So, all these revelations about the bad behavior of men, knowing how women are actively discouraged from coming forward by our society, what does it mean? What does it cost us?A lot. Every woman or person of color or queer person driven out of gaming by harassment or bigotry is someone whose perspective our games… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #421 – What Does it Cost Us?
So a continuing theme in the continuing story of assholes getting called out for sexually harassing women, both in gaming and in the broader world, is that we have spent years, decades, centuries with women being roundly disbelieved any time we talked about being assaulted or raped. This is the result of a combination of… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #420 – I am Not Eve.
Now, I am the last person to come out and tell you not to blog while angry. I mean, I am not a giant hypocrite. I blog angry all the time. However, as I’ve gotten older and, I hope, wiser, I have learned that there are two ways to blog angry. The first way, the… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #418 – Two Kinds of Blogging While Angry and What Women Face When Making Harassment Accusations
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?
Mostly I fussed over the panel track again at Big Bad Con so that’s what you’re going to hear about. Friday night’s “You Don’t Look Like a Geek” with Tanya DePass, of I Need Diverse Games, Jamahl Brown, Kristine Hassell, and Brie Sheldon went super well, where they talked about their experiences being nerds and… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #413 – Big Bad Con Review
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
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