"Then," observed Elizabeth, "you must comprehend a great deal in your idea of an accomplished woman."

I feel like it's not exactly the same, but I don't know exactly how to articulate it, so I will just say fair enough because I do find value in reading what you've said about it.

That's a really good point, actually. io9 had an article earlier this week about how it looks like a Sandman film is in the works, and my first thought was oh god, no, because I can't imagine it being made today without being Hollywoodified beyond all recognition in order to appeal to a wider base. And the Abrams Star…

It's a pretty common argument, and I guess I get it, but people grow up and change. I also don't want to assume that they are being insincere by getting into it later in life. When something becomes trendy, more people are going to be exposed to it than before, so they have more opportunity to give something a chance…

I mean, I guess it's kind of similar because some goths do go around ranking each other based on how goth they seem, but I haven't seen that it's rooted in misogyny or that women are regularly assumed to be any less sincerely gothy than guys.

As a geek who was mercilessly bullied throughout my childhood, I intensely disagree that one has to "earn" the right to call oneself a geek by experiencing copious amounts of merciless bullying. I really don't like that definition of geek. I think it's a good thing if kids don't have to go through that trauma anymore…

You have the most bizarre and arbitrarily restrictive definition of geek that I have ever seen.

I agree that it is important to separate sexism from general dickishness. However, I think that for women, the shit tests are harder and more convoluted, and often we are never let out of the n00b box.

Your premise is faulty. You are acting like we just barged into the culture with demands for change when actually we have been a large part of it from the beginning. My dad read the Hobbit to me three times before I learned how to read because I loved it so much. Before I even started school, I was already a fan of…

I generally find less vitriol on io9 comments than elsewhere in the gawkerverse, but misogynists intentionally troll Jez pretty regularly trying to start arguments with feminists.

That guy is a total red herring, and he is not what we are talking about. Last fall I went over to a new friend's apartment to play a FPS with him and his roommates. It was a game that I owned and had been playing for about two years. After being told "Let me guess, an ex-boyfriend got you into this game," (which was…

You don't understand, this doesn't just happen at cons, it happens everywhere. Even way before the fake geek girl meme, it was still hell going in to unfamiliar (and sometimes familiar) comic book stores, and arguing with employees about how I do actually want to purchase this issue of Preacher, yes I know what it's…

I don't mind nerddom becoming more mainstream. It means there will be more people that share my interests, and the media I like will be more accessible and will have bigger budgets. I'm not sure who is losing here.

You are extremely dense if you think guys are being shit-tested to anywhere close to the same degree as women are.

I just don't see how anyone could think that she is faking or trolling unless they are forgetting all of this:

Source?

It's fairly common for people with an outdated or poor understanding of mental illness to mistake concerning behaviors as "acting out" or "attention seeking". It's a very stigmatizing and uncompassionate viewpoint, and it is a way of thinking that the psychiatric community, thankfully, has been rapidly moving away…

I think you'll find that for treatment of addiction to be successful, it generally requires ongoing cooperation from the patient as well.

Some people are more susceptible to influence. I'm not going to argue with you about whether or not indoctrination is possible when you are making broad statements that it is not possible or everyone would have the exact same beliefs.

I've met "religion poisons everything" people who believe it is their duty to rob people of their beliefs IRL. I get what they are saying, sort of, but I think sometimes the cure may be worse than the disease. They are not respectful to anyone including less militant atheists. I think if others find comfort or…