Alyssa Rodriguez is an independent scholar formerly affiliated with Ithaca College. Her research interests include the representation of female characters in popular culture. She has also written and presented on the portrayal of geek girls in Ready Player One. This paper was written as a part of her Summer Scholars project at Ithaca College in 2016. Alyssa will be returning to academia this summer as part of the New York City Teaching Fellows June 2018 cohort.