Fake geek girls: fandom, gender, and the convergence culture industry

In: Critical cultural communication

Abstract

Introduction : make fandom great again -- A fangirl's place is in the resistance : feminism and fan studies -- "Get a life, will you people?!" : the revenge of the fanboy -- Interrogating the fake geek girl : the spreadable misogyny of contemporary fan culture -- Terms and conditions : co-opting fan labor and containing fan criticism -- One fanboy to rule them all : fantrepreneurs, fanboy auteurs and the politics of professionalization -- From poaching to pinning : fashioning postfeminist geek girl(y) culture -- Conclusion : fan studies? OTP : fandom and intersectional feminism.