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Listening to Vampire Panel the Nth
Apr. 22nd, 2011 10:31 amComing to the conclusion that the following are necessary ground rules for civil discussion:
1) If there are books, they need to be read. (This includes Dracula. Like seriously, SO many people cite Stoker without having read him or having read him in a loooooooooong time.)
2) Keep the straight boys outside. They get too pissy otherwise. (sub-thought: Why do straight guys get themselves so worked up? Is it the displacement of traditional norms: popular female writers, female gaze, female community--hell, the concept of female control in popular culture?) For whatever reason, the gay guys are civil and non-derogatory.
1) If there are books, they need to be read. (This includes Dracula. Like seriously, SO many people cite Stoker without having read him or having read him in a loooooooooong time.)
2) Keep the straight boys outside. They get too pissy otherwise. (sub-thought: Why do straight guys get themselves so worked up? Is it the displacement of traditional norms: popular female writers, female gaze, female community--hell, the concept of female control in popular culture?) For whatever reason, the gay guys are civil and non-derogatory.
