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2025In personPanel 13Saturday 27th September 2025Fulgrim vs Ferrus Manus (c) Games Workshop

The Terror of Androgyny: Gender, Threat and Aliens in Warhammer 40k

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In the hypermasculinized, asexual world of 40k, the feminine seems to lack a place except as a mode of masculinity that adds a pair of breasts. Human factions such as the Sisters of Battle are exceptions that prove the rule. The presence of the feminine, however, can act as a defining thematic trait for inhumanity. …

2024Friday 27th September 2024OnlinePanel 8Warhammer 40k

The Emperor’s man-children? Warhammer 40,000 as adult men’s toy play

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Miniaturing, with its roots in other historically men-dominated spheres such as military history and tabletop role-playing, is largely a men’s pastime in terms of demographics (e.g. Körner & Schütz, 2021), making it an intriguing phenomenon to study from the perspective of men’s studies. This is doubly true with Warhammer 40,000: as a game it features …