Category Archives: Gender issues

Covers that make me say, "I want to play that!"

Posted on February 28, 2007 by tekanji

Over at Yudhishthiraâ€™s Dice, Brand poses the question: Ladies, what RPG covers (or interiors) have you seen that involve a woman in the art that make you say, â€œI want to play thatâ€ or, just as good â€œI want to … Continue reading →

Posted in Carnivals, Blog Against -ism Days, etc., Gender issues, Tabletop RPGs, LARP, etc, Video Games | 11 Comments

APA Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls

Posted on February 21, 2007 by tekanji

Stories like this BBC News article brought to my attention by one of our readers, Sexualisation ‘harms’ young girls, have been making the rounds in the feminist blogsphere. I am probably not going to do a breakdown of it, as … Continue reading →

Posted in Gender issues, Media and journalism, Popular Culture, Studies | Comments Off

Is gender inclusive game design important?

Posted on February 13, 2007 by tekanji

Q: Is gender inclusive game design important? A: Yes. For anyone familiar with my blog, you’ll know already that I take the above answer as a given in most of my posts. But today I got an e-mail from my … Continue reading →

Posted in Discrimination, Gender issues, Popular Culture, Video Games | 23 Comments

IMPACT Defense Against Multiple Assailants class

Posted on February 2, 2007 by Katie

Good afternoon, Shrub.com! My name is Katie, and I’m a white cisgendered female heterosexual able-bodied blogger. Andrea gave me a Shrub login a few weeks ago so I could post ideas that I thought fit the thoughtful “breaking out of … Continue reading →

Posted in Abuse, rape, and domestic violence, Eradicating Divisive Discourse, Feminism, Gender essentialism, Gender issues, Masculinities | 6 Comments

Good Children and Better Women: Lessons Learned from Nanny McPhee

Posted on January 6, 2007 by lake-desire

On New Year’s Eve, tekanji and I watched Nanny McPhee, a British fantasy movie for children. In the film, the magical Nanny McPhee comes to the Brown Estate to help Cedric Brown, widower and mortician, manage his seven unruly children, … Continue reading →

Posted in Film and televison, Gender Caste, Gender issues, Masculinities | 11 Comments

Silent Hill Movie

Posted on January 1, 2007 by tekanji

You would think that a movie that has women as the main protagonists would be a progressive step forward in terms of the portrayal of women in film. With Silent Hill, you would be wrong. I went into the movie … Continue reading →

Posted in Abuse, rape, and domestic violence, Film and televison, Gender issues, Privilege, The Evil -ism's, Video Games | 23 Comments

Fox News on genderblind college rooming

Posted on December 19, 2006 by tekanji

On a related issue, Fox News contributes to the skyrocketing divorce rates with this insulting piece. Seriously, if their relationships are that bad that they believe that kind of BS, why are they married in the first place? Via queer_rage

Posted in Gender Caste, Gender essentialism, Gender issues, Media and journalism, Queer Issues, The Evil -ism's, USA | 6 Comments

A post to read while I'm away

Posted on December 17, 2006 by tekanji

Still on break. Having fun playing Final Fantasy XI. While I’m gone, you can check out this post by Tamora pierce. Here’s an excerpt: [...] But honestly, why is it strange to like to write for girls? Aren’t they worth … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, magazines, etc., Comics, cartoons, manga, and anime, Gender issues | 1 Comment