Category Archives: The Evil -ism’s

On RE5 and claims of "American-centricism"

Posted on June 10, 2008 by tekanji

In this past week I’ve gotten an influx of commenters on my Resident Evil 5 posts decrying me and my posts as “American-centric”. I did consider writing a detailed post debunking this, but I’m very busy with school and there … Continue reading →

Posted in The Evil -ism's, Video Games | 5 Comments

Because the only women who matter are white ones

Posted on June 10, 2008 by tekanji

Linda Hirshman — who, on top of thinking of herself as the matriarch of all women/feminists is responsible for making up the term “choice feminist” so she could have a convenient strawfeminist to attack — thinks she knows what’s causing … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, Privilege, The Evil -ism's | 5 Comments

At this rate, there won't be any games left for me to play

Posted on June 5, 2008 by tekanji

I have been feeling rather unhappy with Capcom for a while, but this takes the cake: Resident Evil 5 producer Jun Takeuchi tells Kotaku that calls of racial insensitivity haven’t affected the game’s design. Takeuchi tells the site that the … Continue reading →

Posted in Companies Behaving Badly, Japan, Privilege, Racism, Video Games | 16 Comments

Good reference for the non-apology apology

Posted on May 24, 2008 by tekanji

While discussing Clinton’s non-apology over the RFK incident Mark Liberman of Language Log references a post, Pete Rose and sorry statements of the third kind, by Geoff Pullman regarding the usage of the word “sorry”: People aren’t being sufficiently sensitive … Continue reading →

Posted in Privilege, The Evil -ism's | 4 Comments

Earning the privilege to be trusted

Posted on April 26, 2008 by tekanji

Following up on some thoughts that relate to what I said in Feminist Infighting, I wanted to talk about something that karnythia said in her post, Seal Press, Amanda Marcotte…Proof That Feminism And Racism Go Hand In Hand: I can’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, Privilege, Racism | 7 Comments

Shame on you, BBC

Posted on April 24, 2008 by tekanji

The BBC has chosen to defend some transphobic comments made by a gay comedian whose show they sponsor. In this clip where he’s talking about Thomas Beatie, he says: “If he hasn’t had genital surgery surely that just makes him … Continue reading →

Posted in Companies Behaving Badly, Queer Issues, The Evil -ism's | 10 Comments

The double standard: "Doesn't that perpetuate sexism?"

Posted on February 19, 2008 by tekanji

How it Works (hat tip Feministe) So, I’ve been quiet mostly because I need to find an apartment before April and so that’s been keeping me busy. Last weekend I went to Osaka to check out some potentials and my … Continue reading →

Posted in Gender issues, The Evil -ism's | 11 Comments

Suggested Actions for White Feminist Allies from Katie

Posted on January 24, 2008 by Katie

On my blog, I had just linked to an excellent and common example by BrownFemiPower of white women getting credit for helping women at large when they’ve actually done a lot of harm to women. How did they do this … Continue reading →