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Real Blerd Girl Ish! (the name is heavily Meg-coded… can’t you tell?!)

Welcome to

Real Blerd Girl Ish

a curation of vibes from the blerd and tech culture that provides the nostalgic feel of old-school Tumblr.

black + nerd = blerd

made popular by fellow blerd Donald Faison when his character Turk used the term in Scrubs back in 2006.

Here, we encourage you to let your inner child run free and reconnect with some of the interests and hobbies that you let go of because… adulting is a thing.

the blerd girl behind the publication

Hello, Hello!

A Dope Black Girl With Anxiety

(also known as Bri). As some of you may know, I write a weekly newsletter that provides musings and self-reflections that lean toward emotional growth and personal development. If you prefer a little more structure, I strongly suggest you migrate over there - otherwise, welcome to the chaos!

In the words of Savannah, “I’m 30 (plus), and I still look good!”

I am a semi-alt, tech blerd who enjoys gaming, reading, and my new-found obsessions: e-ink devices and Tubi. I’m a February Pisces. I enjoy iced coffee with oat milk. My favorite color is leopard (it’s a color—period). And I recently found out that I’m neurodivergent AF!

talent at its finest! sketched photo of me by my one of my fave artists @juutanart via Twitter.

While

A Dope Black Girl With Anxiety

and

Real Blerd Girl Ish

focus on different topics - the core is still the same: building communities that provide authentic connections (even when I’m on my shenanigan sh!t).

this is for my blerd girls around the world who want to exist in their nerdom in peace

For most of adulthood, I navigated life in the in-between, the space where you just exist in the world of others but don’t truly belong. Saying that it helped build my resilience gives me the ick - so what I will say is that it helped me learn to lean into my differences.

I talk different.

I walk different.

I think different.

I am fvcking different.

…and if you have a problem with that - oh well!

now let’s get into the blerd ish!

I'm a star, star, star, star!

tubi be like…

…so, Tubi has the Reelz channel that is mostly celebrity documentaries. And this is what it gave us:

Great Value Prince vs. Prince

The first wig damn near took me out… but to give the actor some credit - he did kinda sound like Prince and the more I started to look at pictures of Prince… I can see this being a viable Great Value version.

the book nook

my current read: the first book of the series that centers around black mermaids who usher souls lost at sea to the great beyond. I’m loving the lore so far and look forward to getting immersed in this.

from the backlogs: Seven Days In June was suppose to be finished in June… but I just couldn’t focus. Putting it in rotation with Skin of the Sea so I can get to Curvy Girl Summer.

current hyperfixations

remember when Animal Crossing: New Horizons got us through the Great Depression known as COVID? When I saw this at Five Below - all impulse control went out the window.

my favorite emotional support items: baggu crescent bag (i'm late to the party but omg such a good bag), Loop earplugs (it makes the world a quieter place and keeps overstimulation at bay), Cirkul water bottle (total impulse purchase and I have no regrets!)

…and that’s all I got!

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