The Nerds Issue

Articles published in the print Bitch magazine issue, Nerds. Check out the complete table of contents for the issue here.

School Is In: Beyond the Feminist Classroom

Student with vines creeping near.
by Trish Kahle
May 18, 2017 at 9:05am
Feminist pedagogy alone is inadequate to the barriers facing women, people of color, and queer people in institutions of higher education.

Snap Judgment: In Between Revenge Porn and Sex Work

by Sarah Jeong
December 2, 2015 at 10:26am
Where did the term “revenge porn” come from, anyway?  Read more »
Nerds cover detail

About the Cover: The Nerds Issue

by Kristin Rogers Brown
November 19, 2015 at 3:01pm
Our Nerds issue cover was illustrated by Yoswadi Krutklom. See it in more detail here! Read more »
Face becoming stars and cityscape

Rewriting Reality: A Forthcoming Speculative Fiction Anthology Asks Transgender Authors to Imagine New Worlds

by Katherine Cross
November 10, 2015 at 11:58am
It’s been a helter-skelter year for sci-fi and geekdom. Read more »

No Filter: Finding Chicana Empowerment, Community, and Art on Instagram

by Barbara Calderon-Douglass
November 10, 2015 at 9:19am
My feed is a treasure trove of girls who look like me. Read more »

Geeking Out: Four writers on nerding while Black

November 10, 2015 at 9:08am
From Scooby-Doo’s Velma to Willow on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, nerd girls have always been white by default. Read more »