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GEEKFEMINISM

                                                             March 17, 2015     
                                                                                
                                                     http://geekfeminism.org    
I first heard about the                              http://geekfeminism.wikia.com
geekfeminism site because                                                       
of it's more controversial       POLAR_TRAP       
bloggers.                        ESSENTIAL_EROCOS
                                                                                
This initially gave me a fairly                             HIVE_VAGINA
bad impression of them....                                                      
                                                                                
But poking around geekfeminism.wikia.com                                        
gives me a more positive feeling.  The                                          
voice of the wiki is a much more                This makes me feel better         
toned-down and moderate voice. E.g. it's        about this project...  they're  
pretty clear they don't as a group stand        actually capable of thinking    
behind Stoker's veiled slut-shaming.            and responding to criticism.      
                                                                                    
                                                     Though alternately, I guess  
A really funny detail: a year or two                 you could take this as a     
before her attack on the Princess Leias              case where an initially      
as inauthentic geeks, Courtney Stoker was            welcomed "radical" was     
complaining about being attacked as a                thrown over-board as a       
non-geek because she's a humanities major.           political liability a few  
                                                     years later.                   
  Courtney Stoker               Where did all                                       
  apparently expects            these people come                                   
  people to *appreciate*        from who want to                                    
  the fact that she's           play geek police?                                   
  condescending to
  "study" them...                        Remember back when
  We should feel honored                 geek was an insult?
  by the attentions of
  this great intellect.




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