Tim’s commandeering female centric subreddits and turning them into trans subreddits.

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[–]momiji 35 insightful - 4 fun35 insightful - 3 fun36 insightful - 4 fun -  (4 children)

Came here to mention r/girlgamers. I have been subbed there for years and I hate what the sub has become. It went from an interesting and female centric gaming sub to 90% of the posts being "look at my new pink mouse".
The "am I welcome here" posts are so annoying too, read the sidebar will you? Of course you are welcome, if you weren't the sub would probably be banned. A lot of the active users (and mods) are trans and so many users are men (not trans women).

[–]Marsupial 26 insightful - 2 fun26 insightful - 1 fun27 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

girlgamers helped me peak. What a fucking dump. Just a bunch of men orgasming over pink setups.

[–]firebird 23 insightful - 1 fun23 insightful - 0 fun24 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah that is a problem too. Last time I went over there I noticed a few people still bravely trying to post interesting content, only to go vastly underappreciated. I just gave up after that. No need to see pretty much the same post about 50 times over.

I'd love it if we could build a good community for female gamers on saidit. Like r/girlgamers used to/was supposed to be.

[–]LeyMio 11 insightful - 2 fun11 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

That sub has become so weird. I can totally understand why some people prefer pink color. It would be normal if people occasionally show off their set-up and it happens to be pink.....However with all those regular posts centered around the PINK, the atmosphere started to look creepy at some point. The funny thing is, in reality I have never known a single girl game who has a huge fetish on pink things. Just feels like it tries way too hard on over-emphasizing false stereotypes. On top of that, I have seen countless "cheap girls" from that sub. Many people are like venting machines for being treated terribly by male gaming friends/boyfriends while still defending and normalizing their toxic behaviours. AND the voices calling out those males being garbage end up getting downvoted for not sounding nice enough. I agree that it would be nice to build a female gaming community here. Or an independent website for female gamers and make sure it is controlled by women only.

Of course you are welcome, if you weren't the sub would probably be banned.

LOL, this is so true and hilarious.

[–]MezozoicGay 5 insightful - 4 fun5 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

Just feels like it tries way too hard on over-emphasizing false stereotypes.

Isn't it is the core of Gender/Queer theory?