Thanks again, NY Times.

[hope]

NY Times has done it again!

Via Slashdot - The Alpha Geeks is an opinion piece that talks about "the rise of geekdom".

David Brooks traces examples of "alpha geeks" through from 1950 to now. Naturally, the only time women are mentioned in the piece is a brief reference to "sorority sisters" persecuting geeks (alongside jocks, preps and frat boys), and a note that Tina Fey "has emerged as a symbol of the geek who grows into a swan" thanks to being on the cover of Geek Monthly (I don't know much about SNL etc, but she's an actress with a geeky aesthetic, right? not an actual geek in practice/profession?). Her name's sandwiched in amongst George Lucas, Elvis Costello, Holden Caulfield, Harry Potter, Lawrence Lessig, Bill Gates, Barack Obama...

Sigh.

A most excellent follow-up to that flow chart, undoubtedly.

Comments

[baranduin.livejournal.com]

Tina Fey is brilliant. She was the first female head writer for SNL. She's moved over the years from writer to performer (and still writer I think). I lurve her a lot. She's not on SNL any more. She has her own sitcom called 30 Rock.

[hope]

That is pretty awesome and somewhat geeky :D

Still, would have been nice if she wasn't the only woman mentioned in a whole big list of names!

[kikiduck.livejournal.com]

This might be because it's before 7am, but that article is SO RANDOM. Never mind Tina Fey, what is the Barack Obama reference doing there? It was like a madlib of current event headlines for May. iPhone + Prince Caspian + Barack Obama! Ooooh look, I've magically become topical!

[hope]

Yeah, true. Methinks the author is confused because these days the geek "aesthetic" is not automatic just because one - gasp = uses technology.