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The point is rather than make a better product; these people are consumed by what they themselves decided to interpret it by. And even that would be fine on its own - except they go one step further in vilifying (directly or subtly) people who call them out or ignore them. It goes from 'personal opinion' to drawing a line, and then they fuss at people who choose the other side of the line.
Sci-Fi historically plays with conventions. That's cool. No problem with that. Some of the most progressive works ever stem from Sci-Fi. But here she comes conjuring up an issue where none existed, and then drew a line (creating a term 'post-binary sci-fi') that ironically forces a binary choice. I mean, she could have just simply wrote stories pertaining to her viewpoints. Instead it's about seeing who's down with the program and who's the 'old guard'.
They do this all the fucking time.
It's been observed that SJWs (and to a degree feminists) have a habit of making moves on certain industries after they've initially assimilated (or seem to have done so). They're there. Everything's gully. It would be some thing that unites people on common interests. And then BOOM; all of sudden somebody highlights an 'issue' nobody noticed. They create terms (ablist, etc) and then draw a line. It screwed with biology. It screwed with Atheism. It screwed with politics. It continues to fuck over universities. It made a mockery out of Occupy. It completely destroyed Tumblr (or made it hilarious depending on who you ask). It's slowly made moves on comics. And it's been pouring over the game industry this last generation.
And the biggest consistency is how in many of these groups/industries - they are almost NEVER the content makers or gears of that industry. If they were, they could simply subvert things on a legit scale. This is why GaymerX is great, but 'safe zones' at other conventions are insulting.
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