Yes. They basically introduced themselves to fandom by comparing woman's interest in m/m slash to men's interest in "shemales."
Actually not needing validation right now, but thank you.
Buffy ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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Dana - Jun 05, 2011 9:27:21 am PDT #14646 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Amy - Jun 05, 2011 9:34:17 am PDT #14647 of 30000
Because books.
Charming!
Consuela - Jun 05, 2011 10:33:41 am PDT #14648 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
They also misrepresented their relationship with BU, ran a survey about sexual behavior without an age filter, changed the questions in the middle of the survey when people complained about them, use offensive terminology, and worst of all, they make sweeping claims about female sexuality based on counting the number of erotic stories in online repositories. It's all really really gender-essentialist--the worst kind of EvoPsych bullshit. Oh, and they pretty much ignore anyone who isn't straight--I don't think they think the Kinsey scale exists.
In my experience, a large percentage of slash writers and readers are women who are lesbian or bi or otherwise gender queer. This is not captured in that book, much less recognized by most of the academic studies of slash fandom. It's not just straight women.
§ ita § - Jun 05, 2011 11:30:26 am PDT #14649 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Here's the SurveyFail fanlore entry. Sketchy!
Unrelatedly, it was kind of weird to have a Weasley in the X-Men.
Amy - Jun 05, 2011 11:43:36 am PDT #14650 of 30000
Because books.
Wow. Sketchy is putting it mildly.
It amazes me sometimes that publishers don't fact-check more often, but then it's also disheartening to think that editors should always assume that if people aren't lying, they're at least probably exaggerating their credentials.
sumi - Jun 05, 2011 1:36:44 pm PDT #14651 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
ita - which Weasley? (Or is that spoilery?)
Theodosia - Jun 05, 2011 2:06:09 pm PDT #14652 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I think this may be my favorite X-movie. Except the ending.
OK, and one quibble: The Beast makeup made him look like an escapee from Cats: The Musical. They did the makeup a whole lot better for Hank McCoy's appearance in #3, which was probably the best part of that poor excuse for a movie.
§ ita § - Jun 05, 2011 2:13:11 pm PDT #14653 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Generic Weasley, Sumi.
Theo, that's pretty close to how he looked in the comics, adjusted for a human face.
sumi - Jun 05, 2011 2:35:11 pm PDT #14654 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
Theodosia - Jun 05, 2011 5:26:13 pm PDT #14655 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
They changed him to more catlike later. He was closer to what we saw of Kelsey Grammar in the third movie.