Last November during BlizzCon, I wrote a post critiquing the design of some of the female playable characters as compared […]
feminism, follow-up, sexism
Thanks for the confirmation
So you may remember a couple of weeks ago when I wrote about a particularly ridiculous blog post which claimed […]
atheism, feminism, sexism, skepticism
Oh, on that sexism in atheism/skepticism topic…
If you only read one thing about it– or, more likely, if you’ve read plenty about it and are either […]
comedy, freedom of speech, rape, sexism
You have the freedom to make rape jokes. Should you?
There is no way, I think, to more thoroughly annoy a proponent of free speech than to claim that criticism […]
feminism, sexism
Template for my reaction to discussion threads on sexism
Look, a thread about an article addressing sexism in ______. Let’s read the whole thing through. I see that participants […]
follow-up, gaming, sexism
Defenders of male imagery in gaming strike back
So, some of the people who took exception (let’s call it that) to Anita Sarkeesian’s “Tropes vs. Women” Kickstarter project— […]
feminism, gaming, sexism
“You don’t think you can beat her without a cheat code.”
Jay Smooth on the whole tropes vs. women thing:
feminism, gaming, sexism
To summon sexism, one need only speak its name
Sexism really is like the devil. If you have any doubts about its existence, you need only mention it and […]
feminism, politics, sexism
Limbaugh’s big fat complete lack of self-awareness
Rush Limbaugh takes yet another poke at Michelle Obama for being fat. A commenter on Dispatches called Nemo writes This […]
feminism, racism, sexism
It’s not (just) the word; it’s how you use it
Somebody pointed out in the Pharyngula thread that while “female” can be used as a noun, so can “black,” and […]