hils79:

That post by @euclase that I reblogged has enraged me. I keep seeing time and time again, on Tumblr specifically, posts about how women are ‘too old’ for fandom. 

I appreciate that the average age of Tumblr users is lower than other social media platforms but let me tell you fandom is not something you grow out of. I’ve been part of some form of fandom since I was a teenager. I am now coming up on 40. The only real difference is that I can’t stay up until 4am reading fic anymore because I need sleep. The passion I have for fandom is still there, I still write fic. You don’t suddenly stop caring about the things you love when you hit a certain age point. 

If you think someone in their 30s or 40s is too old for fandom

I should introduce you to some of the amazing women in their 60s that I met through the Man From UNCLE fandom. Hell, some of my friends that I met through the Buffy the Vampire Slayer fandom back in the 90s are now in their 50s and 60s. 

TL;DR You are never too old for fandom and if you think that’s true I pity you when you reach whatever arbitrary age you think is the cutoff point.