Women and poker.
Ah, everyone sits up a little straighter eh?
(I was going to write about my own last strip club trip, inspired by grubby's...
can I hint: ensenada, no ingles, goalie poles instead of the sissy
singles in the USA? laterlater skaters, I need to drink a little more
and it be a little later in the day for that.)
But that's the fun of it, and the hook of it, and the female-ness of it. Hook in being female, I mean.
I saw Maudie's post about the poker.about.com best (wimmin) bloggers y WPC's ladies-only tourneys essay (and reminded of the RGP post from a few weeks ago: Women were disrespected in their WSOP event), and thought my penis-less strapon self should get in the mix.
First, I actually meant to email Toby and thank her for my inclusion on poker.about.com's
women poker bloggers list. I was actually quite flattered (coworkers
didn't appreciate my massemailing about it-type of flattered) and feel
like a dunce since I hadn't yet. Still am flattered to be included, esp
since I carry no HHs or advice/insight into the game whatsoever.
Second, I am staunchly opposed to equality feminism
in all forms. I do consider and identify myself as a feminist, but the
ladies who ask me what kind always get the goosebumps going. :) So
there you go.
Finally, I've been kickbanned from WPC (full disclosure, I believe in).
Edit: I was NEVER banned from WPC nor asked to leave. I wrote
this post streamofconsciously and shouldn't have left this in there. I
did go on a self-imposed exile from WPC after a misunderstanding there,
and I shouldn't have falsely hinted that I wasn't welcome back by
anyone there. WPC had been my favorite poker forum to visit right up
til I stopped reading it, (my link here about me saying WPC was my favorite place from a long time back)--
and is the nicest and most helpful bunch of people (not just women, but
people) I've met online playing poker. (Think: bizarro Oddjack.
;)) I do want to apologize for any confusion on this and will write a
new post about my editing this post, b/c I don't like the way it sounds and
I didn't mean it to.
(5751 yodaphreaks sigh with relief as that syntaxmonster has already been slayed.)
Do I think women *need* women's only events? No, in the giant scope of
it all, no. Do I think if women choose to play only with other women
that it's a bad thing? Nope. Do I think they should have the right to
make that choice if they want? Sure. So why would women/anyone want to
elect to take away those choices, or deride women for making them? If
it gets them to play, why not?
I guess I look at it from the perspective I take on almost everything:
I think women are more interesting than men. Sorry. :) I guess I could
rephrase it, I think women are more interesting when they are involved
in primarily male-centered occupations/endeavors, and pay attention to
them more closely b/c they are women. Sure they undoubtedly shine as
bright if not brighter than men in several respects of their individual
endeavors, but I'm paying attention because I want to support them and
because ... I think women are more interesting than men. :) I just do,
I keep deleting that but, kudos for honesty, eh?
Tell me of a woman tearing it up in any male-dominated anything &
I'm there googling away. Cos I'm PULLING for her. Sh!t, I didn't even
pay attention to the WSOP ME coverage til Ms Williamson was making a show dragging her feet along the way (and I'm glad she did since I kept Pauly on a tab & kept refreshing long after she'd been booted-- poker bloggers kick tech/poli bloggers arses, btw.)
And yeah, I actually pay more attention to women poker bloggers. I'm
not even looking for naked poker chick pictures, I promise. I mean, if
I see a female-sounding name on a poker blogroll, I'll be x times more
interested in clicking in. Doesn't mean I'll stick around for joy, but
it does capture my interest more readily than a similarly-situated
(male-written) blog. Sorry, just trying to be honest and say why I
enjoy highlights of women in poker.about.com's manner. (On the flip and
something of cud: I read a lot of knitting blogs and many are dominated
by women. I find myself x more interested when I find a male-knitting
blog. Go figure.)
I know, poker doesn't *have* to be male-dominated... game of skill with
no physical requirements etc. But, it is. So's math, science, upper
eschelons of big business and management, younameitetcetc. So why not
welcome women to play whereever they feel comfortable? If you don't
want to play with them, fine-- but why not live y let live for women
who choose (for a million valid reasons, and a thousand invalid ones)
to orient themselves around women players?
[Sidebar: I also don't think that women who do not want to be berated
for their sex while playing poker should just get better and beat men
at "their own game." (My rehash of common "women playing poker"
advice.) While I'm getting better, I should sit and soak up all the
"bitch, etc." you can throw at me cos I've got different plumbing? I
move when someone pees on transit, and I won't endure someone calling
me sexist terms either. I just won't. The world's too big and I can go
too far in it to have to take crap like that from strangers. I know a
woman can enunciate "bitch" just as well as a man can, but does it
sting/smack like it does coming out of xy's mouth? Nope. (do you see
why? lol)
The thing is, my personal philosophy on it all... I don't have to stand
for anything. I've got my right to vote, I've got my college degrees, I
can greymatter wrestle with the best of em. I don't have to prove
anything to anyone anymore-- incl. my ability to absorb sexist slurs if
I don't want to. I *can* take it, but I *choose* not to. If that choice
leads me to womens only events (doubt it, if I played in one it'd be
cos I think I'd get a singular thrill playing w. so many other
women)... so be it.]
So yay for women who play poker, be it in the WSOP ME, WSOP womens
event, women only, men and women only ;), etcetc. Thanks again to Toby
for thinking of me too... I've always enjoyed reading Tanya's/MissT74's blog if anyone's looking for another female poker player's blog who isn't listed at poker.about.com, too.
who wants nothing more than for someone to call me a bitch in my comments ;),
aK
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