Convention season is fast approaching, and with the advent of convention season comes the return of the furor over the problem of convention harassment and how to deal with that. And because I read several blogs in other areas of geekdom besides gaming, this is a theme that I’m seeing repeat over… and over…...
Read more →I am tired of rape culture in the gaming world. I am tired of having men be the arbiters of who gets to be a “real” gamer. I am tired of sometimes remaining silent because I don’t want to be dismissed as “that feminist who only talks about rape culture”. I am tired of...
Read more →In my previous post, I mentioned that I was hired by Andy Kitkowski to write an alternate setting for the translated Tenra Bansho Zero and got Andy to explain some of the cultural differences important to keep in mind when discussing some of the more problematic aspects of Tenra. Going into the project, I...
Read more →Tenra Bansho Zero is a hugely popular anime-themed tabletop roleplaying system first released in Japan. For many years, Andy Kitkowski had been working on translating the material and getting it ready to publish for North American audiences. When Andy was getting the Kickstarter together earlier this year, he wound up contacting me about doing...
Read more →wundergeek - This is an awesome take on the hate for the “Fake” Geek Girls from oxboxer on Tumblr. Brie - David Gaider, lead writer for Bioware’s Dragon Age video game, comics, and novels wrote a Tumblr post about how valuable it is to have women on your development team. Sunita Williams is returning to Earth...
Read more →Welcome to the latest installment of Dear Gaming As Women! We invite our readers to asks us anything – and we’ll do our best to offer informative, thought-provoking, and entertaining answers. In today’s letter, a reader asks for insight on gender representation in MtG: Dear Gaming as Women, The central characters in Magic: the Gathering...
Read more →Here is a great article about the commercialization of Breast Cancer awareness. In the wake of Amanda Todd’s death, Slate has an article about a war on 12-year-old girls. This speech on gay rights is full of win. (from wundergeek) Lana Wachowski (director of Cloud Atlas, The Matrix) gave a moving speech recently about growing up...
Read more →It’s that time again! Time for another installment of Dear Gaming as Women! We do invite our fair readers to send us questions, and today’s question is from a convention organizer (we’ve been asked not to specify which convention) regarding implementation of anti-harassment policies at conventions. There’s some great stuff here, so let’s dive...
Read more →More reason for me to brag. Out of all the G20 countries, Canada ranks as the number one safest place for women, while the US ranks 6th – thanks largely in part to regression of reproductive rights. (Of course, that’s not to say there isn’t still a hell of a lot of work yet...
Read more →We’ve posted here before about Matriarchy – a social game spearheaded by Ben Lehman and Likeable Games in which you play the female ruler of an ancient Chinese kingdom. Well Matriarchy is out of beta and has officially gone live! If you’re the sort that’s always looking for new facebook games, go check it...
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