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We may earn a commission from links on this page. You know the stereotype: the sensitive geek, intense in his/her passion, becomes a magnet for bullying, ridicule and harassment. And all because ...

Fredrik deBoer is a doctoral candidate in Rhetoric and Composition at Purdue University, studying writing assessment and applied linguistics. September 18, 2014 Popular culture right now frequently ...

Almost five years ago, comedian Patton Oswalt wrote an article for Wired called “Wake Up, Geek Culture, Time to Die.” It was equal parts eulogy for the romanticized nerd he once was, and a lament for ...

I think a lot about talent for organisational effectiveness—talent density, portability, responsibility, and accountability. These pertain to mindsets and organisational processes. An important aspect ...

Lately I've been thinking a lot about what it was like for me being a geeky girl growing up and what it's like for geeky girls nowadays. It's a totally different world. Now, a geek is synonymous with ...

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The latest asthmatic wheeze of geek culture's victory comes from Andrew Harrison at The Guardian, who points out that geek culture has "won." Writing with breathless glee, Harrison declares that ...

During the nineteenth century in America, a “geek” was a carnival performer or wild man who would bite the head off a live chicken or snake—and swallow it. His job was to warm up the audience for the ...

Geek culture isn’t just about biting the heads off of chickens anymore. Historically, the word “geek” originally referred to such circus performers, immortalized in William Gresham’s classic novel ...