Posts Tagged ‘feminism’

Gender Roles

Why Dragon Tattoo Flopped

Looks like The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo flopped. Not a shocker. Taking a perfectly good Swedish movie that has done fantastically well in the international market and remaking it in the English language shows that movie executives believe that Americans are too dumb to want to watch a movie with subtitles. Well, okay, some [...]

Arkham City so far

Things I expected and have not been let down on: Awesome graphics Gorgeous attention to detail in textures and shading Good character development No wasting time with boring lengthy cutscenes Hunt for Joker trophies is less stupid this time The more open world format makes the game less linear and more fun Things I did [...]

Dudeism for Chicks

This is a reprint of my article published in The Dudespaper. Far out! Recently some in the media have accused Dudeism of being “phallocentric.” This accusation will not stand! The Dudeocracy minds, dude! Rev. Stella Quinn discusses what it means to be a female Dudeist in this strongly imaginal article. By Rev. Stella Quinn High [...]

Tables are turned

The following video is very, very NSFW due to explicit language and vomiting, but it rings so true I think it counts more as a public service announcement than a work of satire. In college I played video games in person with friends, because this magical thing called the Internet couldn’t talk to consoles yet. [...]

Why the Internet is Awesome

This post is my comment to Katie the Star Wars Girl, a sweet little thing with wonderful parents who want her to believe in herself and be proud of who she is. Dear Katie, The world is a lot more connected than it used to be. Sometimes we focus too much on the dangers of [...]

Christmas Shopping

I have kind of a big family, so I have to start Christmas shopping in like, March. Today I got Computer Engineer Barbie for my niece. (No, that totally wasn’t a spoiler because, while precocious, she can’t read yet.) Computer Engineer Barbie isn’t perfect, but she’s definitely a step in the right direction as a [...]