It was in the arcade around DDR machines that I first met people like me — kids picked on for being "weirdos," for being neurodivergent, for being queer.
Susana Polo is an editor and writer with over 15 years of expertise in covering pop culture fan communities. She founded the decade's premier feminist nerd blog, The Mary Sue.com, in 2011, and was a senior editor at Polygon for over a decade.
