{"id":270577,"date":"2013-07-02T14:29:12","date_gmt":"2013-07-02T14:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2013\/07\/02\/women-read-comics-anyone-at-all-engaged-in-social\/"},"modified":"2013-07-02T14:29:12","modified_gmt":"2013-07-02T14:29:12","slug":"women-read-comics-anyone-at-all-engaged-in-social","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2013\/07\/02\/women-read-comics-anyone-at-all-engaged-in-social\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Women read comics. Anyone at all engaged in social media knows this. Women read comics and are a driving force behind fandom. I think I could call them the driving force behind fandom and put up a convincing argument. Just think about it: what fandoms have driven America crazy in the last decade? Could anyone dissuade me from saying that they were Harry Potter, Twilight and the Hunger Games? \u201cAvatar\u201d may have put butts in theater seats, but you don\u2019t hear about it\u2026 ever. No one is immersed in the world of \u201cAvatar\u201d except James Cameron and people who enjoy wearing Na\u2019vi Zentai suits. \u201cThe Avengers\u201d was pretty darn huge and, if Tumblr is any indication, a whopping portion of the people driving that fandom online do not possess a Y chromosome. Women engage in fandom to levels that men do not. When women get behind something, their sheer numbers and passion force it into the mainstream. That\u2019s why you can name the actor who plays that werewolf kid in \u201cTwilight\u201d and probably sing at least the chorus to one Justin Bieber song. What do tween boys like? I have no clue. Sports? Probably sports.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Brett White, Comic Book Resources<\/a> (via wandrinparakeet<\/a>)<\/p>\n

and yet men remain the most marketed demographic for just about everything.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m pretty sure the only men who spend more time thinking about DC than women on Tumblr are the men who actually work there.<\/p>\n

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people still act fucking surprised when women show up for genre shit<\/p>\n

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Holy shit\u2014seeing a quote with over 14,000 notes from one of your oldest friends is\u2026 amazing. Tumblr! Women. Nerd stuff? Brett White!<\/p>\n

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LISTEN TO BRETT WHITE<\/p>\n

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Who rules the world? \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Women read comics. Anyone at all engaged in social media knows this. Women read comics and are a driving force behind fandom. I think I could call them the driving force behind fandom and put up a convincing argument. Just think about it: what fandoms have driven America crazy in the last decade? Could anyone … <\/p>\n

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