New here (*waves*) but now I'm worried about people complaining about me on some anonymeme somewhere. Heh. :) (Not really, since I live in my fannish bunker. Um. I don't think. :D)

Also from your above comment:

not as a penance the way some sectors of socially aware fandom tend to treat it.

PET PEEVE. I hate that! It sometimes just seems kind of obvious that fangirling awesome ladies is some sort of afterthought. But yes, those people are missing the fun!