I dare say, I think Felicia Day was almost certainly one of the harbingers.

Not that I hold a lot against her personally, but the level of fandom and worship the woman got was foretelling of what was to come. And the more popular she got, the more we saw a lot of the woke-wannabe crowd jumping in too. Will Wheaton, as just one notable example.

This was also the key timeframe when gaming and nerd related fandoms started going mega mainstream. Investors saw those dollar signs and everyone was trying to jump on the bandwagon, no matter how little they knew about the subject matter.

I'll also say that in some respects, that last season (especially the last episode) of Buffy was one of the most cringetastic and totally unsubtle early examples of modern feminist propaganda that I ever saw.

Granted, I only recognized how godawful this was after I started to notice that the very same tone, theme, etc. was being repeated over and over throughout almost every piece of feminist-pushing woke media.

I dare say, I think Felicia Day was almost certainly one of the harbingers.

Not that I hold a lot against her personally, but the level of fandom and worship the woman got was foretelling of what was to come. And the more popular she got, the more we saw a lot of the woke-wannabe crowd jumping in too. Will Wheaton, as just one notable example.

I'll also say that in some respects, that last season (especially the last episode) of Buffy was one of the most cringetastic and totally unsubtle early examples of modern feminist propaganda that I ever saw.

Granted, I only recognized how godawful this was after I started to notice that the very same tone, theme, etc. was being repeated over and over throughout almost every piece of feminist-pushing woke media.