The Mary Sue: Dear Journalists Covering SDCC

The Mary Sue: Dear Journalists Covering SDCC
themarysue:

postcardsfromspace:

DID YOU KNOW THERE IS A WORD THAT MEANS BOTH “FANBOY” AND “FANGIRL” AND ALSO COVERS PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFY AS NEITHER?

It is “fan.”

You’re welcome.

I’m nominally out of the office for a few days, so instead of getting a quick meditation on how “fanboy” usually denotes…

I’ve never liked the term: Please don’t call me a fangirl.

Source: postcardsfromspace
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  Word. In fact, I’d keep this post relevant beyond SDCC and address it to journalists covering ANYTHING fan-related.
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  denotes… I have mixed feelings. Because geek culture (like so...pop culture) defaults
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