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So, getting ready for this year’s AmberconNW was one of the reasons I did not get any writing done last week, nor did I get Monday’s post done. As usual, the convention was fantastic, and honestly, I could not have picked a better place to find out about my grandmother than surrounded by the 100… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #417 – AmberconNW 2017
This is being posted here with the full knowledge and permission of MadJeffe. Today in my Circles a person wrote that a western civilization rape culture might exist in prisons and corporate culture in the US but it’s not that widespread. When I pointed out that 1 in 6 women will be raped or sexually… Read More Social contracts and white knights an essay of sorts – Guest Post by MadJeffe
Hi. So, in light of the revelation of Frank Mentzer harassing women, I’m seeing a lot of conversations started by dudes about what dudes can do when harassment happens in front of them. And that is super good! Really good! I’m very happy to know so many dudes who care and want to make things… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #415 – Why are Sexism and Harassment such a Big Deal?
So, Jessica Price, with Paizo, spoke openly about being sexually harassed by Frank Mentzer of Red Box D&D fame. She posted screen shots, showing that he had instigated the entire thing, and what was said.And… assholes still came crawling out of the woodwork to accuse Jessica of lying, call her names, everything that happens every… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #414 – Again? Really?
Hi! Yeah, maybe should have done this one last week, but I had things to say. Geek Girl Con was, as always, great. Our panel went well, even if we ran out of time long before we ran out of material. The games I demo-ed went super well. I ran Blue Rose at the Green… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #412 – Geek Girl Con
Sorry this was delayed, guys. I’ve been getting ready for Big Bad Con this weekend. So, when this comes up, inevitably, a group of dudes will then ask, “Well, what do you want us to do?” It’s not rocket surgery, guys. Stop hiring harassers, rapists, and abusers. For every, “But he’s nice to me,” there’s… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #411 – How Do You Hold Someone Accountable
I did the panel Saturday night at Geek Girl Con with Pleiades McRae and Berlynn Wohl. We compared the novel of The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood and to a lesser extent the Hulu adaptation, and Bitch Planet by Kelly Sue DeConnick. For those of you who are unfamiliar, The Handmaid’s Tale is a novel… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #410 – Handmaid’s Tale, Bitch Planet and the Politics of Women’s Bodies
“You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.”—Malcolm S. Forbes. Once upon a time, the Geek Husband What Rules and I worked in a dance club. He was head of security and occasional DJ. I was a bouncer, a barback and a bartender.… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #409 – Trying to Hold People Accountable
Several years ago, the Geek Husband What Rules and I were on a panel about games and gaming groups, and I cannot remember what the exact question was that we were responding to, but we told the audience that they did, in fact, have the right to not game with people who did things that… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #408 – Everyone Can’t Be Welcome
The “Handmaid’s Tale, Bitch Planet and the Politics of Women’s Bodies” panel went great. I just, after it was over I thought of so much more I wanted to say. The Blue Rose demos went great!!! I had one player in the first come back for the second, and converted someone to role-playing as their… Read More Geek Girl Con was great!!!!
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