is the question of whether or not straight men and women1 can ever be “just” friends – that is to say, can a friendship exist without sexual or romantic attraction “ruining” the relationship. A recent article in Scientific American drew the conclusion that no, no [...]

Ask Dr. NerdLove: Stalemate

Ask Dr. NerdLove

Hi, Doc. I sort of stumbled on to your site this morning, so I haven’t read enough of your blog to know if this question is a good fit. But, as a programmer, I’ve found that explaining a problem to someone else can often cause me to give myself new clarity and insight that helps [...]

How Do You Know When It’s Love?

Awwww how adorable!. It'll be that much more tragic when she breaks your heart later on...

A recent letter from one of my readers was a potent reminder of what I was like when I was in my teens. It wasn’t pretty. I was a classic otaku; I was going through the stage where the only things I wanted to talk about were anime, manga and the fact that I wanted to find [...]

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Paging Dr. NerdLove Episode #04: Pick Up Artists

Dr. NerdLove sits down with noted sex blogger and activist Clarisse Thorn, author of Confessions of a Pickup Artist Chaser: Long Interviews with Hideous Men and the The S&M Feminist: Best Of Clarisse Thorn to talk about Pick Up Artists and the PUA culture from a feminist’s perspective. Is pick-up a valid way for men [...]