Neil said:
As has been noted many times, men and women engage with fandom in broadly different ways, with the inevitable zone of overlap. I can't help noting the distinction you make between 'writing' (all on its own) and 'other fannish activities' (all lumped together). This is clearly a transparent elitist ploy
Transparent elitist ploys are only furnished in clear, although the opaque elitist ploys come in an attractive range of colors
to demote the male contribition to fandom through casual marginalisation by elevating fanfic to a high status platform on which it has no viable claim.
Naaah, it's because I write fanfic all the time and I never do any of the other stuff--how else am I going to feel about it?
So all I can say to you, Ms Shilling, is:
Choose your fish.
Mine's a Mako Shark. Are you feeling lucky?
FISH? FISH? As Scarlett O'Hara JD said, as God is my witness I'll never have to fight anybody with a fish as long as I can litigate them into submission...
-(Y)