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Deodorizing the Geek Gamer

June 20, 2018Aaron Trammell 1 Comment

Geekiness is getting a makeover! The geeks, weirdos, and nerds who once stood at the fringes of consumer culture now find themselves at the center. In a poignant inversion, Dungeons & Dragons—a game once renown for its supposedly dark and cultish fanbase—has become mythic. It gives all of us who have once loved it the feels along with warm nostalgic memories. As our consumer culture reorients to position games at its center, the center disciplines and norms the fraught geeky bodies which were once positioned at its margins. Continue Reading →

Essay Aaron Trammell, Dungeons & Dragons, gender, gender performativity, hegemonic masculinity, Old Spice, T.L. Taylor, The Man Your Man Could Smell Like

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