A Note to Cis Allies & Feminist Media Outlets
Two days ago Private Chelsea Manning made a statement that she wished to no longer be called Bradley Manning, and that she wished to go by female pronouns rather than male. In the last two days I have...
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My Crip Selfie Fights Back Against the Bullies
I posted this picture after realizing that it was OK for me to show my eye in my selfie. It got me to thinking about why I was so shy to post it. It got me to wondering what it was that brought the...
View ArticleWhat the Fake Interpreter Jokes Mean
At Nelson Mandela’s memorial, there was a fake Sign Language Interpreter. While dignitaries were addressing the crowd in the 95,000-seat Soccer City stadium, the young, suited man with an official...
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The Agency of Writing Games
I’ve been a gamer for most of my life. D&D, Changeling, Vampire, Don’t Go Into the Basement… You name it, I probably have played it at least once. Many of my fondest memories of high school involve...
View ArticlePulling the Trigger on Trigger Warnings
A lot has been said about trigger warnings in the past few months. Much of it is derisive “What’s that going to do to help?” or “But where does the line stop, when are we just labeling everything a...
View ArticlePeople Debate Euthanasia (AGAIN)
I wasn’t sure what I was writing about today until I logged into facebook. Then I saw a link to a debate.org post asking whether or not parents of children with disabilities should be able to euthanize...
View ArticleNegotiating Violence in RPG’s
In recognition of my new job at Storium and the week being about Dexcon I want to talk a little about the process of helping players negotiate difficult content in games. RPG’s have always had...
View ArticleScare Quotes and Subtle Threats – Rape Culture in Games
Max Temkin, one of the creators of Cards Against Humanity (one of my favorite games ever) has been accused of rape. A woman has stepped forward and said “this happened to me.” As a survivor, I never...
View ArticleNo Girls Allowed
It seems oddly appropriate that this is the 200th published post on Feminist Sonar. I am so tired of being told, either implicitly or explicitly, that there are no girls allowed in games. It’s not just...
View ArticleBurdens and Balance
I am angry at Stephen Hawking and after you finish this article, I hope you’ll understand why. During an interview which was released this past Wednesday, Hawking stated that were he no longer to...
View ArticleGlad I Never Went Viral
There’s a video going around that I’m not going to link here. You’ve probably already seen it, anyway. It’s of a man with a disability being fed by a worker at McDonald’s. Everybody seems to love this...
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