*waves sheepishly*
Aug. 18th, 2008 09:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stinglikeabeeWas ill and miserable the entire weekend. Felt like the scum off the pondscum, if you get my drift (yeah, I don't either shhhh). But work came round with only four people in the office, and we managed to pull it off. YES! Sure, tomorrow will prove whether I've fucked it all up or not but I'm trying to hang on to this feeling of euphoria. Whoo, this calls for orange drink!
This was a hoot to read: Radar magazine's latest issue features America's 50 Worst Colleges. Oh how I was hoping my alma mater would show up. They did not. Dude, even UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, and UC Davis were singled out under the column 'Curriculum of Dunces'. Laaaaame. UC Santa Cruz, to no one's surprise, was #1 in the category of 'Most Stoned'. Guess what? USC was named 'Most Superficial'. *smug look*
On a more serious note, Bully's recent post about sexual harassment at SDCC is unnerving. How many con-goers were even aware this sort of behaviour was present, and worse, that there is no strict guideline regarding harassment? It still feels unreal that this could have happened - I was the target of some leering, but thankfully never felt unsafe during the entire time. A bit weirded out by the awkward flirting by some comic fans, yes. But who are these men who think it proper to act so disgustingly towards a fellow fan? Then again, at last year's SDCC I did hear a lot of homophobic remarks at the exhibit hall by groups of con-goers. I dunno, maybe it's just no longer as safe and innocent as we expect it to be?
This was a hoot to read: Radar magazine's latest issue features America's 50 Worst Colleges. Oh how I was hoping my alma mater would show up. They did not. Dude, even UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, and UC Davis were singled out under the column 'Curriculum of Dunces'. Laaaaame. UC Santa Cruz, to no one's surprise, was #1 in the category of 'Most Stoned'. Guess what? USC was named 'Most Superficial'. *smug look*
On a more serious note, Bully's recent post about sexual harassment at SDCC is unnerving. How many con-goers were even aware this sort of behaviour was present, and worse, that there is no strict guideline regarding harassment? It still feels unreal that this could have happened - I was the target of some leering, but thankfully never felt unsafe during the entire time. A bit weirded out by the awkward flirting by some comic fans, yes. But who are these men who think it proper to act so disgustingly towards a fellow fan? Then again, at last year's SDCC I did hear a lot of homophobic remarks at the exhibit hall by groups of con-goers. I dunno, maybe it's just no longer as safe and innocent as we expect it to be?
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Date: 2008-08-19 05:27 pm (UTC)As for the link about harassment at the con...I don't doubt it happens. Let's do the math - traditionally, most people in these fandoms are men, and these men are shy and/or awkward around "normal girls". Thus, when they see girls at cons that focus on their nerdy fandoms, they think they have an instant connection and they're virtually set to pick up a girl. It doesn't help that most of these girls - especially the ones dressed up - look pretty darn good, because usually the characters they're dressed up as usually are pretty smokin' on the page and on the screen, as well.
It's as if I ran into a female Batman fan and asked if she wanted to get a room with me in the first sentence. I mean...yeesh.
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Date: 2008-08-20 08:48 am (UTC)