Nerd Nite SF #151: Fad Diets, Jane Austen, and the Shell Space Band!

We would to invite you to our humble venue the 22nd day of May for another rousting installation of Night for Nerds.

During the night, we will be lulled by the tunes of our house band for the event, Shell Space, and the compositions of our dearest in-house record composer, Lady &Jelly. Baroness Jackie Liu, will talk to us over the course of supper (you may provide your own, we fear we cannot do so for you), on the impacts and suitability of diets for the members of the ton.

And, for those of peerage who are not wed or so engaged, we will receive advice on how not to become miserable spinsters at the ripe age of two-and-twenty or miserable wives from Jane Austen herself… via her proxy Marchioness Christina Li.

There will also be a bit of gossip for those who relish the activity.

What’s For Dinner? - A One-Size Diet Truly Does Not Fit All

Speaker: Jackie Liu

It almost seems like every day there is a new diet being advertised as the ultimate way to eat. Whether it’s the carnivore diet, keto, or intermittent fasting - it can feel impossible to navigate. Lucky for us, tonight’s speaker is here to separate fact from fad.

Jackie Liu is a UC Berkeley and UCSF-trained Registered Dietitian who currently provides medical nutrition therapy in the inpatient and outpatient settings at Stanford Hospital

Fun With Dorks and Jane

Speaker: Lark

Jane Austen has held the western world in a literary chokehold for 250 years. However, the field of Austen studies has shied away from the most hard-hitting topics. Today, we will ask and answer the question: what is the sexiest Jane Austen film adaptation? While this may not sound like the deepest intellectual inquiry, be prepared for an in depth exploration of aesthetics, affect theory, and historicist close reading to explain why we Yearn

Lark is a lifelong lit nerd with the BA in English and MA in Humanities to prove it.

Special Musical Guest: Shell Space!

Shell Space is a six-piece indie rock band birthed in Berkeley. Their songs reference Tilden Park, rectangles, and feldspar.