Girls with Big Books

I got the idea of starting a site in tribute to girls with big books when I was writing about something else entirely. I don’t remember what I was writing about, but in my writing I mentioned that intelligence and personality is very much more important to me than looks. I made a quip about how I’m certain that if I search on Google, the search “girls with big books” would yield results that I find sexier than the search “girls with big boobs” would.

When I realized that this was probably very much true, I naturally tried my theory out (secretly hoping for some hot nerdy action, no doubt). Unfortunately, it turned out that I was wrong. Searching for “girls with big books” gave very few results and only a few of them were relevant. So, because of my big love for smart and nerdy girls, I thought that something needed to be done about that. When I checked and found out that this domain name was available, I snatched it with very little idea about what to do with it.

But there was actually at least one relevant thing about girls with big books before this site. It is a shirt design at spreadshirt.com and it can be found here.

I must admit that I’m about conflicted about the design. It says “I LIKE GIRLS WITH BIG BOOKS / AND GOOD LOOKS”.

Big Books and Good Looks

The designer’s comment on the design is “Intelligent girls are sexier” and of course I couldn’t agree more about that. But was it really necessary to add the “and good looks”-part?

I still think it’s a pretty good shirt and I don’t really mind that many care a lot about looks. But I think it would have been a much better shirt if it didn’t specify that the girls have to look good. I know that most people who really like intelligent/nerdy girls don’t really care that much about looks.

I personally love looking at beautiful women, but when it comes to finding someone to spend my time with I’d choose brains over beauty any time. Sure, it can be nice if there are both, but it’s not like it’s a requirement, and I think that a lot of people agree with me there.

I hope that this site, perhaps in contrast to that shirt, will help some girls realize that they can be judged fairly by their minds, regardless of how they look. I think that it’s sad that so many girls seem to think that they can’t be liked if they don’t have typical good looks. I would have liked that shirt better if it didn’t add to the impression

I have personally considered myself very much a feminist since around second grade. I recognize the need for a continued struggle for women’s rights. Despite that, this site is not at all meant to be a feminist site. This is merely a tribute to the kind of girls that I find the most attractive, without any political agenda to it.

However, it has come to my attention that some people would still view this as a feminist site. And that got me thinking. Continue Reading »