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- 1985-present Jun 2026 The Women Were Always There The narrative that internet culture was male-only is empirically false. Women were 40% of The WELL in 1985, 90% of AO3, and 30% of 4chan. Fandom invented tagging, content warnings, and collaborative worldbuilding before any platform. The erasure is methodological, not historical.
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