As I mentioned before, I've been collecting comic books since childhood and I've also collected sports cards (baseball/football/hockey). Yesterday Beckett (price guide for sports cards) had an article for Women's day or month about a female card collector and it hit all the notes you have heard from every "as a woman/minority in this hobby" rant.

There has to be some standard script they all go by. I guess it is the one way to expose a fake fan because there are women and minorities who can enjoy a hobby without needing to get on a platform and draw attention to themselves.

She was talking about mean comments on her youtube channel which reminded me of some panel of female gamers at one of the conventions who talked about guys saying "mean things" to them because whenever I've played Madden of Fifa with friends, nobody has ever said anything mean to me. She also whined about lack of sports cards for female sports (obviously has no clue about how a market/demand works) and she talked about how at a card show a vendor tried to sell her a card for more than it was worth. Shocking! There are unscrupulous vendors out there!!!!

At this point I feel like I need to put up a sign in front of any gathering of nerds that says that a lot of what are perceived as "nerdy" hobbies are male dominated and most likely white male dominated, so don't enter a hobby and demand that everything change to suit you. If that bothers you then find a hobby you do like.

In a normal and sane world a gaming company would've told Sarkessian that she can make her own games because if you are marketing a female character to a male audience it is probably wise to make her attractive and vice versa. Or maybe they should've been ruder, but you get my point.

Reminds me of someone who joins a D&D campaign for the first time and demands that all the rules change.