Study of geek culture
Ghosts in the Machine: Supernatural Podcasts and the Resurgence of Radio Horror
The problem of nostalgia has become a common refrain among pop culture critics. Many claimed that The Force Awakens’ success…
Fan Activism and the 501st Legion: Be the Change You Wish to see in the Galaxy
As geek culture becomes more validated and expanded by wider recognition, fan communities have more influence and power on the larger social stage. This is especially meaningful when fan communities direct their engagement and passion outward and become fan activists.
2015 in Review: Geek Girls and Gender
By Emma Louise Backe For several years, TGA founder Marie-Pierre has been conducting research on the fraudulent phenomenon of “fake…
The Management of Waste in Max Mad: Fury Road
By Emma Louise Backe Where must we go, we who wander this wasteland, in search of our better selves.” -The…
The Geek Anthropologist 