Christy (who is most certainly really a woman) pointed out to me in a comment the blog opinionistas.
The author of this anonymous blog claims to be a female in her twenties who works as an associate at a law firm (BIGLAW as it's called at the Greedy Associates boards).
It's pretty obvious to me that the blog is the work of a man. In his second post he writes:
I think there's no contest whatsoever between Alien & Predator, the whole premise is flawed - Predator is a highly intelligent being with superior technology, while Alien is just a scaly ill-tempered animal with acidy spit.
Women don't watch science fiction movies, especially not cute women. Once I went to a Star Trek convention, and there were only 10% women, and none of the ten percent could I imagine writing a blog like opinionistas.
The post entitled The Subway Code lends further evidence:
Many Manhattan women bewail the death of chivalry. "The men here are all complete assholes, none of them can be bothered to show the slightest bit of manners or courtesy, they'll only do something nice if they're trying to sleep with you, etc. etc." I honestly haven't given the topic much thought (that last one seems pretty obvious- the fact that Joe Lothario is buying your drink or opening your car door because he harbors some sexual agenda is hardly rocket science) . . .
Women actually do completely believe they are entitled to this sort of behavior from men and are totally unaware that men think it's just a lot of BS they have to put up with in order to get laid. Opinionista demonstrates far too much self-awareness about womanhood to be a real woman. Opinionista is a man.
Alien v. Predator? Jeez, yeah, that's a dead giveaway.
I didn't really follow you when you were Libertarian Girl but surely you knew to stay in character better than that. That's why I think it would be a bit frustrating to blog as a women because eventually you'd want to break character a bit.
I mean everyone has a masculine/feminine side to them but it seems like at a certain point it would be stifling.
He's right though. The Alien v. Predator concept was a bit stupid. Clearly the Predator is superior. They are both monsters but one is MORE evolved than us while the other is less. Clear who the winner would be.
Posted by: Kleinheider | November 15, 2005 at 04:00 PM
I think that opinionistas is a gay man. Another tip-off to O's maleness is her constant reference to designer brand names... it's almost trying too hard.
Posted by: christy | November 15, 2005 at 06:51 PM
Oh.. do you know of any female bloggers pretending to be male? I've never heard of any.
Posted by: christy | November 15, 2005 at 07:30 PM
I don't think he's gay. The Alien Predator comment sounds straight to me. The stories about "her" boyfriend are probably stories from a real realationship he has or had but with the sex reversed.
Posted by: Half Sigma | November 15, 2005 at 09:17 PM
the gender genie program says opinionistas is male.
Posted by: christy | November 16, 2005 at 05:45 AM
No sure the Gender Genie means much Christy. It thinks nearly all top female bloggers are men.
Posted by: Half Sigma | November 16, 2005 at 06:51 AM
Do you think this popular blogger is a male as well?
http://thehotlibrarian.blogspot.com
Posted by: nobody | November 19, 2005 at 06:54 PM
Yes, the "hot librarian" has male pretending to be female written all over it.
Posted by: Half Sigma | November 20, 2005 at 11:44 PM
Dumb, dumb, dumb.
Also, I think you're, uh, wrong.
Gender stereotypes much?
See this post at opinionistas blawg where she has some, uh, politely rude things to say to morons who think women don't have opinions about alien v predator. Or curse. Or otherwise act outside the box the commenter thinks women have to stay inside. Genderbends.
But then, I should be beyond being unimpressed by folks who make guesses like this. Next...
Posted by: Eh Nonymous | November 22, 2005 at 04:00 PM
That's exactly the kind of outrage that a man pretending to be a woman would feign to make people feel guilty for noticing the scam.
Sorry, I don't buy it.
Posted by: Half Sigma | November 22, 2005 at 05:06 PM
Read this post by "Libertarian Girl."
Posted by: Half Sigma | November 22, 2005 at 05:09 PM
Opinionista's next post was some pathetic story about a child's hands being burned and sage advice from a grandmother... sounds like trying too hard to be girlish all of a sudden.
Posted by: christy | November 23, 2005 at 09:51 AM
Yes opinionistas is a man. There may be some cute 20-something women out there who like science fiction movies, go to strip clubs, etc. However, there are a lot more men who are willing to pretend to be a cute 20-something woman because they know it will get them a lot more attention.
Posted by: | December 23, 2005 at 08:47 AM
You were wrong! She really IS a she! Check her site, she's out.
Posted by: Roonie | January 18, 2006 at 01:28 PM
This whole time I thought you were a she pretending to be a he... I still do sometimes lol
Posted by: Amanda | August 02, 2007 at 05:34 AM