Female scifi fen are used to being treated as though we don't exist -- and the "girlfriend test" is a well-established trope. For example, male critics used to praise Battlestar Galactica by saying "even your girlfriend will like it!" Because obviously women are naturally scared of pew-pew space operas.
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Date: 2010-04-08 07:04 am (UTC)Female scifi fen are used to being treated as though we don't exist -- and the "girlfriend test" is a well-established trope. For example, male critics used to praise Battlestar Galactica by saying "even your girlfriend will like it!" Because obviously women are naturally scared of pew-pew space operas.