If you’re a regular reader of my column, you’ll have noticed that interspersed amongst the dating tips, I take the occasional moment to deal with issues that arrise in the geek community… after all, if you’re going to be knee-deep in nerd, it’s good to take a look around and assess how things stand. Unfortunately,…
fake geek girls
Paging Dr. NerdLove Episode #09: Faux Geek Girls, Posers and Booth Babes
Everybody seems to be on the look out for “fake” geek girls and attention whores… but why? Are there that many posers in geek circles? Why do geeks have this paradoxical fetish for and fear of geek girls? This week, Dr. NerdLove talks with Rock, Paper, Shotgun’s Cara Ellison about geek girls, the need for…
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Fake A Gamer
I’ve gone on before about my feelings on the supposed plague of faux geek girls before, but occassionally something comes along that requires that I revisit the topic. And occasionally I turn out to be wrong. But not in the way that you would think. Y’see, the idea of “fake geek girls” as exemplified by the…
On “Fake” Geek Girls
There’s been some grousing for a while about “fake” geek girls, girls who – gasp!, shock! – pretend to be geeks in order to get attention! As geek culture has been growing in influence and cultural significance, more people have taken notice of us. This, in turn means that more people are willing to market to…