neutralzombieFunny that the three of you want this to be a better community now that youve been singled out of something.
If you feel like you need a place to be alone with other women, that's fine. Like I said before, I didn't know there was such a demand or that the problem was so significant that women members who would ostensibly really like to participate weren't out of fear. That's shitty. I'm glad that people who wouldn't otherwise contribute or participate are, I won't lose sleep over not being able to post in LG, I just don't want current and future awesome female members to sort of just bypass or dismiss other parts of the site or to assume that if there's a specific women's section that they're not welcome or something elsewhere. That could be totally off base, I don't know, this is new and I'm just kind of learning about all of this. I didn't know a thing about the discussion beforehand or that there was a movement to make it happen. In the end, my hope is that ultimately this is the sort of place where no group of PEOPLE feel like the environment as a whole is so hostile, unwelcoming, intimidating, or I don't know what where they feel like creating a homogenous zone is a necessity to enjoy the site. I don't know why you're construing that negatively, but I know people have a lot of feelings about it all, so maybe you feel like what I said was an attack. I don't mean it to be, and I sort of think that you and I aren't so opposed as it appears.
I do though resent you implying that me wanting NS to be a really outstanding place (and I think it is mostly) is new, or that it is a result of me being excluded. I don't really know how people perceive me here, or if I'm perceived much at all, but I feel like there's probably a small handful of people that would vouch that I pretty much have been the way I am and tried to be a "good member" (whatever that even means) since the day I joined. And, now I feel lame as fuck for somehow trying to legitimize my membership or opinions or something, but whatever.
If new people (and old) are flocking to LG and getting excited about NS for the first time or again, than it is win for everyone, and I don't see a single down side. I just don't want to miss out on interacting with cool as shit, badass skier PEOPLE because they're women and they won't post in SG. That's what brought me to NS, to meet likeminded skiers who fucking loved to live this bizarre, frustrating, yet magical life.
