Fake Geek Girls: Fandom, Gender, and the Convergence Culture Industry (Critical Cultural Communication) by Suzanne Scott
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Overview: Reveals the systematic marginalization of women within popculture fan communities
WhenGhostbusters returned to the screen in 2016, some male fans of theoriginal film boycotted the all-female adaptation of the cult classic, turningto Twitter to express their disapproval and making it clear that theyconsidered the film’s “real” fans to be white, straight men. While extreme, theseresponses are far from unusual, with similar uproars around the female protagonistsof the new Star Wars films tofull-fledged geek culture wars and harassment campaigns, as exemplified by the#GamerGate controversy that began in 2014.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Educational
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