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
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!!!!
So, this is a thing. I have talked about Accountability for the male members of Geek Culture here, before. I have on occasion named names, but even more frequently I have alluded to incidents without directly naming people. A lot of other women do this, too. While calling for accountability, we are not making sure… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #407 – Accountability
Ok, so I’m super busy doing prep work for Geek Girl Con this weekend. If you’re going, please swing by my panel Saturday at 7pm, “Handmaid’s Tale, Bitch Planet and the Politics of Women’s Bodies.” I will also be demo-ing Blue Rose for Green Ronin on Sunday at 11am and 4pm. For the blog, what… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #406 – What is Coming Up?
Geek Girls Rule!!! 