We are still a "nerd culture" community, right?
tl;dw:
We blame tv shows like TBBT for ruinning nerd media, but before that there was the O.C., it incorporated nerd interests into a soap opera-like show aimed at female teenagers and starred Adam Brody as a quirky hot nerd. That may be the reason you see so many nerd culture shows reworked to appeal to female demographics: Captain Marvel (Miss Marvel), Harley Quinn, Star Wars, almost all The CW shows, etc. It also made "the quirky nerd" character mainstream.
What do you think KiA?
Edit:There was a study that concluded women were more likely to participate in Social Justice. So, there's that too.
Also, it was easier for shows aimed at women to incorporate superficial elements of nerd culture aimed at men while keeping their structure and tropes than the other way around. At first glance is highly beneficial for networks because they "hit" more demographics with a single show
We are still a "nerd culture" community, right?
tl;dw:
We blame tv shows like TBBT for ruinning nerd media, but before that there was the O.C., it incorporated nerd interests into a soap opera-like show aimed at female teenagers and starred Adam Brody as a quirky hot nerd. That may be the reason you see so many nerd culture shows reworked to appeal to female demographics: Captain Marvel (Miss Marvel), Harley Quinn, Star Wars, almost all The CW shows, etc. It also made "the quirky nerd" character mainstream.
What do you think KiA?
Edit:There was a study that concluded women were more likely to participate in Social Justice. So, there's that too
We are still a "nerd culture" community, right?
tl;dw:
We blame tv shows like TBBT for ruinning nerd media, but before that there was the O.C., it incorporated nerd interests into a soap opera-like show aimed at female teenagers and starred Adam Brody as a quirky hot nerd. That may be the reason you see so many nerd culture shows reworked to appeal to female demographics: Captain Marvel (Miss Marvel), Harley Quinn, Star Wars, almost all The CW shows, etc. It also made "the quirky nerd" character mainstream.
What do you think KiA?
We are still a "nerd culture" community, right?
tl;dw:
We blame tv shows like TBBT for ruinning nerd media, but before that there was the O.C.. It incorporated nerd interests into a soap opera-like show aimed at female teenagers and starred Adam Brody as a quirky hot nerd. That may be the reason you see so many nerd culture shows reworked to appeal to female demographics: Captain Marvel (Miss Marvel), Harley Quinn, Star Wars, almost all The CW shows, etc. It also made "the quirky nerd" character mainstream.
What do you think KiA?
We are still a "nerd culture" community, right?
tl;dw:
We blame tv shows like TBBT for ruinning nerd media, but before that there was the O.C.. It incorporated nerd interests into a soap opera-like show aimed at female teenagers and starred Adam Brody as a quirky hot nerd. That may be the reason you see so many nerd culture shows reworked to appeal to female demographics: Captain Marvel, Harley Quinn, Star Wars, almost all The CW shows, etc.
What do you think KiA?