A Personal Essay on Cultural Identity and Steampunk

http://www.tor.com/blogs/2010/10/ao-dai-and-i-steampunk-essay

Time is treated by steampunks with a Doctor Whovian “wibbly-wobbly” sensibility: the future lies in the past and exists in the present. Steampunk clothes represent how our imagined histories are based on real history, and whatever steampunk fantasy we construct for ourselves can have a basis in who we are and where we fit in the world. 

A fresh perspective on Steampunk culture!