Here’s a theory: you might not have noticed that you were surrounded by female Star Wars fans all these years because you were the one who rendered them invisible.
In my newest column for the @newstatesman, I had a few things to say about JJ Abrams’s “a boy’s thing” comment yesterday, as well as fake geek girling and representation. Inspired by all the extraordinary conversations I saw yesterday from fandom friends, including @tea-and-liminality, @heidi8, @mazarin221b, @marsdaydream, and @emmagrant01.