Gatekeepers of the Galaxy
There’s no such thing as a fake geek girl
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9 min readAug 20, 2019
“F*ck you for buying chibi xenomorphs,” read the Reddit notification that blared across my phone’s lock screen. For those of you who don’t speak geek, a chibi is a style of collectible figurine characterized by a large head, squat body, and broad legs, and a xenomorph is the titular monster of the Alien series.