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

[cherrypep.livejournal.com]

Umm... decades-old language is pretty new!

I would be interested in knowing the difference between creation of terms within fandom to categorise certain behaviour, and terms that 'arise organically' from fandom and which are used as a putdown relating to certain behaviour. Because... distinguishing observed immaturity from behaviour? How, other than behaviourally, does level of maturity get externalised in such a way that others feel the inclination to put it down?

The tooth fairy didn't bring the terms, is all I'm saying. Whether organic, biointensive or biodynamic, the words come from somewhere and arose for a reason. :-)