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Have you heard of Alice Smith? If not, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? This past Friday night at the Howard Theatre here in DC, Alice made sure the packed house, made up of newbies, knew who they were witnessin…

Republished from NCIndieSeen If you haven't already heard of the sweeping web phenomena of The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl webseries, then let's help you get up to speed as to what th…

Zombie Gamer Online is more than just a website about games and comics and the movies they spawn, ZGO is about bucking the status quo of bias and comic/console wars. Grim started in game journalism b…

Do you have to like comic books to be classified as a "nerd"? Do you have to be an avid gamer or cosplayer? What are the qualifiers of nerdiness and should there be? We will discuss the …

This past Saturday I had the awesome opportunity to attend Nekocon 16 and the Hampton Convention Center in Hampton, VA. Nekocon is an annual anime convention that celebrates Japanese anime culture …

The purpose of this piece is to expand upon what we believe the nerd community can do to be better. Not just for nerds of color, not just for women, but for all of us. We are the status quo in pop cu…

Twitter is more than a social network for me; it’s a place where I can engage in thought provoking conversation with fellow nerds, blerds (the portmanteau term for Black or Brown Nerd), geeks, and bl…

Are you a cosplayer? Then we've got the contest for you! For those of you who couldn't get to New York Comic this year, you can still show off your awesome cosplay costume in the Wikia 2013 C…

It's that time of year again! New York Comic Con is among us and Blerds have come out to play! Festivities had barely started to get under way on day 1 of the event on Tuesday (the showcase room…

Finally, a dating book for blerds! There are countless books on the market that help you navigate the dating world. But few address the unique challenges we experience as blerds. We are intelligent, …

Geek (noun) – A person who is wildly passionate about an activity, interest, or scientific field and strives to be an expert in said avocation. Person does not necessarily sacrifice social status to…

She watches Through the Wormhole. She covets Radcliffe Bailey. She read the entire Harry Potter series. She destroys in Call of Duty. She idolizes Diane von Fürstenberg. This is 30 year old Zoë Modal…

I started watching The Cosby Show reruns when I was nine years old. I was close to the same age as Rudy at that time and I lived vicariously through every episode that aired. I remember when I saw …

As a 30-something year old black woman, I pride myself on having embraced my differences. This was not so much the case back in my mid-20s when I was struggling with my so-called "otherness&quo…