"Play Like A Fan Girl" Book Launch

Join us for a lunchtime talk with Professor Ashley Guajardo, on the release of her new book 'Play Like A Fan Girl.' The talk asks, and then answers, how do cosplayers, modders, fan artists, fan fiction authors, and TikTok content creators build communities for marginalized and underserved fans of games? The authors develop the concept of what they call the “fangirl gaze” to show how communities of fangirls can be regarded as oppositional, subversive, and transformative in terms of societal expectations of gender, play, and sex, and how these gazes are read within larger social and political contexts. Attendees will walk away from this talk understanding why some fans thirst after videogame characters, and maybe even how to make characters people thirst after, too.

How to Attend:

NYU Members: You may attend in person at 370 Jay Street, 6th Floor, Co-Working Space 640. Tap your NYU ID at the turnstiles of 370 Jay Street and proceed to the 6th floor.

External Guests: This talk will be streamed live at twitch.tv/nyugamecenter