sexism

Over the past couple of years, a certain portion of the geek/nerd community has decided the culture has been invaded. These invaders, like space aliens with malicious intent, are able to blend into the realm of geekdom and pose as ordinary geeks/nerds. Read More

The popularity of conventions in the nerd/geek community is due in large part to the freedom participants feel to express their particular fandom with enthusiasm and devotion in an atmosphere that is comfortable and safe. For cosplayers, that safety has Read More

At the end of each year we poll the Fandomania staff to bring you our favorite movies, TV shows, and video games from the year that’s concluding. Even though there’s always a lot of great stuff that excited us, there inevitably will be fan Read More

Sometimes wearing a costume can come with a risk: the over-zealous fan. Chris covered one aspect of this last month, but objectification isn’t the only peril of cosplay, so I’ve put a guide together to help you, the fan, make sure you’re not “that guy” Read More

Not all fans of cosplay are bad. In fact, it is fandom that gave birth to cosplay in the first place and hopefully that cycle of creativity will never end. But there are some people who push things too far. For the sake of argument, we’ll call him "That Read More