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Alexa Clay
Writer, Freelance
Alexa Clay is a writer and researcher in pursuit of misfit subcultures. She is the co-author of The Misfit Economy (2015). Her writing has appeared in Wired, The Guardian and Vice, among others.
Written by Alexa Clay

essaySubcultures
Utopia Inc
Most utopian communities are, like most start-ups, short-lived. What makes the difference between failure and success?
Alexa Clay

essayRituals and celebrations
Great pretenders
Live-action role-play is venturing into some weighty social topics. Can make-believe really show us possible worlds?
Alexa Clay

essayChildhood and adolescence
Growing up alien
John Mack was a Harvard scientist who took extraterrestrial abduction seriously. Is he the reason I like misfits?
Alexa Clay