Grab Your Glass Slippers and Your Convention Pass in “Geekerella”
One of my favorite tropes in fanfic is the "famous AU" - when one of the characters is famous and...
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“Ship It” Sounds Cute but May Actually Do Shippers a Disservice
I was really excited about Britta Lundin's Ship It, a YA novel heavily focused on fandom and convention culture featuring an...
Star Trek Is for Everyone
A flood of true fanning and gatekeeping has come with the introduction Star Trek: Discovery, most of it aimed at new...
Re: The Co-Opting of Geek Culture – It Wasn’t Stolen, It Evolved
It seems like every so often an article comes out trying to define what 'geek culture' actually is, while dismissing...
Star Wars: The Force Awakens and “True Fan” Culture
True Fan Syndrome, or “gatekeeping,” has become an increasing problem in fandoms all over, and Star Wars is no exception....
10 Fantastic Quotes from the ‘Fandom Is My Fandom’ Panel at SDCC
On Thursday afternoon, in a tiny room in a tiny corner of San Diego International Comic Con was a panel...