Who Gets To Be a Geek? Anyone Who Wants to Be
July 26, 2012
The other day CNN let some dude named Joe Peacock vomit up an embarrassing piece on its Web site, about how how awful it is that geekdom is in the process of being overrun by attractive women dressing up in costumes ("cosplaying," for the uninitiated) when they haven't displayed their geek cred to Mr. Peacock's personal satisfaction. They weren't…
John Scalzi's thoughts on Geekdom are wise and true. There's really nothing I can say or add to it, but I wanted to share it.
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And here I’ve been thinking that I wasn’t geeky enough. Thanks, John via Stephen, for making me feel otherwise. ^-^
Ditto. I’ve actually felt pretty insecure about going to con’s because I’ve felt like I wouldn’t fit in, even though I love what’s involved…
I feel somewhat the same way, in part because I think the Con scene has, in a way, developed it’s own culture and, especially for an introvert, entering into that can be very intimidating. I’m sure it’s different, of course – different people and different circumstances, etc. – but the idea that it’s intimidating, I don’t think you’re alone in that.
Well, like he said, there’s no hieararchy of geeky. There’s no such thing as “not geeky enough” or even of “too geeky”.