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Play Like a Fangirl
Kristine Ask, Ashley Guajardo, Tanja Sihvonen, and Jess Tompkins · back to the book
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Include books by the same authorTrick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
Jia Tolentino · 303 pages
Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide
Henry Jenkins · 322 pages
Outstanding Academic Title Convergence Culture maps a new territory: where old and new media intersect, where grassroots and corporate media collide, where the power of the media producer and the power of the consumer interact in unpredictable ways.Henry Jenkins, one of America's most respected media analysts, delves beneath the new media hype to uncover the important cultural transformations that
So You've Been Publicly Shamed
Jon Ronson · 313 pages
"From the internationally bestselling author of The Psychopath Test, a captivating and brilliant exploration of one of our world's most overlooked forces. For the past three years, Jon Ronson has been immersing himself in the world of modern-day public shaming-meeting famous shamees, shamers, and bystanders who have been impacted. This is the perfect time for a modern-day Scarlet Letter-a radicall
Modern Romance
Aziz Ansari, Eric Klinenberg · 288 pages
From NYU Wagner: At some point, every one of us embarks on a journey to find love. We meet people, date, get into and out of relationships, all with the hope of finding someone with whom we share a deep connection. This seems standard now, but it’s wildly different from what people did even just decades ago. Single people today have more romantic options than at any point in human history. Wit
The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy: A Handbook for Girl Geeks
Sam Maggs · 207 pages
"Fanfic, cosplay, cons, books, memes, podcasts, vlogs, OTPs and RPGs and MMOs and more - it's never been a better time to be a girl geek. The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy is the ultimate handbook for ladies living the nerdy life, a fun and feminist take on the often male-dominated world of geekdom. With delightful illustrations and an unabashed love for all the in(ternet)s and outs of geek cultur
Where the Girls Are: Growing Up Female with the Mass Media
Susan J. Douglas · 368 pages
Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood
Maureen Ryan · 348 pages
Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI
Madhumita Murgia · 320 pages
Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women
Elizabeth Wurtzel · 426 pages
Verhandeling over de stelling dat onafhankelijke, eigenzinnige vrouwen veel boeiender zijn dan brave, volgzame types en dat de maatschappij op hun gedrag veel negatiever reageert dan op vergelijkbaar gedrag van mannen.
Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter
Tom Bissell · 218 pages
A personal assessment of the author's addiction to video games explores his favorites, their roles as modern forms of popular art, and their habit-forming appeal while considering how he has neglected his professional and social responsibilities in favorof gaming activities.
We Were Feminists Once: From Riot Grrrl to CoverGirl®, the Buying and Selling of a Political Movement
Andi Zeisler · 304 pages
"A critical assessment of feminism today by the founding editor and creative director of Bitch magazine draws on the stories of institutions and everyday women to illuminate how feminism has been compromised by market forces, subversive politics and popular culture, sharing strategic recommendations for how to reverse marginalizing trends,"--NoveList.
You're Never Weird on the Internet
Felicia Day · 272 pages
The Internet isn't all cat videos. There's also Felicia Day -- violinist, filmmaker, Internet entrepreneur, compulsive gamer, hoagie specialist, and former lonely homeschooled girl who overcame her isolated childhood to become the ruler of a new world... or at least semi-influential in the world of Internet Geeks and Goodreads book clubs. After growing up in the south where she was "homeschooled f
Fic: Why Fanfiction is Taking Over the World
Anne Jamison · 418 pages
Explores the history and culture of fanwriting and how it has transformed popular culture as well as reading, writing, and authorship, and includes discussions from both professional and fan writers.
Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now
Douglas Rushkoff · 296 pages
"An award-winning author explores how the world works in our age of "continuous now". Back in the 1970s, futurism was all the rage. But looking forward is becoming a thing of the past. According to Douglas Rushkoff, "presentism" is the new ethos of a society that's always on, in real time, updating live. Guided by neither history nor long term goals, we navigate a sea of media that blend the past
The End of Absence: Reclaiming What We've Lost in a World of Constant Connection
Michael Harris · 243 pages
"Only one generation in history (ours) will experience life both with and without the Internet. For everyone who follows us, online life will simply be the air they breathe. Today, we revel in ubiquitous information and constant connection, rarely stopping to consider the implications for our logged-on lives. Michael Harris chronicles this massive shift, exploring what we've gained--and lost--in t
BITCHfest: Ten Years of Cultural Criticism from the Pages of Bitch Magazine
Lisa Jervis, Andi Zeisler · 386 pages
Offers an assortment of the most provocative essays, reporting, rants, and raves from Bitch magazine's first ten years, along with new pieces written especially for this collection.
Geek Wisdom: The Sacred Teachings of Nerd Culture
N.K. Jemisin, Eric San Juan, Genevieve Valentine, Zaki Hasan · 223 pages
Computer nerds are our titans of industry; comic-book superheroes are our Hollywood idols; the Internet is our night on the town. Clearly, geeks know something about life in the 21st century that other folks don't something we all can learn from.
The Truth About Chuck Norris: 400 Facts About the World's Greatest Human
Ian Spector · 176 pages
The lowdown on the toughest, sexiest, and beardiest man to ever stalk the earthSince its emergence from the bowels of the internet, the Chuck Norris Fact has roundhouse kicked its way into the world's consciousness with all the vim and verve of its namesake. Singing the praises of his unequaled toughness, his mighty kicking feet, his indestructible beard, his frightening virility, and his ability
Humblebrag: The Art of False Modesty
Harris Wittels · 272 pages
How Music Got Free: The End of an Industry, the Turn of the Century, and the Patient Zero of Piracy
Stephen Richard Witt · 304 pages
This book is a riveting story of obsession, music, crime, and money, featuring visionaries and criminals, moguls and tech-savvy teenagers. It's about the greatest pirate in history, the most powerful executive in the music business, a revolutionary invention and an illegal website four times the size of the iTunes Music Store. Journalist Stephen Witt traces the secret history of digital music pira
Trainwreck: The Women We Love to Hate, Mock, and Fear... and Why
Sady Doyle · 324 pages
"From Mary Wollstonecraft--who, for decades after her death, was more famous for her illegitimate child and suicide attempts than for A Vindication of the Rights of Woman--to Charlotte Brontë, Billie Holiday, Sylvia Plath, and even Hillary Clinton, [this book] dissects a centuries-old phenomenon and asks what it means now, in a time when we have unprecedented access to celebrities and civilians al