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Just rewatching Sherlock and thinking about how great a show it actually is and how some of y'all still consider it "cringe" entirely because young women got really into it
This happens every time women get into anything. Suddenly it's something to be embarrassed of. And that goes for everything from fandoms to *careers*, because once a job becomes a woman's job it loses prestige and pay (see: secretaries, teachers). It's predictable and depressing.
If a fandom ends up heavily female-leaning, suddenly the thing they're fans of must not be good after all; and obviously the only reason they like it is because there'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'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'all thought those shows were only for boys, and when women showed up, you had to make up reasons that their interest wasn't legitimate. And when it became clear you were outnumbered, you said, "Well, those shows are dumb anyway."
And it'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't have it all to yourself... nah, I'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*
