Why should grown women be ashamed of holding onto their adolescent passions? →

The A.V. Club sometimes gets some flack for not giving much voice to women in its editorial spaces — I remember that coming up in the Whatever Happened To Alternative Nation series, where a dude writer explored what Exile In Guyville meant to him as a teenager, which was a sharply different experience than most women who loved the album had. I’ve always been impressed with the people who run the site, myself*, though I’ve found the criticism to often be valid, as well.

Today, though, they’ve got a pretty compelling piece up from Genevieve Koski that asks, basically — why is it okay for dudes to hold on to Star Wars and shit like that, but women are shamed if they want to attend a NKOTBSB concert? It’s nice to see questions like that being asked at the A.V. Club, and the comments aren’t even blindingly offensive, as a special bonus!

*Not just sucking up! I am fortunate to be in a position now where I can quit jobs run by people I do not respect.