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Body Double (Standard): The celebrity profiles of Megan Fox and Beyonc
Men’s magazines are dubious during the best of times, but so far 2013 is bringing out their worst. Last week, eyebrows were raised by this flimsy GQ profile of... Read more »
On Language, with Amanda Valentine, Part 1
This two part conversation with Valentine covers what she’s working on now, and how she works as an editor to assist authors in crafting books with inclusive language. As the number of women both creating and playing tabletop games continues to increase, thoughtful approaches to gender in... Read more »
Girls, Girls, Girls: “Don’t Try to be Anything You Aren’t”
When Girls premiered last year, so many pop culture–loving feminists had pinned hopes on the show that it disappointment was almost inevitable. In a raft of post–Season 1 interviews, Dunham hinted that many critiques of the show—chief among them the issue of its attitude toward race—would... Read more »
Enjoying a Fiasco
I find Fiasco fascinating because the game experience is built heavily on the people at the table and what they bring to it.
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Darcy St. Fudge Was Robbed! Five Best Moments From Last Night's Golden Globes
Last night marked the 70th annual Golden Globes, an awards show known for its snap, crackle, and pop (pop being the sound of champagne corks as the nominees get wasted). If, like me, you tuned in mainly to watch dream team Tina Fey and Amy Poehler put the “broad” in broadcast, you were not... Read more »
Opening Frida's Closet: An Exhibition of Kahlo's Clothing Reveals Fierce Feminism
An exhibition in Mexico City showcases the wardrobe of one of the art world’s most beloved feminist icons.
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Lady Liquor: I'll Tell You When I've Had Enough!
Stories of self-censorship in the media are sadly common; here’s one that’s relevant to what I tried to do with this series. Years ago, Barry Lopez addressed an environmental philosophy class at my alma mater and I cornered him later to ask him some questions about journalism. He said... Read more »
Kickstarting Sexism with "Kingdom Death" UPDATED!
Sometimes, board games have cool miniatures and artistically admirable player pieces. Other times, they have patently sexist, exploitative and offensive miniatures. Sadly, this week has supplied an exemplar in the latter category. Kingdom Death, a... Read more »
Rolling With Kids
The two things I hear my friends with kids express as concerns about games, regardless of what age group they’re for, is about gendering and appropriateness. They want stuff that isn’t a binary of women in bikinis and men as barbarians.
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Lady Liquor: Race, Femininity, and Moral Panics In History
In my last post, I wrote about (relatively) recent moral panics and the way they fixate on the foolish, experimental or wholly fabricated hedonism of teenagers or young adults. For this post, let’s take a brief look at some of the notable, intoxication-related moral panics of the past.
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