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        Your Princess Is in Another Castle, Nerds and Misogyny

        Fantasy Script

        Nerdy guys aren’t guaranteed to get laid by the hot chick as long as we work hard. There isn’t a team of writers pulling for us to triumph by getting the girl.

        Arthur Chu

        Updated Sep. 03, 2019 11:24AM ET / Published May. 27, 2014 12:07PM ET 

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        I was going to write about The Big Bang Theory—why, as a nerdy viewer, I sometimes like it and sometimes have a problem with it, why I think there’s a backlash against it. Then some maniac shot up a sorority house in Santa Barbara and posted a manifesto proclaiming he did it for revenge against women for denying him sex. And the weekend just generally went to hell.

        So now my plans have changed. With apologies to Big Bang Theory fans, this is all I want to say about The Big Bang Theory: When the pilot aired, it was 2007 and “nerd culture” and “geek chic” were on everyone’s lips, and yet still the basic premise of “the sitcom for nerds” was, once again, awkward but lovable nerd has huge unreciprocated crush on hot non-nerdy popular girl (and also has an annoying roommate).

        This annoys me. This is a problem.

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