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The McDonald's "Mr. James" Ad Campaign and How We Don't Care About White People, Apparently

Disgrasian | Posted 09.26.2009 | Media

Read More: McDonald's Japan, McDonald's Advertising, Gaijin, Stereotypes, McDonald's Mr. James Nippon All-Stars Campaign, Negative Stereotypes, Xenophobia, Karma, Racism, McDonald's, Japan, Racial Stereotypes, Stepin Fetchit, Nerds, Mcdonalds, Media News
Disgrasian

Oh dear. It seems that we've ruffled a few feathers while writing about stereotypes.

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Why Do Girls Like Geeky Guys?

DivineCaroline | Ashley Nelson | Posted 07.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Geeks, Relationships, Glasses, Dating, Living, Love, Dating Study, Nerds, Couples, The Inner Life, Living News

When my boyfriend announced that he was getting Lasik surgery a few months ago, I was unnerved. Glasses are my thing--one of those obscure attributes ...

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Energy Secretary Chu: "I Am A Nerd"

businessinsider.com | Jay Yarow|Jun. 5, 2009, 1:20 PM| | Posted 07.06.2009 | Green

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) Even though he is 15th in the line of succession to the U.S. presidency, Energy Secretary Steven Chu still thinks he's a nerd....

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Empathy for Society's Child

Don McNay | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Empathy, Kentucky-Politics, Lobbyists, Janis Ian, President Obama, Addiction, David Souter, Souter Replacement, Obama, Apology, Obama Outsider, At Seventeen, Outsider, Dermotti Dawson, Bob Babbage, Louisville, Racism, Kentucky, Discrimination, Inter-Racial Dating, Louisville Courier-Journal, Lexington KY, Obama Empathy, Twelve Steps, Don McNay, Atonement, Barack Obama, Henry Clay High School, Geeks, Structured Settlements, Sports, Society's Child, Sports Illustrated, Apologies, Pittsburgh Steelers, Eastern Kentucky University, High School, Million Dollar Round Table, Confession, Lexington-Herald-Leader, Nerds, Politics News
Don McNay

I want someone on the United States Supreme Court who can look back at actions that were wrong, feel a sense of injustice and make amends, even if the act happened forty or fifty years ago.

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Star Trek Cologne: The Next Generation of Nerdom

David Weiner | Posted 03.06.2009 | Style

Read More: Geeks, JJ Abrams, Movie Tie-Ins, Cologne, Star Trek, Star Trek Cologne, Nerds, Hollywood, Style News
David Weiner

I hope nobody seriously thinks a scent called "Pon Farr" or "Red Shirt" will help them beam a chick off the bridge and into their bed.

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Asian Women: Rape And Hate Crimes

Jaemin Kim | Posted 03.06.2009 | Living

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Jaemin Kim

Reducing Asian women into a sexual object is not funny, it is not flattering. It is perilous. We can see this when Asian women are subject to race-targeted sexual violence.

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Code Warriors Debate Whitehouse.gov Robot Commands

Sarah Granger | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, robots.txt, whitehouse.gov, Barack Obama, Google, Bush Administration, Websites, Technology, Robots, Techies, Nerds, Politics News
Sarah Granger

As the tech community poured over whitehouse.gov, one of the first subterranean changes noted was that of a file most people would never notice called robots.txt.

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My Day on the Set of 10 Items or Less

Jenna Busch | Posted 02.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Geeks, Jolene Blalock, Jenna Busch, 10 Items or Less, Nancy Hower, Star Trok, Roberta Valderrama, John Lehr, Star Trek, Nerds, Trekkies, Entertainment News
Jenna Busch

I finally get on television and I'm wearing a sparkly gold cape...let me explain.

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Revenge Of The Black Nerd: How Obama Put The Myth Of 'Acting White' To Rest

NY Magazine | John McWhorter | Posted 12.15.2008 | Style

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In his speech at the Democratic convention four years ago, Barack Obama memorably challenged the myth that holding a book is "acting white." Now that ...

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Sex Appeal: Study Shows Women Choose Brains Over Brawn

ABC News | Ewen Callaway | Posted 11.06.2008 | Style

Read More: Sex, Attraction, Nerds, Sex Appeal, Style News

Lonely men ought to flaunt their copies of New Scientist. Women looking for both one-night stands and long-term relationships go for geniuses over dum...

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