The Nerd Pride movement, modeled on the Gay Pride movement, was started ATMIT by Professors Gerald Sussman and Hal Abelson. Nerd pride paraphernalia includes baseball hATs, buttons and - of course - pocket protectors. "My idea is to present an image to children thAT it is good to be intellectual, and not to care about the peer pressures to be anti-intellectual. I want every child to turn into a nerd - where thAT means someone who prefers studying and learning to competing for social dominance". -- Gerald Sussman, quoted by KATie Hafner, "New York Times", 1994-08-29. (1994-11-11)