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This is why I hardly read blogs anymore
In the past year the amount of (feminist) blogs that I read regularly, or even on an occasional basis, has shrunk to fit on one hand. Literally, aside from keeping up with Iris, the only blogs I regularly read are … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-oppression activism, Feminism, Privilege, The Evil -ism's
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New post at Better by Design
Just posting here to let everyone know that I’ve written a post about sexism in Stardock’s new game Elemental: War of Magic over at Better by Design: Stardock’s Elemental and what it says about the state of games Here’s an … Continue reading
Posted in Gender issues, Link Blogging, Privilege, The Evil -ism's, Video Games
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Brian Ashcraft, let me do your homework for you
In Kotaku’s grand tradition of shoddy reporting and lack of any decent research, Brian Ashcraft has written an impassioned but so supremely hypocritical article on the RapeLay controversy (link roundup) that I felt compelled to briefly bring this blog temporary … Continue reading
Ableism is not feminism. Spread the word.
I know this blog is in retirement (my internet time these days is practically nill), but when I saw Meloukhia’s An Open Letter to Feministing (hat-tip: Hoyden About Town) I had to cosign it. Yes, it’s that important.
Posted in Anti-oppression activism, Feminism, Privilege, The Evil -ism's
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Update on AmazonFail
First off, it has been noted that the de-ranking wasn’t limited to GLBT issues and erotica, but also notably affected books on disability and sexuality as well as feminist books, books on sexuality, and books on topics such as suicide … Continue reading
Posted in Books, magazines, etc., Companies Behaving Badly, Discrimination, Feminism, Sex, sexuality, and sexual politics, The Evil -ism's
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Amazon censors women and queer people
So, I’m sure everyone has heard by now, but Amazon has recently made the decision to remove the sales rankings of so-called “adult” books in order to ensure that they don’t show up in some searches (like the default search) … Continue reading
All the RE5 discussion needed was a Nice White Gamer
Dear Nice White Gamers, I am glad that you, unlike the Not Nice Gamers, understand that we don’t live in a post-racial world. It’s nice that you’re able to see the the word “racism” in the same paragraph as “video … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-oppression activism, Privilege, Racism, Video Games
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Responsibility of comedy writers
Although I had never heard of Graham Linehan before, he’s apparently a writer for some fairly popular UK comedies, including one called The IT Crowd. Now, apparently there was a recent episode of that show that included a sub-plot involving … Continue reading
The New Yorker gets a 0 on the Swift-o-Meter
Racism is satire when “progressives” do it! I am not a regular reader of The New Yorker, but I have never been a huge fan of their cartoons. Some of them have made me chuckle, some of them have made … Continue reading
Posted in Books, magazines, etc., Companies Behaving Badly, Liberal, Politics, Racism, USA
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Feminists are fine with being bigots if it's just ableism
This is a subject that’s been sticking in my craw for a long time now, ever since it became an issue on Iris’ forums over a year ago. It was from the conflicts that arose there that I realized that … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, Privilege, The Evil -ism's
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