I'm genuinely sorry I don't have time to write a response worthy of your response. (I'm running out of time to devote to this thread right now, which is ironic.)

This would be a good point to read the whole thread. I'm not talking about hobbyists. I'm talking about activists.

Being a nerd or a geek is inherently a privileged mode.

I am definitely talking about both men and women. But I do think that there is something especially problematic about engaging in this kind of faux-activism as a woman. Because the nerd/geek identity is a male-created identity. Ands its creation as an identity depends on a reversal. We have to forget that everything…

Yes, but only one of those identities deserves to be politicized or is a good basis for broader political engagement.

Ok... I'll bite.

Sure.

As I explained a little more in my reply to vaulyrea, it's not fandom as a hobby that I am against. I don't think we all need to be working/advocating %100 of the time. It's fandom as a social-movement or an identity-based movement that I'm against. There's a difference between the woman who enjoys these things and…

I think that I wasn't very clear by what I meant by "placing your energies." I'm not saying that it's illegitimate to spent time and energy on a fandom as opposed to, say, football or fishing or oil-painting. Obviously people need recreational activities and as a recreational activity cos-playing or MMOG playing is…

I think you have completely missed the point. I'm not saying that women can't be nerds or geeks. All being a nerd or geek requires is an incredible amount of privilege. I.e. the privilege of literacy (knowing a lot about something) and the privilege of leisure time (having time to devote to your hobbies). I'm like…

Joss Whedon is a clever guy and one of the few men who I can tolerate self-identifying as feminist.

Honestly, this doesn't really happen in the US anymore. I think that it was around 2003 that they started cracking down on this practice: http://www.theunnecesarean.com/blog/2010/1/29…

What does honesty have to do with rape? Though yes... you're right, most Doctors who performed these exams during their training are honest about that fact.

Those guidelines are very very recent. So if you're in the United States, keep that in mind. Also, keep in mind that there were people in the US who fought those guidelines.

That's unbelievable. But so is the fact that it is standard practice to use rape as pedagogy. So... Fuck "doctors."

Why should we be surprised? I mean, honestly? Gynecology students still train to perform pelvic exams by working on unconscious, un-consenting women in hospitals. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-an… Literally, your gynecologist is probably a rapist. Don't believe me? Ask them if they performed a pelvic exam…

The quotes around "corn" are the best part honestly. What on earth could be they be implying about corn? Is the corn a dildo?

Ha ha haaaa. Those guys are so ironically schizo. They really believe that what they're saying is true while they're saying it. They have to not just to be convincing in their lies, but to tell such extreme lies. I mean, the existence of creepshots and surreptitious porn and revenge porn and underage porn and coerced…

For real though. I mean, that feeling of danger that all women feel when they are creeped on is just... a feeling. The ejaculate of the creep who jacks off over pictures of women is a real and precious thing.

Everyone knows the poster is a woman-hating bigot. But his point is worth taking into consideration. Constitutional law protects creeps and always will. Even if this particular court decides that pointing a camera up someone's skirt is an invasion of privacy the right to creep is still protected. Men on the streets…