Comments on: A geek’s story

By: to the geek in you » warm with love blog

to the geek in you » warm with love blog — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 17:51:02 +0000

[…] i just read this amazing post. the site is “i blame the patriarchy”, and the author is phenomenal in so many ways. […]

By: subgrrl8

subgrrl8 — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 10:28:46 +0000

Another high school untouchable here.

My particular quirks include: Punctuating statements with song (I have a verse for every occasion!); knowing way too much about art history and having a head for trivia (I like Trivial Pursuit!); a propensity for extremely short hair (since elementary school); a love of languages (I know 3 foreign ones!); pattern seeking; and a propensity for spouting random clay recipes.

I also happen to: Dance whenever and whereever I feel like; sing to myself when out in public; drive with a racer flare; wear clothing considered “too tight” by members of the patriarchy (That girl in the low riders and tank top with her belly rolls showing? That’s me!); happen to speak my mind; watch an amazing amount of movies (I’m a film nerd too).

Let it stand that I not only heartily approve of all the weirdnesses and differences of my friends and colleagues, I actively disapprove of conformity and consumerism! Go weird. We should have our own cheer squad. Srsly.

By: RadFemHedonist

RadFemHedonist — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 19:40:53 +0000

Thanks for the links everyone.

By: Scratchy888

Scratchy888 — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 05:36:10 +0000

How does the threatened patriarchy respond so that laughing women know they are being threatening somehow?

The patriarchy responds by persecution, but without stating why it is persecuting. It responds with victimisation of the laughers, in such as way that those victimised for laughing are forced to do a total conscience examination in order to attempt to figure out how and where they went wrong in their overall social conduct. Finally, despite relentless self-examination, the victim is likely to come up empty handed, having concluded that there was nothing logically wrong with her behaviour. Alas, this is the most unfortunate conclusion for the victim, since, not having any clear idea on how she infringed upon proper social values to the degree of warranting the punishment that was dealt out to her, AND not wanting to err in such a way as to invite another dolting out of the same punishment, she is likely to curtail her behaviour in total.

By: wordnerd44

wordnerd44 — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 04:54:02 +0000

Why, it’s even in my name!

By: Bird

Bird — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:06:21 +0000

phio gistic: My monitor does not like ginger tea very much. Thanks for the laugh!

By: tigtog

tigtog — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 03:29:35 +0000

Way Upthread:

Does anyone here have anywhere they discuss anime related stuff? Iâ€™d love to discuss it with feminists.

I think you might find some crossover at these two, and definitely some other bloggers there will be into anime:

Girls Read Comics (And They’re Pissed) (everyone should read the feminism FAQ for fanbois there anyway)

Carnival of Feminist Science Fiction & Fantasy Fans

I only lurk at both, because I already procrastinate too much at blogs!

By: phio gistic

phio gistic — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 23:42:13 +0000

When’s the male development going to get out of “beta” and into a stable version? That’s what I want to know.

By: Inverarity

Inverarity — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 18:34:23 +0000

Like someone else pointed out, geeks tend to be “beta” males, which means they are very likely to resent women because of their lack of success in attracting them. Lack of female attention generates bitterness. Sometimes intense bitterness. Not universally true, of course, but on Slashdot you’re seeing what happens when the worst of the breed doesn’t have to wear their masks.

By: Mandos

Mandos — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 17:43:30 +0000

Slashdot is bad for your brain.