Kristen Kinney's Reviews > Nerd: Adventures in Fandom from This Universe to the Multiverse

I just finished this book and is was so wonderful. She takes a look at a lot of the popular fandoms from the 90s to now and she critiques it but not in a harsh way. She grew up with all the same cult classic and fandom things I did but she pulls out the real depths to the things I loved as a kid(and still love today). She talks about sexism in cartoons and how when you’re little, you don’t see the bigger story playing out in shows like Rocko’s Modern Life, SpongeBob, or REN and Stimpy. She talks about hero’s and antihero’s. She talks about race in movies and truly seeing her blackness in characters on the screen. She talks about the soaring popularity of different movies and fandoms while still supporting and loving them. She talks about a deep love of anime and anime culture and how it is changed from Japan to the US. She talks about religious aspects in different books and comic books. It was all around a good time and I laughed out loud and also said “OMG YES!” to a lot of what she mentions.

If you like non-fiction and you’re a nerd like me, pick this up. It’s very good! This is the first non-fiction book I’ve read in a while and I really enjoyed it.

TedTalk over. 🤓