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Just rewatching Sherlock and thinking about how great a show it actually is and how some of y& #39;all still consider it "cringe" entirely because young women got really into it
This happens every time women get into anything. Suddenly it& #39;s something to be embarrassed of. And that goes for everything from fandoms to *careers*, because once a job becomes a woman& #39;s job it loses prestige and pay (see: secretaries, teachers). It& #39;s predictable and depressing.
If a fandom ends up heavily female-leaning, suddenly the thing they& #39;re fans of must not be good after all; and obviously the only reason they like it is because there& #39;s some attractive guy in it, right? Because female sexuality is the ultimate cringe. CHRIST.
To this DAY I see "SuperWhoLock" jokes, and every time I just scream inside, because you know what that was? Three fandoms with a lot of overlap, in genres (SFF, horror, mystery) that women a) have been a part of forever but b) are always being shoved aside in.
What we COULD& #39;VE been doing was having some interesting conversations about women and genre fiction and fandom, and why those three shows had such a confluence, but instead we got "look at these women ruining these geeky things with their embarrassing way of liking stuff".
Frankly I think a big part of it is that some of y& #39;all thought those shows were only for boys, and when women showed up, you had to make up reasons that their interest wasn& #39;t legitimate. And when it became clear you were outnumbered, you said, "Well, those shows are dumb anyway."
And it& #39;d be fine with me if it was just your loss, but the relentless shaming of people (particularly women) for liking the thing you abandoned because you couldn& #39;t have it all to yourself... nah, I& #39;m never gonna be okay with that. And it will happen again. It always does.
Anyway, *rubs my girl hands all over everything you love*
