{"id":9907,"date":"2016-01-07T03:51:19","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T03:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/2016\/01\/07\/nerdysingingcatlady-codenamecesare\/"},"modified":"2016-01-07T03:51:19","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T03:51:19","slug":"nerdysingingcatlady-codenamecesare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/2016\/01\/07\/nerdysingingcatlady-codenamecesare\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

nerdysingingcatlady<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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codenamecesare<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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aranel-parmadil<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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ormondhsacker<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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scifigrl47<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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gingerjuju<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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I just don\u2019t understand where this concept of \u2018fake geek girls\u2019 came from. Like, AT ALL.<\/p>\n

Cus when I look for fandom related stuff like 90% of the fan art and the fanfiction and the meta, zines, comics, etc. Like 90% <\/b>of the shit that I\u2019ve seen is created by women & girls.<\/p>\n

And all that stuff take\u2019s a lot of work and research and critical analysis and staring at reference photos for hours<\/i>.<\/p>\n

We are literally the most well versed and invested group in the fandom. So, like, What the fuck boys? You mad you can\u2019t keep up?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I saw an argument, and I can\u2019t find it now, but it totally made sense, that there\u2019s a gender split in fandom. Male fandom tends to be a curator fandom; male fandom collects, organizes, and memorizes facts and figures. Male fandom tends to be KEEPERS of the canon; the fandom places great weight on those who have the biggest collection, the deepest knowledge of obscure subjects, the first appearances, creators, character interactions.<\/p>\n

Female fandom is creative. Females create fanart, cosplay, fanwritings. Female fandom ALTERS canon, for the simple reason that canon does not serve female fandom. In order for it to fit the \u2018outsider\u2019 (female, queer, POC), the canon must be attacked and rebuilt, and that takes creation.<\/p>\n

\u201cMale\u201d fandom devalues this contribution to fandom, because it is not the \u2018right\u2019 kind of fandom. \u201cGirls only cosplay for attention, they\u2019re not REAL fans!\u201d \u201cFanfiction is full of stupid Mary Sues, girls only do it so they can make out with the main character!\u201d \u201cI, a male artist, have done this pin-up work and can put it in my portfolio! You, a female artist, have drawn stupid fanart, and it\u2019s not appropriate to use as a professional reference!\u201d<\/p>\n

In the mind of people who decry the \u2018fake geek girl,\u2019 this fandom is not as worthy. It damages, or in their mind, destroys the canon. What is the point of memorizing every possible romantic entanglement of heterosexual white Danny Rand if someone turns around and creates a fanwork depicting him as a bisexual female of Asian descent (thus subverting Rand\u2019s creepy \u2018white savior\u2019 origins)? When Danny Rand becomes Dani Rand, their power is lessened. What is important to them ceases to be the focus of the discussion. Creation and curatorship can work in tandom, but typically, in fandom, they are on opposite poles.<\/p>\n

This is not to say that there aren\u2019t brilliant male cosplayers or smashing female trivia experts, this is to say that the need of the individual fan is met with opposing concepts: In order for me to find myself in comics, I need to make that space for myself, and that is a creative force. Het white cis males are more likely to do anything possible to defend and preserve the canon because the canon is built to cater to them.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Comment bolded by me because effing important that\u2019s why.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cI, a male artist, have done this pin-up work and can put it in my portfolio! You, a female artist, have drawn stupid fanart, and it\u2019s not appropriate to use as a professional reference!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Seeing this spelled out was revelatory to me.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This.
Is.
Absolutely.
AMAZING<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

nerdysingingcatlady: codenamecesare: aranel-parmadil: ormondhsacker: scifigrl47: gingerjuju: I just don\u2019t understand where this concept of \u2018fake geek girls\u2019 came from. Like, AT ALL. Cus when I look for fandom related stuff like 90% of the fan art and the fanfiction and the meta, zines, comics, etc. Like 90% of the shit that I\u2019ve seen is created … Continue reading <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3406],"class_list":["post-9907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-fascinating","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9907\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}