think what's pissing me off the most is the underlying theme of "there is literature, and then there is Harry Potter" that underscores it all.
That bothers me, too, but I can tolerate it (especially because that woman professor so clearly thinks she's a total idiot.) What really pisses me off is the ingrained sexism - "the Complex Trope of Female Delusion" my ass.
Also I'm not to pleased with the way she treats it as a kind of freak show. People go to cons so they can talk about slash and het and Snape and Hermione and whatever they want to without being judged. it's a safe space for discussion. And then this woman comes through and, you know, judges and judges and mocks and. Arg.
re male domination: Well, old-school comics and Docto Who fandoms are pretty heavily male. But there's a huge upswing in the number of female fans over the last few years; and the old boys tend to get pretty pissy about it, too. :P There's a tendency to keep the women-driven fandom away from the boy-driven fandom.
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That bothers me, too, but I can tolerate it (especially because that woman professor so clearly thinks she's a total idiot.) What really pisses me off is the ingrained sexism - "the Complex Trope of Female Delusion" my ass.
Also I'm not to pleased with the way she treats it as a kind of freak show. People go to cons so they can talk about slash and het and Snape and Hermione and whatever they want to without being judged. it's a safe space for discussion. And then this woman comes through and, you know, judges and judges and mocks and. Arg.
re male domination: Well, old-school comics and Docto Who fandoms are pretty heavily male. But there's a huge upswing in the number of female fans over the last few years; and the old boys tend to get pretty pissy about it, too. :P There's a tendency to keep the women-driven fandom away from the boy-driven fandom.