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At the same time, nostalgia has emerged as a central component of geek culture. Framed by a post-structural understanding of gender and race and drawing on cultural theorist Svetlana Boym\u2019s distinction between\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">reflective<\/jats:italic>\n                    and\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">restorative<\/jats:italic>\n                    nostalgia, this article explores how and why geeks nostalgically long for a time when they were largely marginalized. We combine readings of Swedish online geek podcasts and\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">YouTube<\/jats:italic>\n                    channels with ethnographic visits to geek conferences and pop-cultural \u201cgeek fairs,\u201d such as\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Comic Con<\/jats:italic>\n                    and\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">SciFiWorld<\/jats:italic>\n                    . 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