Category Archives: Popular Culture

Cerise Magazine Submissions Reminder

Posted on April 10, 2007 by lake-desire

Cerise, the new magazine by and for gaming women, is still accepting submissions for our first issue. The deadline is April 15, 2007. What we’re looking for: Reviews of games, systems and gaming supplements In-depth critiques, essays and opinion pieces … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminist Games, Popular Culture, Tabletop RPGs, LARP, etc, Video Games | 1 Comment

Harassment, silencing, and gaming communities: follow-up

Posted on April 8, 2007 by tekanji

I just wanted to do a quick follow-up on my Harassment, silencing, and gaming communities, posting some relevant links. First up is Lake Desire with her thoughts on my piece. My favourite part is where she says this: I want … Continue reading →

Posted in Abuse, rape, and domestic violence, Discrimination, Privilege, The Evil -ism's, The Internet is Serious Business, Video Games | Comments Off

"Geek Girl" Stereotype Bingo

Posted on April 4, 2007 by tekanji

Inspired by this post at Feminist Gamers and this post on The IRIS Network forums, I decided to take an old post of mine and turn it into a bingo scorecard. Basically the rules are that when you see a … Continue reading →

Posted in For "her", Gender issues, Girlfriend Lists, Media and journalism | 15 Comments

Yes, Kotaku, you WERE the reason why we started TIN! And also, Santa is real.

Posted on March 27, 2007 by tekanji

Brian Crecente of Kotaku has tried to take credit for the inception of The IRIS Network. I’m not even joking: In my caveman like attempts at prodding talented, strong-voiced women into writing more vocally about gaming I have stirred the … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, Privilege, Tabletop RPGs, LARP, etc, The Internet is Serious Business, Video Games | 18 Comments

New Gaming Site: The IRIS Network

Posted on March 23, 2007 by tekanji

If you’ve been wondering about my silence for the past couple of weeks, I have a deep, dark secret to confess: Along with Revena I’ve been building and launching The IRIS Network, a new gaming site focused on helping to … Continue reading →

Posted in Link Blogging, Tabletop RPGs, LARP, etc, Video Games | 11 Comments

Kotaku Wants Women Bloggers

Posted on March 12, 2007 by tekanji

Well, it’s official, Kotaku blogger Crecente has done his homework and decided that women just don’t blog about video games! This, of course, on the wake of Kotaku link blogging Guilded Lily’s post on covers she wants to see without … Continue reading →

Posted in For "her", The Evil -ism's, The Internet is Serious Business, Video Games | 15 Comments

Another Not-So-Bad GF List

Posted on March 9, 2007 by tekanji

How to Get Your Girlfriend to Play Video Games is one of the better lists out there. I am still not, and will never be, a fan of these lists, but if I had to put together a list of … Continue reading →

Posted in Girlfriend Lists | 7 Comments

Fabricating rationality by making the other side look irrational

Posted on March 2, 2007 by tekanji

In the past week, I have been alerted to two very different posts in two very different spheres of the online world. The similarity? They both deal with a privileged group taking an argument made by a non-privileged group and … Continue reading →

Posted in Privilege in Action, Tabletop RPGs, LARP, etc, The Evil -ism's | 17 Comments

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

Posted on February 28, 2007 by tekanji

Over at Yudhishthira’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, “I want to play that” or, just as good “I 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