In July 2012, acclaimed science-fiction author and fan favorite John Scalzi posted an opinion piece on his professional blog Whatever with the title “Who Gets to Be a Geek? Anyone Who Wants to Be.”1 In his essay, which prompted more than 700 comments and circulated widely online, Scalzi painted a rather utopian picture of Western fandom’s sprawling landscape, describing it as a diverse affinity community bound together through the mutual sharing of love. “Many people believe geekdom is defined by a love of a thing,” he wrote,
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