Fake Geek Girls

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Tim Hall

I really don’t get this whole Fake Geek Girl thing. I don’t go to SF and comic conventions, only the occasional gaming one, so I may be missing things. Are their really that many pathetically inadequate males who fear the intrusion of women into their “safe spaces”? Or is the whole thing just a meme that’s taken on a life of its own?

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2 Responses to Fake Geek Girls

  1. Serdar says:
    May 21, 2013 at 5:51 pm

    I don’t get the whole “Fake Geek” thing, period. Why do we insist on a barrier-of-entry test for something that’s supposed to be inclusive anyway?

  2. Tim Hall says:
    May 21, 2013 at 7:17 pm

    I think there’s an unstated and unacknowleged “It’s so obscure you’ve never heard of it” exclusivity to it.

    Geeks and Hipsters are two different tribes, but I think there’s something of the same mindset at work. Do geeks despise hipsters because they remind them of what they don’t like about themselves?