offs, people

[kalmn]

http://james-nicoll.livejournal.com/2957504.html

notice the several people "joking" about of course the one male there is the chair, token male, which female person are you a cover identity for. i was biting my tongue yesterday, but then it was only one comment of the sort that i'd seen. now it's multiple, and from people who i didn't expect it from.

hipster sexism is still sexism, people.

Comments

[serene]

Ayup.

[redbird]

Without defending the "of course you're the chair" or "who are you an alias for?" comments, I think it's worth noting that "token male" is a term sometimes used by people involved with the Tiptree Award; I don't know if the Mother Board uses it, but "I'm the token male" wasn't a new phrasing when the one male Tiptree juror my year used it.

[hobbitbabe]

Is it a custom to have one-and-only-one?

[redbird]

Yes.

[kalmn]

i am pleased to hear this.

[wild_irises]

No. There have been years with two. There have been years with people who don't identify in a binary gender. It is the most common practice to have one and only one, but not the rule.

[redbird]

Thanks for the correction.

[wild_irises]

Thanks for this. I went in and did some damage control, I hope.