Not wanting to [totally] toot my own trumpet, but that could be me. I run a cricket fanpage for 178,000 people so Those Guys In Bars are — seriously — amateur hour. And every time I shoot down one of their inane comments or lame-arse 'trying-to-catch-me-out' trivia questions? Well, it never gets old. Say 'hi' to your…

Agree: music is not a 'dude thing'. It's anyone and everyone's thing.

Actually ... I *am* shocked. This guy should abso-LUTE-ly be aware that some women want a safe space in which to work out without guys hitting on them/eyeing them/etc. There is not a single gym in the country where I live — UAE — that doesn't have a separate female space so that women who are covered etc can work out…

Another reason — sorry — I'm glad I went to a single-sex school. The only competition we had was from our fellow female athletes and boys from the school down the road put the sporty types at the top of their dating-potential list. Weird, huh? :)

*Raises hand tentatively* I drink halves. Because I don't drink *that* fast. And the beer gets warm [I'm a cold pilsener girl] if I get it in pint-sized glasses. <<Kowtows>> ;-)

It *is* a fucking stupid way to view another human being.

Certainly, your explanation goes further towards enlightening me re what's good [and not] about female fandom, but it's the widespread assumption that ALL women are like that really burns me up. I know you only said 'some' women in your initial post [and yes, I've seen 'the type' in action] but the problem is: *all*…

Nothing to add, really: just wanted to say I loved your post. Signed, fellow musician with classical training and a music degree, piano being my first instrument. And yes, I had almost the exact-same experience twenty years ago when a band was looking for a keyboard player and my ovaries got in the way of their egos.

And if women *do* talk about cooking/fashion/parenting/etc, it's considered 'gossip' while if men talk about sports, that's considered 'important'. WTF?

First off, you don't get to join a women's-only gym 'just because'. There are a lot of reasons that safe spaces for women to work out have become a 'thing' and as a South-East Asian guy, you might possibly be aware that there are women outside the cadre of co-ed-type society who might just want to get fit in a modest…

What exactly is a 'groupie vibe'? Are women expected to adopt some particular attitude, their faces a study of practiced ennui, in order to be considered 'real' fans or something? Fuck that.

Remember the collective gasps when people found out that the 'Science Is Awesome' blog was run by a — ohmigawd — a woman?! A lot of people's worlds collided that day. Good times.

You got me. I'm still stuck on 'misapplied femininity'. What the ... what?

Damn. *Hangs head*

Putting the name of a movie onto a make-up line doesn't make it movie-related. Unless it's been scraped off the faces of the stars and bottled — dead skin cells and all — it's just the same old shit available on every other make-up shelf. With a movie title on the box.

Too right. You wouldn't want to drink that crap American 'coffee'. It tastes like shit.

I already know one. Australian Ellyse Perry made her debut for both the Aussie national women's cricket team [Southern Stars] AND the Aussie soccer/football squad, aged 16. She played her first cricket international in July 2007 before earning her first football cap for Australia a month later. Perry is the youngest…

*Mutters* Bloody Hollywood. All the interesting shit happens in 'Merica.

Word. Both are pretty much parasites whichever way you look at them. ;-)

What a pity the Google News menu bar can't do the same.