A Response to Joe Peacock’s Booth Babes Need Not Apply
I am mostly content to write enthusiastic reviews and tales of my life as a geeky girl on my blog. After reading Booth Babes Need Not Apply on Geek Out, however, I decided I would go all controversial (I such an activist!) and compose a response.
At first I was going to ignore Joe Peacock’s harsh words, but after ruminating on it for a week I decided I just need to get my thoughts out. So here they are (as always, brilliant and freaking awesome):
The claim that a woman wearing less clothes than are deemed appropriate should be tested on her knowledge of geek is one I recently became acquainted with (ah, sweet ignorance, I miss thee). Even I’d Rather Vlog Naked‘s Nixie Pixel has had some depressing run-ins with this confused and angry side of our culture. And no one can deny her level of nerd, if they bother to watch her vlog.
What are we doing as a group, making the claim that someone does not belong simply because they are not fitting our definition of ‘correct’? Shouldn’t we be accepting of anyone, no matter their motives, background, or choice of dress? Does no one else watch anime?
I have always thought that Geek culture rocks because of its inclusiveness and an outlook that demands acceptance, not persecution. This whole debate of which pretty girls are fakes out to destroy our culture (dramatic much?) and which aren’t smacks of a bigger societal implication. Somewhere along the lines of ‘if it isn’t my kind of marriage than it’s against god.’ Where do we draw the line in making a decision on who belongs and who doesn’t? Wouldn’t it be better to simply erase the line?
