Kate's Fannish Gender, concluded

[dreamer_easy]

I fear my attempt to get across my thoughts on fanboy and fangirl have been a flop, with many readers thinking I was labelling actual men and women, rather than trying to make the same distinction that exists between maleness and masculinity. This is partly due to other peoples' assumptions, and partly due to my utter lack of clarity on the topic. Ah well, I remain both a fanboy and a fangirl, concurrently or consecutively.

More to chew on:

motiveforce ponders gendered fandom and the geek male.

Frightening Fangirls: On Being a Male Fushigi Yuugi Fan


Sadly, the thread in doctorwho about n00bz girl germs has vanished.

Comments

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

If you're like me, where you fit on that spectrum depends on what you're doing at the time. :-)

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

That's true for all of us, I think (At least, I hope!).

Spectrum sliding! Mind-bending fun that has a smaller risk of ankle-breakage than ice sliding (or Dalek-fleeing)!