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See, I think parts of fandom can be called a "female space", if only in a descriptive sense. And if you use the word "fandom" to just mean these spaces, and everyone knows that's what you mean, then that's ok (in the same way that people here sometimes use "fandom" to mean "Perth fandom" when it's clear from context). The problem is when it's not clear from context what "fandom" means, which is the case with OTW.

Mm, I understand the "Who are these people?" reaction, I'm lucky in that I know Cathy's lj nick and broad fandom history from cons, and came across an lj-comment where Naomi Novik was "outed" as another very involved fanficcy person (I don't feel comfy revealing this stuff myself since they obviously don't want that done publically). The (possibly not representative) impression I get from them and other people I've seen be involved is a lot of acafans into typical stuff like Supernatural, Buffy etc as well as actorfic etc and some vidding. Some of the board members give fairly specific info on their bios.