New Kid on the Blog
Just a heads up. When you start seeing posts by some random dude it’s not because the site has been
Origins
The Dark Side of Star Wars
It is a shame that, for the rest of my life, I will associate the word “nigger” with the Star
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Searching for Candy and Comics, an Origin
It was recently pointed out to me that I never really revealed my own Nerd Origin despite asking all of
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A Nerd of Color in Peru
I remember coming home after watching Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi on the big screen. I was
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The Making of “Spaced Out” or, How I Learned to Subvert Mainstream Sci-Fi to a Beat
My friends Noah, Ian, and I were sitting in Ian’s garage studio, trying to figure out what to do that
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A Series of Carefully Selected Moments Over the Course of 35 Years
In all sincerity, I actually attempted to construct this in a more conventional narrative form, with the initial phase being
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My Grandfather Was My Dealer
Aside from being the most physically powerful man that I know of, my maternal grandfather was also the first nerd
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All My Role Models Have Pointy Ears
It was probably not a coincidence that my adolescent Trekkiehood (and no, I’m not uptight over the whole -ie vs.
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The Ideal and the Infinite Batman, or Why Fractal Narratives Matter
I’m supposed to explain how and why I became a nerd, but I’m currently in the middle of James Gleick’s Chaos:
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I Blame My Friend Chris
I can pinpoint the place and time from my childhood that has steered my life – the origin of becoming
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Junko’s Nerd Emblems: Manga and Sci-Fi
If manga is considered nerdy/geeky, well then the entire country of Japan is one big geek-producing machine, and I’m a
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Fur Suit Pursuit: An Origin Story
I attended one of the nerdiest schools in the United States, an academic magnet school with a 70% Asian/Pacific Islander
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A Cackling Corpse Convinced Me to Like Comics
I was raised by a single Korean mom, but I was also inadvertently raised by pop culture. My mom worked
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The Comical Life of Will West: An Origin Tale
“The details of my life are quite inconsequential…” If you know where that’s from, then we’re gonna be great friends!
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(Not An) Origin Story
As a grad student in the United States, my mother accidentally fell into a vat of white dude while trying
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N.O.C. Nerd of Color — Updated for 2013
Thanks Keith for creating this site and inviting me! I revised my 2010 Origin Story for 2013. Check it out:
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Why I Read Comics
I despise origin stories. The beginning is the worst best time in a comic – either the material lives up
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The First Romance of a Casual Fangirl of Colour
To some degree, I think it’s inevitable that all of us who were born and raised in the 80’s, who
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Welcome to The Nerds of Color
If you’re reading this, chances are it’s because I’ve been spamming your facebook with invitations to “like” The Nerds of
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NOCs (Nerds of Color)
The following is the original column by Bao that inspired this website. Originally posted at The Star Tribune on January
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