Science-fiction

As Always, it Started With Star Trek: A Study On Geek Girls
(Fake) Geek Girls, Anthropology, Definitions of Geek, Geek Girl Survey, Gender, Science-fiction, Study of geek culture

As Always, it Started With Star Trek: A Study On Geek Girls

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For many years, whenever people would tell me that girls are rare in geek culture, my instant reaction would always be: well, no.

I would be surprised and a little puzzled at their assumption and would instantly think of all the women who were fans or contributors to the Star Trek fanchise.

Cyborgs & Singularity
Anthropology, Science-fiction

Cyborgs & Singularity

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I know, I’ve been remiss. Even though I’ve been a die-hard anime fan since early high school, it’s taken me until recently to watch Ghost in a Shell, the pivotal Japanese science fiction film released in 1995.

Based on the manga by Masumune Shirow, Ghost in a Shell epitomizes the sheer brilliance of Japanese animation: the illustrations impeccably render a dystopian future in which humans have begun to transcend the limits of the human body by incorporating state of the art technology and cybernetic science into every part of their physicality and cognition.