On Fake Geeks

    There's a tendency within subcultures to reinforce exclusivity vis-a-vis "authenticity" as they become mainstream, and there's been a particularly pernicious strain of this within geekdom for the last couple of years. This piece is fairly gentle, but geeks, if anyone, should be fairly sensitive to the politics of exclusion.

    Matt Buchanan
    by Matt Buchanan

    BuzzFeed Staff

    On Fake Geeks

    forbes.com

    There's a tendency within subcultures to reinforce exclusivity vis-a-vis "authenticity" as they become mainstream, and there's been a particularly pernicious strain of this within geekdom for the last couple of years. This piece is fairly gentle, but geeks, if anyone, should be fairly sensitive to the politics of exclusion.