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Reel Girl’s game of the week: Hedbanz
I’ve blogged about games before: Sexist apps for little kids and the card games Slamwich and Sleeping Queens. But now Reel Girl has a whole new category. My family has started a weekend ritual of...
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Great Xmas shopping site free of gender bias? Check out TowardTheStars.com!
I LOVE TowardTheStars.com so much, I interviewed the founder, Ines Almeida. The pics I posted below include images of girls b/c that is what Reel Girl is about, and I love collecting these images....
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Reel Girl game of the week: Clue
If you follow Reel Girl, you know I am a sucker for narratives, and there aren’t many games out there that inspire storytelling like Clue. Clue was my favorite board game when I was a kid. After 30...
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Reel Girl game of the week: Scrabble
Scrabble, in some ways, is best board game ever invented, hands down. Scrabble is fun and educational. Anyone who can read can play, yet the game naturally evolves to meet and match ages and skill...
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Monopoly abandons iron, not sexism
Monopoly is finally getting rid of its sexist iron token. Good news, right? The Christian Science Monitor reports: The iron, forced upon young girl Monopoly players everywhere, has been ousted by the...
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Girls Gone Missing in Gaming: What happened to Krystal?
Feminist Frequency has created an excellent must-watch video on the lack of strong, female characters in gaming, specifically the “damsel in distress” trope. The video begins with the story of Krystal,...
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After massive protest, Disney pulls new Merida from site
Exciting news! Today, Rebecca Hains, blogger and media studies professor, reports: “As of today, Disney has quietly pulled the 2D image of Merida from its website, replacing it with the original Pixar...
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Looking for perfect activity on a rainy day? Bella’s Mystery Deck
When our family plays games, there are fights and tears. I’ve blogged about Scrabble, Clue, card games, and there are moments of fun, but mostly, it’s miserable. There is an activity that all three...
View ArticleArt creates reality: Imagining gender equality in the fantasy world
Some good quotes here. Let me know what you think Bono on Jay-Z in November’s Vanity Fair: In music, we love the idea of the screwed-up, shooting-up. fucked-up artist. The one bleeding in the garret...
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How would female characters look if they weren’t pushed to periphery?
For thousands of years, in narratives females have been sidelined and marginalized. How would female characters look if they didn’t have a long history of being cast in the supporting roles? The...
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Start your summer reading early: Pick up ‘Redefining Girly’
UPDATED POST: REDEFINING GIRLY BLOG TOUR! The Internet spreads all kinds of social ills, from cyberbullying to mainstreaming hardcore pornography, but for me, the good far outweighs the bad, because...
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Producer jokes about female protagonist, my 5 yr old responds to ‘Zelda’ sexism
Yesterday, the Mary Sue reported that “We Might be Getting a Lady-Led Zelda Game” due to the ambiguous comment by creator Eiji Aonuma about the protagonist: “No one explicitly said that that was Link.”...
View ArticleCriminal cyber-stalkers upload stolen photos as profile pics, send mass Tweets
Last night, like many of you, I Tweeted that to look at stolen pictures of Jennifer Lawrence is to participate in her assault. Today, I woke up to multiple Tweets on my account where the sender used a...
View ArticleParents everywhere need to thank and support Anita Sarkeesian
Do you know who Anita Sarkeesian is? She is a freedom-fighter cyber warrior, working every day to protect your child’s imagination, and because of her courageous acts, her life is in danger. Sarkeesian...
View Article“Lone woman fights bad sexism” is getting old and an excuse to feature sexism...
I miss you guys! I know I’ve been blogging for a couple years that I’m almost done with my book, but I’m REALLY almost done now. Finishing a book (finishing anything?) is so challenging, tying up all...
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