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paradox_dragon posted about why it matters that there's an all-male BoD @ FanLib; someone anonymously replied, no, I don't think it does; I waded into the fray, and now I'm just annoyed.

cupidsbow, in her awesome, awesome post about fanfiction through the lens of Joanna Russ, comments on the developing female artist tendency to meet scornful "you can't create!" comments with a puzzled look and then a turned back as the female artist goes back to creating what she is creating.

Maybe we have an obligation to other people who haven't thought about gender trouble to talk about feminism and it's application to our daily lives, and to explain, carefully and patiently, why something pisses us off, but more and more I get impatient. I certainly got impatient with anonymous poster. I don't want to break down why gender divide=gender trouble. S/he can say it doesn't; I'll be over here working on a model that takes it into account and eliminates the problem.

I mean, I'm not doing that, since I'm not a philosopher or aca-fan. (Although I'm really starting to warm to the idea of pursuing fan studies academically. I could do that! And apparently I could get fuckin' FUNDING to do that.)

But seriously. Turning your back. Not a practical or forward moving action, but a relief. Who wants to have the same discussion over and over again? Isn't that why there are books?

Also, I am no longer supportive of anonymous lj posting. We all use pseuds here, people. We're anonymous already, by design. For gods' sake, make up a free sock-puppet account if you really have to, but offer some kind of trace-back accountability.