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torquillIt's interesting how the last year and a half has brought articles and posts that finally put a finger on why certain items from the collective geek cultural background always gave me an uneasy feeling. Today it was an explanation of why a bunch of 80s movies (including "Revenge of the Nerds") had an undercurrent that kept them from being really fun for me, especially when I watched them a few years later. ("Weird Science" is another.) And this same writer explained why I never liked Big Bang Theory, even though several of my acquaintances adored it.
I've always been a little too empathetic, and a little too far outside the mainstream, to feel comfortable watching hearts being broken and won in the typical dromedy formula. I wasn't sure I wanted to be a "prize" to be won, particularly by the trickery and callous disregard it seemed to require. I realize that the theme rang all kinds of bells for the male geeks, but I was a geek girl before female geeks were ever recognized in mass media, and it felt all wrong to me.
At least I'm finally starting to understand why. Maybe our culture is beginning to grow up a little.
Your Princess Is In Another Castle: Misogyny, Entitlement, and Nerds
Why Men Don't See The Harassment Women Experience
I've always been a little too empathetic, and a little too far outside the mainstream, to feel comfortable watching hearts being broken and won in the typical dromedy formula. I wasn't sure I wanted to be a "prize" to be won, particularly by the trickery and callous disregard it seemed to require. I realize that the theme rang all kinds of bells for the male geeks, but I was a geek girl before female geeks were ever recognized in mass media, and it felt all wrong to me.
At least I'm finally starting to understand why. Maybe our culture is beginning to grow up a little.
Your Princess Is In Another Castle: Misogyny, Entitlement, and Nerds
Why Men Don't See The Harassment Women Experience
