nerds

14 Jan 2022

How Virtual Dungeons & Dragons Helped a Group of “Queerdos” Survive the Pandemic

Nightlife has always been vital to the LGBTQ+ community because it is one of the places where we are free to be our authentic selves. When Covid shut down nightlife, it hit the queer community hard. Local queer artist James Rouse Iñiguez, ([they/them] a.k.a. DJ Jimmy Swear, a.k.a. Cholula Caliente,

Gabriel Moore-Topazio 0
05 May 2017

Nerdlesque : Cosplay Strip Tease

By: Hannah Harkness What do Spock, GladOS, Carl Sagan, Hermione, the cast of the Venture Brothers, Finn, Poison Ivy, Sailor Moon, Magneto, Krodos/Kang, Tank Girl, Wonder Woman, Pennywise, Loki, a Storm Trooper, Daria, Delirium, and Silent Hill nurses have in common? I have personally witnessed a striptease act based on all

Hannah Harkness 0
08 Oct 2024

The November 2024 BAS Voter Guide

A Big Change to This Year’s Voter Guide We’ve been doing voter guides for a really long time. I’m pretty sure we put our first one out in like 2010 or something. And I know that thousands of you rely on our voter guides to help you make decision. But

BAS Editorial Team 0
06 Feb 2015

Win Tickets for Sex + Dating for Nerds: A Valentine’s Day Special

Online Dating: An Economist’s Perspective + Live OKC Profile Analysis, by Stanford Economics Professor Paul Oyer The Art of Aural Seduction and Sexual Communication for Couples, with Good Vibrations’ Sex Doctor Carol Queen The Big Data that I Found Surprising, from Coffee Meets Bagel COO Dawoon KangAfterward join everyone for

illyannam 0
07 Mar 2012

Notes on a Nerd’s First Hardcore Show

Last weekend, I went to my first-ever hardcore show.  I was a serious geekazoid as a teenager, so I was too busy trying to get the high score on the next AP Bio test to buy black socks, become straightedge, and be in the throes of a steamy hardcore love

Carrie Laven - Pretty Penniless 0
07 Feb 2012

‘I Heart Nerds’ Speed Dating Party is Back!

I had a regular when I was a bartender. 33, classically gorgeous and a bar owner, he had a crush on me because I didn’t give a shit, i.e. wasn’t hot enough to be seen in public with.  He’d bring in every feminine cliche (Biracial Burlesque Performer, Marketing Intern Who

Nadine Friedman - Vice President of Snark 0
18 Oct 2011

Meet Graphic Novel Superstar Daniel Clowes TONIGHT at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe

One of my good friends used to have Native American braids and dropped out of high school to work in a comic book warehouse for 8 years.  He’s since cut the braids, gotten his GED, and went to Berkeley– but my joy for his eccentric comic-obsessed lifestyle is eternal.  Another

Carrie Laven - Pretty Penniless 0
07 Jul 2011

For Nerds, By Nerds

You know you are a real nerd when you have nothing else to do tonight but go watch a movie about nerds – and then proceed to drink a sip of your beer every time you hear the word “nerd” in the movie… Sounds kind of perfect, right? Tonight at CS:SF

Heidi Smith - The Ultimate Scavenger 0
15 Aug 2010

FREE 1970s Sci-Fi Movies and Cheap Veg Food

One of the great things about science fiction is that it doesn’t matter if it is really good or really, really bad, either way it is wonderful. ‘œGoosebumps’ was my first encounter with really bad sci-fi. For anyone unfamiliar (no!), allow me to outline the plot of every Goosebumps: tension

Katy B. - Economic Inexpert 0