Comments on: On why I’m going to PAX… and why I don’t go anywhere else http://geekfeminism.org/2009/08/11/on-why-im-going-to-pax-and-why-i-dont-go-anywhere-else/ Women, feminism, and geek culture Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:41:49 +0000 hourly 1 By: Terri http://geekfeminism.org/2009/08/11/on-why-im-going-to-pax-and-why-i-dont-go-anywhere-else/comment-page-1/#comment-135 Terri Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:10:51 +0000 http://geekfeminism.org/?p=62#comment-135 It only takes a couple of people to make a con a really unpleasant experience, sometimes. I may have just been really lucky... but not encountering *any* in those thousands of people is pretty spectacular, and speaks to a surprisingly low ratio, since I always seem to encounter more than my share elsewhere. Perhaps PAX just doesn't attract as many of the #@$*& otaku who are the bane of my existence? It only takes a couple of people to make a con a really unpleasant experience, sometimes. I may have just been really lucky… but not encountering *any* in those thousands of people is pretty spectacular, and speaks to a surprisingly low ratio, since I always seem to encounter more than my share elsewhere.

Perhaps PAX just doesn’t attract as many of the #@$*& otaku who are the bane of my existence?

]]> By: Brendan http://geekfeminism.org/2009/08/11/on-why-im-going-to-pax-and-why-i-dont-go-anywhere-else/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Brendan Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:03:29 +0000 http://geekfeminism.org/?p=62#comment-105 Seconded! I haven't had a great impression of PAX, due in part to a female friend's bad experience there (staring, following, "accidental" bumping, all the usual confail) a couple years ago. It's interesting to have this as a counterpoint. Seconded! I haven’t had a great impression of PAX, due in part to a female friend’s bad experience there (staring, following, “accidental” bumping, all the usual confail) a couple years ago. It’s interesting to have this as a counterpoint.

]]> By: Link roundup | Geek Feminism Blog http://geekfeminism.org/2009/08/11/on-why-im-going-to-pax-and-why-i-dont-go-anywhere-else/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Link roundup | Geek Feminism Blog Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:18:20 +0000 http://geekfeminism.org/?p=62#comment-40 [...] Amanda Marcotte of Pandagon discusses the Epic battle of Nice Guys® vs. common sense at Penny Arcade mentioned briefly in comments here. [...] [...] Amanda Marcotte of Pandagon discusses the Epic battle of Nice Guys® vs. common sense at Penny Arcade mentioned briefly in comments here. [...]

]]> By: Skud http://geekfeminism.org/2009/08/11/on-why-im-going-to-pax-and-why-i-dont-go-anywhere-else/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Skud Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:43:44 +0000 http://geekfeminism.org/?p=62#comment-29 I'm really interested/pleased to hear about this, Terri. Certainly not what I would have expected from anything related to Penny Arcade. Currently on their front page: Gabe playing "devil's advocate" with some kind of date-rape-George-Sobini-predator-love-drug apologism. *twitches* I’m really interested/pleased to hear about this, Terri. Certainly not what I would have expected from anything related to Penny Arcade.

Currently on their front page: Gabe playing “devil’s advocate” with some kind of date-rape-George-Sobini-predator-love-drug apologism. *twitches*

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