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,…
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Take It Like A Man
If you go by a lot of the advice being handed out to guys about dating, you would think that getting dates and getting laid is simple: act as alpha as possible, remember that women are gold-digging, status-climbing whores who only want the highest status males (and will ignore, use and/or cheat on everyone else)…
Creep Shots and Predditors and Cat-calls, Oh My
Brace yourself folks, I’m writing about creepers again. I’ve heard from a number of folks asking just why I talk about creepers so often, and the answer is simple: I’m totally angling for a staff writing job at Jezebel. No. Really. OK, not really.1 The real answer, is because my blog’s purpose is to help people be better,…
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This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things (Or: More on Creepers)
It’s sad but not terribly surprising that the topic of avoiding creepy behavior and the relative “fairness” of calling dudes out for being creepy are among the most controversial topics I write about on the blog. After all, guys don’t like being told that, hey, here are all the ways that you’re weirding women out. And in fairness,…
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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…
Nerds and Male Privilege: Tropes, Trolls, Haters & Anita Sarkeesian
I occasionally get accused of hating on dudes or telling them that they are scum and women are utterly perfect in every way and everything is men’s fault. This usually comes amongst the various accusations that I’m only writing articles about feminist issues or male privilege because I’m trying to get laid1 or to please…
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