She Geek: Women and Self-Labeling in Online Geek Communities

[korinna]

She Geek: Women and Self-Labeling in Online Geek Communities @ From Austin to A&M: My intent in this project was to examine the labeling of female-oriented geek spaces on the internet. What I found was that self-labeling of geek women often defeats the potentially subversive act of creating a female-oriented geek community

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[amarillion]

"Women of Warcraft" I like that.
I've been pondering lately myself, whether or not I actually *want* to identify as a "Gamer". Its one of my primary personal identifiers, yet lately my overall disgust at male gamers has left me wondering just why I so want to be a part of that community.
If there was a female only tag that could summarise Female Geek/Gamer without having to append Female on to the front I'd use it.