Women who were interested in male dominated hobbies enjoyed said hobbies for years. Somehow that wasn’t good enough. I’m trying to remember which infestation came first comic books or sci-fi books. I think the sad puppies stuff may have come first to fight sci-fi/fantasy going crazy.
Good question. There's been encroachment all the way back to the beginning in Sci-Fi. You just have to look up the history of SFWA to see that. Depending on how charitable you want to be to the X-men and early Marvel, you can see the lionization of the outsider there as proto-leftist as well.
I suppose it depends on how you want to define 'infestation.' Both institutions were colonized by identity politics long before they became so converged they no longer could serve as entertainment for their long-term (male) fans.
Women who were interested in male dominated hobbies enjoyed said hobbies for years. Somehow that wasn’t good enough. I’m trying to remember which infestation came first comic books or sci-fi books. I think the sad puppies stuff may have come first to fight sci-fi/fantasy going crazy.
Good question. There's been encroachment all the way back to the beginning in Sci-Fi. You just have to look up the history of SFWA to see that. Depending on how charitable you want to be to the X-men and early Marvel, you can see the lionization of the outsider there as proto-leftist as well.
I suppose it depends on how you want to define 'infestation.' Both institutions were colonized by identity politics long before they became so converged they no longer could serve as entertainment for their long-term (male) fans.
I guess I’m thinking of when they started openly pushing the “girls in comics” message hardcore