Of geeks and supermodels

by Julia Jakobsen

When I grow up, I want to be a Supermodel Geek

Back in the day, there were The Geeks. The Geeks were beautiful. On the inside. But like, seriously deeply inside. The Geeks were subjected to much ridicule throughout any form of educational career. They were underrepresented and stereotyped in movies, music and advertising. Indeed, the world was rife with Geekism, in other words discrimination against Geeks.

Then The Geek got stinking rich. Money = Cool.

TV shows like "Beauty and the Geek" showed us that Geeks, in fact, have feelings too (but also propagated the myth that Beauties really don't have much brainpower). The cool kids started playing Starcraft. Jocks and cheerleaders alike set up profiles on Facebook and MySpace and became little hybrid Geek-breeds of their own.

Now, Geek culture has been taken one step further. One could call it Geek Couture, or just plain fashion. You can get your very own, hand-knitted Space Invader scarf and join the Geek Crusade. It's even got a hot chick in the photo. We have come a long way since the days when the only hot Geek chick was actually some minger dude posing in a chat forum... It's nice knowing that nowadays, not only will the next generation of Geek Kids not be persecuted in the playground, but they will be the trendsetters of tomorrow.

I'm just wondering when the Ginger Movement is due?

P.S. Take the test to see if you part of the elite :)

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