Jim, there was a big flap up a little while back when a comics creator made a series of statements about "fake geek girls" -- girls who cosplay in sexy costumes to attract the attention of men, but have no interest in the characters they are dressed as, and how these devious vixens are bad for the comics community.
This began a firestorm (sorry Shag but not a Firestorm) back and forth about the topic of "real geeks" versus "fake geeks" and sexism in the fandom and chauvinism and why people cosplay and so on and so forth. It got to the point that every day brought some new condemnation from the female fanbase about how they are treated by the males, and then a counterattack by the men about how it's unfair to paint them with a broad brush, and then a sweeping series of apologies by the White Knights, and so on and so forth. Tycho's statement to Gabe in the second panel is typical of the intelligentsia comic fan response to the issue, including the threat. On Wednesday, January 16, 2013 8:35:30 PM UTC-5, Jim wrote: > > Not to start a flame war but can someone explain to me what's going on? > > Sent from my iPad > > On Jan 16, 2013, at 6:28 PM, Shag <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > Let me tell you ... the whole "fake geek girl" issue is crazy huge and > inflammatory. I got caught up in a discussion on this and was shocked by > the strong emotions on both sides. > > The Irredeemable "yet neutral on this issue" Shag > > > > On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 9:37 AM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Mind where you put your emphasis when you use such a term: >> >> http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2013/01/16 >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Unique Geek" group. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/theuniquegeek/-/gPsBJyYbDlwJ. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <javascript:>. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/theuniquegeek/-/WB-sf7-klekJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
