Ok, I can see exactly why the people standing around making the snotty comments were total jerks, but I really don't see why the shirt was so threatening itself. If anything it sounds enabling on the part of Twilight fandom.
Now -I'm the first to admit that I don't actually get the appeal of Twilight, but I don't see what in Twilight fans saying "Oh hai, I'm a real woman, no really!" denied the geek cred of any other woman at the con.
If you are mostly insulted because the shirts perpetuated the mainstream media assumption that you were obviously only there (since you are a girl for REALS) because of the Twilight fandom - that's not the problem of the Twilight fans trying to be taken seriously or the shirts they chose to do it. I don't see anything in the mantra "I'm a real woman, I'm at comic-con, I love Twilight" that judges the likes and dislikes of others.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
timeasmymeasure
no subject
Date: 2009-07-28 03:39 pm (UTC)Ok, I can see exactly why the people standing around making the snotty comments were total jerks, but I really don't see why the shirt was so threatening itself. If anything it sounds enabling on the part of Twilight fandom.
Now -I'm the first to admit that I don't actually get the appeal of Twilight, but I don't see what in Twilight fans saying "Oh hai, I'm a real woman, no really!" denied the geek cred of any other woman at the con.
If you are mostly insulted because the shirts perpetuated the mainstream media assumption that you were obviously only there (since you are a girl for REALS) because of the Twilight fandom - that's not the problem of the Twilight fans trying to be taken seriously or the shirts they chose to do it. I don't see anything in the mantra "I'm a real woman, I'm at comic-con, I love Twilight" that judges the likes and dislikes of others.