Apr. 28th, 2004 12:27 pm
Dude...I'm really a lady!
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savvyliterateRevisiting that thread I linked to in the article, there's one other thing I neglected to point out.
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kikyounosorrow responded that I needed to grow up. "Dude, it's just a cartoon," she goes. That's the second time in that subthread I've been called a "dude." ::gazes at her chest::. Gee, I don't look much like a "dude."
I also find it hilarious that someone, who is three years younger than me, is telling me to grow up. If you want to criticize my post, that's fine. But, the last time I checked, I am an adult. I'm a college-educated young professional with a good career in journalism. I do know my own mind and I don't make posts like the one I did without thought or consideration. It's hilarious that the poster is taking the position that she does, based on other posts I've researched from her in the past.
cowgirled was really sweet and warned me not to post over there about it any longer. She said that wrongly_amused posted in her journal about it and that someone named ash_grey_sky is going to fandom_wank me if it gets any worse. Hey, miss_androny, let me know if you see me being wanked!
Personally, I don't care. It's sad that some folks have such a narrow-minded point of view that they're not willing to hear someone speak rationally about a subject. I've said my piece and I'm moving on. There's more important things in my life than to argue about stuff like that.
And if I'm "fandom wanked," it's no big deal. I remember the first piece of hate mail I got as a journalist. At first, I was crushed. Then my editor read it, gave me a huge grin and said, "Congratulations, you're a real journalist now!"
So what does that mean? It means that folks read my stuff and it touches off something that prompts them to respond - whether it be favorably or critically. If I don't know how to take criticism, then I'm not a very good journalist. This industry helped me to form a really thick skin, so stuff like that doesn't bother me. It doesn't make me any less of a writer or a person. In a positive sense, it gives me an additional point of view to consider later on.
The original poster,
kikyounosorrow responded that I needed to grow up. "Dude, it's just a cartoon," she goes. That's the second time in that subthread I've been called a "dude." ::gazes at her chest::. Gee, I don't look much like a "dude."I also find it hilarious that someone, who is three years younger than me, is telling me to grow up. If you want to criticize my post, that's fine. But, the last time I checked, I am an adult. I'm a college-educated young professional with a good career in journalism. I do know my own mind and I don't make posts like the one I did without thought or consideration. It's hilarious that the poster is taking the position that she does, based on other posts I've researched from her in the past.
cowgirled was really sweet and warned me not to post over there about it any longer. She said that wrongly_amused posted in her journal about it and that someone named ash_grey_sky is going to fandom_wank me if it gets any worse. Hey, miss_androny, let me know if you see me being wanked!Personally, I don't care. It's sad that some folks have such a narrow-minded point of view that they're not willing to hear someone speak rationally about a subject. I've said my piece and I'm moving on. There's more important things in my life than to argue about stuff like that.
And if I'm "fandom wanked," it's no big deal. I remember the first piece of hate mail I got as a journalist. At first, I was crushed. Then my editor read it, gave me a huge grin and said, "Congratulations, you're a real journalist now!"
So what does that mean? It means that folks read my stuff and it touches off something that prompts them to respond - whether it be favorably or critically. If I don't know how to take criticism, then I'm not a very good journalist. This industry helped me to form a really thick skin, so stuff like that doesn't bother me. It doesn't make me any less of a writer or a person. In a positive sense, it gives me an additional point of view to consider later on.
