October 2011
76 posts
All of this is true: Anxiety Disorders →
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There is no part of this post on decoding a person with an anxiety disorder that isn’t true.
euclase more or less nailed it. to the point that reading it made me anxious :)
Reading this made me cry. I want to hug this person, but would be scared of her thinking I was weird. Because I have anxiety, too.
Which Starfleet Captain Are You?
Captain Janeway
10% Kirk, 33% Picard, 29% Sisko, 48% Janeway, 14% Archer.
On your first starship command, on the first mission, you got lost and wound up on the other side of the galaxy. Then you hired a group of terrorists and ex-convicts (though you didn’t actually pay them) to join your crew. Despite your reverence for the Prime Directive, you’ve always found some way or another to violate it. You united the Kaazon…. in their hatred of you. You destroyed Earth in the 29th century and formed an alliance with the Borg.
And yet, despite all that, you stumbled home by flying through a giant CGI explosion and got promoted to admiral. You may be a girl, but you’ve got BALLS!
Anomaly Supplemental: Little Shop of Horrors →
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A nerdish florist finds his chance for success and romance with the help of a giant man-eating plant who demands to be fed.
In the first installment of our Mastergeek Theater series, KC and I cover Little Shop of Horrors in it’s many incarnations. Although we touch briefly on the 1960 film and theatrical productions, we focus mainly on the 1986 movie musical. Little Shop is celebrating it’s 25th anniversary this year, and features fantastic music, and puppetry from veterans of the Jim Henson Creature Shop, and wonderful direction by Frank Oz. Musicals with puppets? As if you expected anything else from us.
I Am a Female Nerd. Apparently. →
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Every geek girl out there should read this article. For example, here’s an excerpt:
These suspicions are confirmed when I see that many men (and some women) think girls are allowed like nerdy things in the same way they are “allowed” to fix cars or play in metal bands. All well and good, as long as they are sexy while they do it and do not threaten to challenge or emasculate the men who dominate these fields. It’s awesome when a woman reads comics, as long as she doesn’t start complaining about the generally awful portrayal of female superheroes throughout the industry. It’s definitely hot when a girl wants to play Halo or Gears of War or any other formulaic testosterone-fuelled first-person shooter, but it’s kind of a turn-off when she wishes that videogame developers take a more unisex approach to design and marketing. Time and time again, I have seen women run into brick walls of male privilege when they raise important issues about gender and equality within their chosen nerdy field. The old who-cares-girls-don’t-even-play-videogames/read-comics/understand-spaceships argument is quick to raise its ugly and irrelevant head the minute a woman offers an opinion that highlights gender disparities. We are welcome in the boys club provide we acknowledge that is unquestionably male space and kicking up a fuss about it is actually not sexy, so you should just stop.
A Nerdy Girl Talking about Geeky Things: A PSA for Shy People →
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I just want to say, that if you meet someone new and they seem snobby or stand offish, please consider the thought that they may just be shy. More than that, they may have social anxiety and if you meet them in a loud crowded place they are probably not only freaking out about meeting a new…
