Wings of Steam

The Great Steampunk Debate opened yesterday. Hosted by many of the brightest minds of the steampunk subculture, the website serves as a location to discuss steampunk ideology, ranging from politics to fandom to inspirations to 19th century topics.

As steampunk continues to grow as a subculture, it will clash more and more with various issues relating to politics, ethics and beliefs. Growing from an idea sparked by an event last year, the forum for the Great Debate serves as a location for steampunks to determine just how they feel on a variety of topics.

The debate will continue for two months until the first of July, at which time you can expect to hear many reports  and reactions to the debate summarized by many of the participants.

So if the latest issues of SteamPunk Magazine and the Gatehouse Gazette got you riled up and craving intelligent discourse, come to www.greatsteampunkdebate.com and check out the discussions we have to offer!

This is a bit dated, but still relevant as the election hasn’t taken place yet. Posting on the steamfashion LiveJournal group, a steamer by the name of Lux Alexander created the pin seen above after his friend complained that a store selling election buttons had specialty buttons for just about every special interest group except steampunks.

It seems however that some internet savvy Democrats have been paying attention because now at that same store you can find the following button:

Not surprisingly, I haven’t seen or heard a single bit of “Steampunks for McCain” election paraphernalia.