Being a female nerd is weird. It means growing up in love with a culture that doesn’t love you back. You get used to only seeing yourself as the girlfriend who dies or the hyper-competent-emotionless-badass who is cool because she grew up with brothers. You get used to seeing yourself in and empathizing with men. You get used to those men being unable to see or empathize with you.
This movie, for all its flaws, loves me back. And that’s…
