Both via The Mary Sue.

1. Beanie Baby Hunger Games:

2. A fantastic takedown of the notion of the “fake geek girl”—the girl who pretends to be nerdy because nerdy stuff is cool now. (If you are unfamiliar with this meme, find a friend who loves comic books and ask them what they think of Olivia Munn.)

Alison Hallett served nobly as the Mercury's arts editor from 2008-2014. Her proud legacy lives on.

9 replies on “Two Great Things.”

  1. THE WEIRD SUPERIORITY COMPLEX THAT NERDS HAVE IN REGARDS TO THEIR SUPPOSED ENTITLEMENT AND OWNERSHIP OF THE MEDIA THEY CONSUME MAKES ME WANT TO VOMIT.

  2. That piece was fucking awful. She compared the observation that women sometimes pretend to be into something to impress/interest a guy to the observation that women complain about rape to get attention. Retarded.

  3. “The proper response to someone who says they like comics and has only read Scott Pilgrim is to recommend some more comics for them. The proper response to someone who appears to be faking enthusiasm is to ignore them and not project their actions on an entire gender or community.”

    That part was fine, the rest wasn’t very well done.

  4. I know that knee-jerk male internet indignation is widespread and largely infantile, but-and I think you hinted at this, Alison-don’t a greater percentage of complaints about fake geek girls come from other women?

  5. TSW may be on to something. Incidentally I can tell you what I think of Oliva Munn…..but I don’t want to get arrested for indecency

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