Girl Genes: A Hyperlinked History of Third-Wave Emo with Ella Martini (’22)

Recent LC alum Ella Martini (’22) in discussion of Girl Genes: A Hyperlinked History of Third-Wave Emo, As Told By Teen Girls and Queers on the Internet
While music journalism traditionally characterizes emo as a predominantly white-masculine subculture, Martini’s research illustrates that the majority of the fanbase is dominated by young women, queer people, and people of color whose tastes have steered the entire subculture since the early 2000s.
This history can be traced through social media fan behaviors like fashion, fanfiction, and shipping, and through a path of hyperlinks, Martini encourages us to ask why the voices of girls’ experiences with music & in fandom are still so uncomfortably quiet.
Co Sponsors: Music Dept and Gender Studies
This event is free and open to the Lewis & Clark Community.