*Throws up hands in frustration*

[owlmoose]

"Fandom is traditionally a female space" is not some secret code for "We think all men suck and don't want to invite them over to play."

I want to sit down every single person, whatever their gender, who has gone on and on about how OTW is "excluding men" and make them read cereta's essay on "Fandom and Male Privilege" until they get it.

(This post brought to you by one too many idiot rants and wanting an excuse to post a link to the above essay, which I think is worth all of your time.)

Comments

Re: [rants]

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

My point was not to present a blanket defense of OTW. I'm just responding to a particular argument I've been seeing a lot of, and that pushes my feminist buttons.

Anything that I might say at this point would just be repeating what's already in the essay (which is not, btw, a defense of OTW; it was written in 2005). Read the essay; then if you want to discuss further, then we can.