Billion Worlds Lab

Faculty – Frankie Mastrangelo

Frankie Mastrangelo

Frankie is an instructor of sociology at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). She is the coordinator of the Billion Worlds Lab’s Free School Project, and serves as a fellow with the VCU Digital Sociology Lab. Her work interrogates mediated formations of white feminism, such as social media influencers and pastel QAnon.

Select publications and media:

  • Teaching Resistance: Radicals, Revolutionaries, and Cultural Subversives in the Classroom (PM Press)
  • Interview with Nitasha Tiku featured in her piece “Famous Women Join the Crypto Hustle, But It Could Cost Their Fans” (Washington Post)
  • Interview with Candice Frederick featured in her piece “How ‘90s Teen Movies Reflected the Real-Life Homophobia Throughout the Decade” (HuffPost)