Monthly Archives: June 2007

"But sexism is normal in RPGs!"

Posted on June 24, 2007 by tekanji

From “But sexism is normal in RPGs!” on The Heroine Next Door: huh, funny how all the settings have sexually-harrassing women and treating women as second-class citizens as the norm. I haven’t played in an rpg yet in which women … Continue reading →

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Replace "scantily clad woman" with "game designer"…

Posted on June 22, 2007 by tekanji

The Late Show handles the controversy over Night Trap by creating a snarky “game” where the game designer gets attacked by dogs. Unfortunately the game designer was not featured in a speedo, nor were the dogs zombie dogs. Although, really, … Continue reading →

Posted in Abuse, rape, and domestic violence, The Evil -ism's, Video Games | 3 Comments

The Paper Mirror

Posted on June 16, 2007 by tekanji

Go read the entire strip. Via Newsrama.

Posted in Comics, cartoons, manga, and anime, Feminism | 5 Comments

Dealing with harassment isn't that easy

Posted on June 15, 2007 by tekanji

I recently stumbled across a post called Cuppy, aka the anti-feminist, which was written in response to Brinstar’s I Reject the ‘Big Boys’ post. There’s actually a lot in it that I disagree on, but I’m going to focus on … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, Masculinities, Video Games | 19 Comments

Am I the only one bothered by this?

Posted on June 11, 2007 by tekanji

This was supposed to be a rant on a recent NY Times article called To Appeal to Women, Too, Gadgets Go Beyond ‘Cute’ and ‘Pink’ (feel free to bingo it in my stead), but I got to reading a Gizmodo … Continue reading →

Posted in For "her", Gender Caste, Sex, sexuality, and sexual politics, Technology | 7 Comments

Technical Difficulties

Posted on June 6, 2007 by tekanji

Due to some technical difficulties involving me not upgrading WP as fast as I should have, Shrub was down for an undetermined amount of time (I was sleeping) and is now operating under the default theme. When I get a … Continue reading →

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Cerise: June 2007 and Call for Submissions

Posted on June 5, 2007 by tekanji

The June 2007 issue is out! The theme is “The Making of a Gamer”, and we have some great stories in our new feature “gamer stories” relating to that. We’re currently looking for submissions for our July issue. Here’s the … Continue reading →

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Preventative measures against violence [Women and Violence, Part 9]

Posted on June 2, 2007 by Sigel Phoenix

[This is the final part of my series on Women and Violence, which I wrote as a project for a Women Studies course I took this quarter. For an explanation and information on my intentions with this series, please see the introduction.]

I realize that a quarter-long series of articles about violence against women can be depressing, and I’d like to end this on an optimistic note.

Unfortunately, I don’t have The Solution to violence against women. Even I don’t have delusions of being that wise. ;) But – and here I’m engaging in a bit of hubris – I believe in the power of language to educate and agitate for change. That’s one of the reasons I chose to undertake this project, and why I choose to blog in general. Writing and dialoguing is important. It’s powerful. It’s consciousness raising in cyberspace. Continue reading →

Posted in Abuse, rape, and domestic violence, Eradicating Divisive Discourse, Feminism, Women and Violence | 4 Comments

So I just finished reading the Runaways collection Vol 1…

Posted on June 2, 2007 by tekanji

I bought the first volume of the Runaways collection when I was down at WisCon and I just wanted to make a short post on my initial feelings after reading it. Once I finish my WisCon writeup for Cerise I … Continue reading →

Posted in Comics, cartoons, manga, and anime, Multiculturalism | 6 Comments