Nerdiness

The cultural shift toward "nerdiness" much talked about in the last decade is often slower to make its way into the older-skewing committees behind such programs, but it does eventually make its way.

Their experiences come from a real place, borne out of Simien’s need to see his own queer, black nerdiness validated in art.

The two considered the Edison family "essential" and chose Bernard because of his "unqualified nerdiness".