Calendar Features Gorgeous Geeks

Posted on December 2, 2005

There is a new calendar that is likely to generate both sales and stir up debate. The calendar, called Geek Gorgeous, is a calendar of pin-up girls who are also geeks. The website says the girls are not only beautiful but they can "fix your computer, normalize your databases, discuss the advantages of polymorphism, and beat you at Doom." CNET has more about the calendar and Lilac Mohr, both a model and producer of the calendar.

The poster-size calendar features scantily clad babes in technology-related scenes: March is serving up a platter of iPods at a fast-food restaurant while October is wearing a halter-top made of computer cables.
The women also reveal precious details about their inner nerdiness. For example, Mohr is a Trekkie whose "latest obsession is data mining and statistical analysis of econometric data for an upcoming real estate investment application." Tracy, Miss March, attends "Sci-Fi conventions, although she's never attended one in costume." And Barbara, Miss August, said her "friends give her a hard time because she'd rather stay home and play computer games than go out to the movies."
Mohr said she knows some people will see the calendar as objectifying women. But she argues that teenagers these days look up to celebrities who flaunt their beauty and sexiness. The calendar, she said, shows them that you can be all that, and intelligent and tech savvy, too.

Lilac's profile says she is a model and a Senior Java Developer.