That piece was fucking awful. She compared the observation that women sometimes pretend to be into something to impress/interest a guy to the observation that women complain about rape to get attention. Retarded.
"The proper response to someone who says they like comics and has only read Scott Pilgrim is to recommend some more comics for them. The proper response to someone who appears to be faking enthusiasm is to ignore them and not project their actions on an entire gender or community."
That part was fine, the rest wasn't very well done.
I know that knee-jerk male internet indignation is widespread and largely infantile, but-and I think you hinted at this, Alison-don't a greater percentage of complaints about fake geek girls come from other women?
That part was fine, the rest wasn't very well done.