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So last week I was at Copacetic Comics, you know, that tiny little comic/movie/music/book store hidden in Squirrel Hill with all the jazz cds and indie films and other stuff that only "cool" people know about, and I walked in while a guy I know was talking to the owner about experimental fiction. I rolled my eyes and looked for some Scooter Girl comics and perused the CDs, even though I knew I'd end up buying something if I wend in there and I shouldn't becuase I need to buy Christmas gifts... (I bought myself an island ska box set anyway)
I was, of course, the only girl in the store. Comic book culture is not a typically feminine thing, although there's no reason why it shouldn't be. And I'm not even that big into it, but I do enjoy reading them from time to time - graphic novels, too.
So yeah, I was the only girl in this teeny tiny store with about 6 other guys plus the owner (a very tight squeeze) and they were all talking music, talking all this crazy, indie jazz stuff, acting all cool and throwing around names.
"Yeah, the Alloy Orchestra, man. You should check them out. They do all this crazy soundtrack stuff. It's the guy from, from..."
"Oh, yeah, I don't know. There's some guy from some band in it, but I can't remember."
They were all trying to figure out which guy from which band to name drop, and so I chimed in, "Isn't it the guy from Mission of Burma?"
"Mission of Burma!" they all exclaimed in unison. "That's it!"
Then they all looked at me, like, "woah, a girl," and, "woah, a girl who knows something about music!" So take that, music geeks.
So last week I was at Copacetic Comics, you know, that tiny little comic/movie/music/book store hidden in Squirrel Hill with all the jazz cds and indie films and other stuff that only "cool" people know about, and I walked in while a guy I know was talking to the owner about experimental fiction. I rolled my eyes and looked for some Scooter Girl comics and perused the CDs, even though I knew I'd end up buying something if I wend in there and I shouldn't becuase I need to buy Christmas gifts... (I bought myself an island ska box set anyway)
I was, of course, the only girl in the store. Comic book culture is not a typically feminine thing, although there's no reason why it shouldn't be. And I'm not even that big into it, but I do enjoy reading them from time to time - graphic novels, too.
So yeah, I was the only girl in this teeny tiny store with about 6 other guys plus the owner (a very tight squeeze) and they were all talking music, talking all this crazy, indie jazz stuff, acting all cool and throwing around names.
"Yeah, the Alloy Orchestra, man. You should check them out. They do all this crazy soundtrack stuff. It's the guy from, from..."
"Oh, yeah, I don't know. There's some guy from some band in it, but I can't remember."
They were all trying to figure out which guy from which band to name drop, and so I chimed in, "Isn't it the guy from Mission of Burma?"
"Mission of Burma!" they all exclaimed in unison. "That's it!"
Then they all looked at me, like, "woah, a girl," and, "woah, a girl who knows something about music!" So take that, music geeks.
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it sure is cold here.
While trying to "convert" people, I often forget how the comic culture itself has it's own pre-conceived notions about girls.
Argh. Too many battles to fight...
But good for you. Geeks today are getting way too big for their own britches!