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The Beginning of Her Hell by by Alyssa Hillary     
Leah is, well, Leah. Autistic is a word that describes her, and other people seem to have a problem with that, and by extension, with her. She just wants them to go away and stop giving her hell.


Other works by Alyssa Hillary
30 Years Later, Real Genius is Still the Geek Solidarity Film That Nerd Culture Deserves
by Emily Asher-Perrin

It’s interesting to me that Revenge of the Nerds, while still full up of the nostalgia that the 80s lends us, is lately being repositioned in the zeitgeist. What was viewed for many years as a bit of harmless fun that waved the banner for nerds everywhere is finally being called out for exactly what it is; an Us vs Them revenge fest that never lets go of racism or misogyny, and damages the image of geek culture more than it applauds for it. That shouldn’t be surprising--RotN was always just a frat house comedy with a thin nerdy gloss applied to it. And that’s fine with me, because that was never my go-to movie for feeling the geeky solidarity.

No, my friends. That movie was Real Genius.   READ MORE


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