"Over-reaction" is one of the many ways people try to put women down, as if our feelings were somehow not right for any given situation.
Since I've read articles about that, I make it a point to tell people that no, it's not over-reacting, it's just having normal feelings and expressing them. If anything, the over-reaction is them being disturbed by a simple expression of feelings.
I so agree about just wanting to have a fun read. I mean, don't get me wrong, I jump from joy if I know there in an excellent 100k words story waiting for me, but I do the same about a 500 words silly little piece that will make me smile. There is so much material in fandom (and not just the SGA fandom); who has the time to concentrate on the negative when I'll never have enough time to actually read and watch and listen to all the great stuff out there??? (seriously, I'm keeping the links, but so far I've read so little of what you rec'ed us! .... which is great, makes the pleasure last longer :> )
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Since I've read articles about that, I make it a point to tell people that no, it's not over-reacting, it's just having normal feelings and expressing them. If anything, the over-reaction is them being disturbed by a simple expression of feelings.
I so agree about just wanting to have a fun read. I mean, don't get me wrong, I jump from joy if I know there in an excellent 100k words story waiting for me, but I do the same about a 500 words silly little piece that will make me smile. There is so much material in fandom (and not just the SGA fandom); who has the time to concentrate on the negative when I'll never have enough time to actually read and watch and listen to all the great stuff out there??? (seriously, I'm keeping the links, but so far I've read so little of what you rec'ed us! .... which is great, makes the pleasure last longer :> )