To introduce you to Community Vertigo, we discuss a topic that has plagued our minds for over a decade: the YA dystopia trend of the 2010s. Led by The Big Three—Divergent, The Hunger Games, and The Maze Runner—we dive into the aesthetics that this era afforded us, how the series’ heroines taught us not to be like other girls, and how we were basically consuming horror-lite throughout our formative years.

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Timestamps:

Intro 00:00

Defining Dystopia 00:12

Divergent 06:25

Divergent Factions 11:26

Shailene Woodley 12:18

The Dystopian "It Girl" 12:34

The Hunger Games 13:46

Gale Hawthorne 19:05

The Influence on Fashion 21:50

BuzzFeed Personality Quizzes 23:30

Depressed Baddie Core 24:30

The Maze Runner 26:08

Dylan O'Brien 33:00

Tumblr, Shipping, and Fan Fiction 34:01

Screencaps and Vine Edits 37:38

Torture Media 38:31

The Hunger Games and Reality 39:24

The Downfall of YA Dystopia 43:04

Current YA Media 45:00

The Future of Book Adaptations 47:05

Dystopia and the Saw Franchise 50:59

What Would We Like to See? 55:49

Outro 58:58

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