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So, in my post about disposing of your beloved collections after you die, or before, one of the points I added toward the end was “Get over yourself.” I said this because I have heard people be complete shits when they decided the things they were giving to charity weren’t going to be used in… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #640 – What I Meant when I said “Get over yourself.”
Hey, yeah, there’s been a lot of heavy thinking going on over here. and I kind of got it on you guys. I have a new things to talk about about but I don’t know that any of them merit an entire post. I kept seeing an article come up on my feed, or several… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #639 – Now with Less Morbidity…
Yeah, unsurprising after last week’s adventures, my mind turns to mortality, and what happens to our collections of nerd treasure when we die? I’ll probably revisit this one again in upcoming weeks, because I’m going to need to do some research. But I can start with some basics. 1. Make sure your treasure is actually… Read More Geek Girls Rule #638 – Geeks and Mortality
Ok, first, Dad’s doing fine. He was able to go home this Sunday (yesterday). He’s moving around on his own pretty well, has a wicked S-shaped scar down the back of his head, four titanium screws holding the chunk they cut out of his skull in place, and seems to be his usual self. The… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #637 – Drawfee and a Dad update
Science Fiction/Fantasy organizations, such as conventions, writer’s groups and others have all had to reckon with diversity and inclusion issues in recent years, as well as with blowback from folks who feel it’s perfectly fine for their organizations to stay lily white, and excuse it by saying that they’d have to cater to “special interests”… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #635 – Diversity and Accountability
1. The end of The Mandalorian. Very satisfying. The two scouts who captured Baby Yoda were clowns. Giancarlo Esposito was fantastic as the big bad. The Armorer is my new hero, she was a fucking badass! 2. Re-watch of. Young Justice. Really, surprisingly good. I hadn’t seen the entire thing the last time the Geek… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #634 – Miscellaneous Stuff
This is a thing I say a lot. Usually about the media, or other folks. Today I’m saying this to me. It isn’t every day that you see real, honest to gods proof that something you didn’t do twenty years ago had super negative repercussions, concrete repercussions, that you can’t fucking ignore if you’re a… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #631 – Do Better
OrcaCon was awesome! Thank you, whoever paid for my membership. If I owe you something, please remind me, because if I agreed to do a thing during a migraine, I have zero memory of it. OrcaCon is brilliant and important because it is a space where non-cis, non-white, non-dude, non-heterosexual gamers are explicitly welcome. Donna… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #630 – OrcaCon 2020
Hey, on a slightly unrelated note, I will be at OrcaCon, but I’m not sure who covered my membership. Green Ronin said they hadn’t. I’m still trying to figure it out. So, I don’t think I’m running demos this weekend, but I will likely run one or two pick up games. Maybe some Guns and… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #628 – Running Demos of Games
The way media depict mental illness is problematic at best, and criminal at worst. I’m struggling with how to begin this, because there are so many problems with it, and some of them are specific to certain illnesses. Some are more general. I think the biggest misconception about people with mental illness is that we’re… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #627 – Mental Illness in Media
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