This Week in Feminism and Gaming: Tits, Chicks, and Casual Sexism
This week saw the publication of two sharp pieces on the casual sexism of much of video gaming culture. At Kotaku, LaToya Peterson responds to comments a Comic Con panel titled “East Meets West, Art...
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Women Gamers as Social Animals in the GameHouse Survey
Infographic of GameHouse survey results shared with permission of GameHouse. By now, you have probably seen some of the data from the GameHouse infographic above [source]. Collected by Harris...
View ArticleI Said Diamonds: the Aubrey Plaza WoW Spot
The first time I saw the TV ad above, which features Aubrey Plaza (best known for playing April Ludgate on “Parks and Recreation”) explaining in her trademark deadpan how she became a World of...
View ArticleThe Simple Genius of the Gamer Girl Manifesto
I saw “The Gamer Girl Manifesto” (embedded above) by Sexy Nerd Girl Presents thanks to Geekquality. The brief video features a number of young women gamers who identify themselves by their on-screen...
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Video Games and Women’s History Month
Here I am speaking at IIT for Women’s History Month. The image projected behind me is of one of the Sony G.I.R.L. Scholarship winners. Photo is courtesy of Marie Hicks. On Tuesday, I gave a talk for...
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Sexism and Gaming at Flow: All of Jennifer deWinter and My Columns in One Place
Alicia Crawford, who won Sony Online Entertainment and Scholarship America’s Gamers In Real Life (G.I.R.L.) Scholarship Over the past few months, I’ve had the pleasure of co-authoring a series of...
View ArticleCall for Participants in Documentary Project on Women in Gaming Culture
My colleague Jennifer deWinter and I are putting together a short documentary project, and we are looking for contributors. Please pass along the call here and consider participating. If you have any...
View ArticleA MAZE. Magazine: “I have a fucking agenda”
I was interviewed briefly for a piece in the current issue of A MAZE. Magazine, which is free to read online right here. The theme for this issue is “women,” and a number of amazing women in and around...
View ArticleWhat I’ve Been Playing: Agent Alice
I downloaded Agent Alice to my phone a few weeks ago, and I’ve been playing it intermittently. It has a Warehouse 13-style supernatural detectives type setup and is very clearly being marketed to women...
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