Geeky men are the best kept secret in the dating world.  We've hoarded this info for years, but since spring is here and the weather is finally lightening and we're feeling generous, we'll share. Listen up as we pass along this kernel of wisdom to you, dear readers.

We are well aware some of you have probably avoided the affections of nerdy men as if each were infected with asymptomatic leprosy. Instead, you likely make a beeline for the David Beckham doppelgänger who hasn't looked in your direction once.You (may) also then accept consistent slipshod behavior from … Read More

Do you consider yourself one super smart lady? Do you lie awake at night analyzing your brilliance? Do you spend those same nights alone? And although you're intelligent, you can't figure out why? Well, it turns out there's a scientific explanation (whoa, calm down there, smarty-pants) to it all. Well, kinda. It may not be so much scientific, but it does explain why you're not getting laid.

1. You spent too much time reading your biology books, rather than your biological needs growing up. In other words, while others were having sex in the high school parking lot, you … Read More

The most romantic place in the Milky Way for nerds this past Valentine's Day wasn't a local Dungeons and Dragons chapter, a renaissance festival reunion, or even dear old Mom's basement. No, benevolent earthlings, it was a place even more thrilling and exotic than all those magical locations put together. It was Detroit.

Over the weekend, the Detroit Science Center became the final frontier for nine of the America's nerdiest and most smitten couples. While there, the Trekkers/lovers proclaimed their intergalactic love, became formally engaged, and put their names in the hat to win an extravagant Star Trek -themed … Read More

"They're doing a Star Trek remake" is right up there with "They're giving Howie Mandel another show" in terms of something that you have to see to believe. But, I had to set my expression to stunned after seen the first trailers of the JJ Abrams prequel. It looks pretty sexy, action, cool. And I was even further relieved that they weren't pressured to let William Shatner bullrush his way into the picture (I have nothing against Bill Shatner, but it's a role that he would be silly to reprise, especially with a generation who knows him as James … Read More

Geek is the new chic for Devil Wears Prada star Emily Blunt, who's been rumored to have been dating the John Krasinski, a.k.a. cute geek Jim on The Office. While Blunt has said her scruffy tastes conflicts with that of Hollywood when it comes to fashion sense, we say she's redeemed herself with well-tailored taste in men! After all, Krasinski was voted one of People's Sexiest Man Alive in 2006.

Emily, 25 and Jim, 29 spent a romantic weekend at San Ysidro Ranch in Santa Barbara, California, according to Star Magazine. A source told the magazine … Read More

In the recent wake of the term “geek” becoming virtually synonymous with “stud”, it’s apparent that those meek, wallflower guys are all soon going to get their shine. Some fellas may not be as confident as a Versace model, but their charisma, style and sex appeal might be waiting to get unlocked by a woman who inspires them.

Underdogs coming out of their shell and prevailing over the cliché rich, handsome Fabio-type is no new concept, but it’s constantly reinvented in media – especially music. Check out my favorite new guilty pleasure music video, featuring an … Read More

Dare I press this point any further, but geek sex appeal is yet again in the media. My poor editor-in-chief, Carrie Sloan, received Darth Vader-quality death threats from nerds across the country for her take on the rise of the bespectacled beast in “Why Geeks Are the New Chic” (Don’t worry, she wasn’t in any real danger. They were harmless battle cries). Yet geek chic rears its cute-ugly head again with Violet Blue’s Open Source Sex column for the San Francisco Chronicle today. Entitled “So, I Seduced a Mac Geek”, Blue’s piece—a lurid … Read More

We’ve been getting loads of feedback on “Why Geeks Are the New Chic.” What exactly makes geeks the new chic? Here’s what you had to say in our most recent poll:

59% “Intellect. Stimulate my brain and the rest will follow.”

17% “It’s just a trend. Tomorrow, mailmen might be the new chic.”

17% “Muscle-bound is so overrated. Slight and sensitive is sexy, too.”

5% “Toby McGuire? Rainn Wilson? Hollywood hunks have all gone geek.”

Luckily, a large percentage of the Tango staff nabbed their own nerds—long before they were the new … Read More

The Manga/Comic Book Geek Akira kryptonium

Markings: Ink-stained fingers, Wolverine Underoos. Indigenous to: San Diego Comic-Con—an annual convention featuring anime, toys, superheroes, and overweight men in Superman T-shirts. Mating call: “Looks like we’ll need a Comic-Condom!” If approached: Be prepared to discuss who would win in a Batman vs. Spider- Man fight.

The Sci-Fi Geek Trekkie matrixus Markings: Well-worn original Battlestar Galactica T-shirt, DVD boxed sets. Indigenous to: Midnight-before-opening-day movie screenings. Indigenous to: Midnight-before-opening-day movie screenings. Mating call: “You know, my framed Star Wars posters aren’t the only thing in this room that are well hung.” If approached: … Read More