So this video went up nearly a month ago. It’s nothing amazing – women saying the same old sexist bullcrap that they always get. Which is, perhaps, the […]
Sometimes it’s more complex than a Twitter exchange: Free Speech, Sexism, and “Tournament of Rapists”
TL;DR: Yes, free speech. But it’s not just about free speech, is it? Yes, I just now heard about this book that got published over the weekend: Yes, […]
You might be acting like a bigot – and never mean to.
There’s a correlary to the “Nice White Guy” post I made a while back. It’s implied, but worth explicitly calling out. Many of us are familiar with the […]
On His Flaming Phallus Substitute (or “Why Does It Burn When Vox Posts?”) and The Whole Tor Thing
I’m posting this comment on my own blog, since B-movie villain Vox Day seems to be all keen on trying to attribute words to other people and organizations. […]
A quick note to those on a Puppy Slate
[Edit to add a clarification/tl;dr: from the comments] TL;DR: Hey, nominees, your silence is being read as agreement with everything that Brad and Vox and Wright are saying. […]
When You Create A Safe Space, It’s Safe For All People: A Reflection on Penguicon 2015 And Rachel Bryk
This is why this post matters: Online trolls urged trans game developer Rachel Bryk to jump off a bridge. She did. That’s my thesis. That’s the reason for […]