May 2012
6 posts
April 2012
9 posts
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Last portal to Tyria. →
alisdee:
Dee tries very hard to hate Guild Wars 2. Results are not as expected.
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“Patriarchy is not men. Patriarchy is a system in which both women and men...”
– Ashley Judd (The Daily Beast)
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February 2012
8 posts
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Esoterica: Actual, slightly-to-totally racist... →
raptorific:
These are, for the sake of space, paraphrased versions of the original arguments that I’ve seen floating around the internet, and some have been reworded to make them clearer. Included is my own commentary on why exactly each is racist, although most of them don’t need much explanation.
I talk about a couple character deaths in here, but I don’t think that really needs spoiler...
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Esoterica: thegoddamazon: aijin: This is something... →
thegoddamazon:
aijin:
This is something little, but I think it really highlights how people think. Whether you’re intentionally racist or not, you’re still racist.
When I started playing Maple Story again in 2009, I made a new character and started from scratch. Instead of choosing the lightest hue for my skin, I chose tan. I liked it because it was darker, different, and a lot cuter than...
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“In fact, the core problem is the idea that somehow the site has less value or is...”
– Elizabeth Giorgi at the Mary Sue explains why the media coverage of Pinterest sucks. Also - I like Pinterest lots. (via jenmyers)
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January 2012
5 posts
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“To be a successful community manager, you have to live a double life of empathy...”
– http://theantisocialmedia.com/anti-social-media/community-managers-are-psychopaths/
This quote contains so much truth. (Article is ablelist though. Thumbs down on that.)
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I just need to scream about this somewhere.
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
I knew this would happen, but I don’t know if I can handle it. I’m already fucking reaching my limit.
As Arkh sees more eyes, there is more misinformation and more bullshit.
More white people fucking bawwing about how they’re not included. Fuck you, don’t care, and guess what? You don’t get to be good guys. Though one of you will be a “nice guy”, but I think you know...
December 2011
13 posts
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Whoops.
Ack. A few old blog posts were cross-posted to Tumblr. Clearly there are a few idiosyncrasies with my Wordpress to Tumblr plugin that I need to figure out.
Sorry if I accidentally spammed your Dashboard. >_<;;
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UNCHARTED 3: Drake's Deception
UNCHARTED 3: Drake’s Deception is a fun follow-up to UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves. Gamers who enjoy cinematic action narratives and UNCHARTED fans will probably enjoy it. The plot in UNCHARTED 3 is not as intriguing as the previous two installments, the action is mostly familiar, but it still delivers solidly awesome game play and an entertaining cinema-like game experience.
General...
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Evidence for interbreeding with Neanderthals, only... →
sanityscraps:
liquornspice:
thenoobyorker:
verbalresistance:
Leipzig - An international team of scientists have successfully sequenced the Neanderthal genome, and the evidence shows that humans in Europe, Asia and Papua New Guinea carry Neanderthal genes - while African peoples are 100 percent human.
(via BBC: Neanderthal genes ‘survive in us’)
An international team led by scientists...
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Literally, IRL.: The Wage Gap and White Privilege →
lavender-labia:
iamateenagefeminist:
I’m very tired of hearing that women only make 77 cents on the male’s dollar. It’s not a correct statistic. It should read: White women only make 77 cents on the white man’s dollar.
That’s the real statistic.
Not all women are white. WOMEN don’t make 77 cents on the dollar, WHITE WOMEN do.
It’s important to remember.
Because every time we repeat that 77...
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“The math is the math. You can’t lower current (tax) rates and raise revenue...”
– President BARACK OBAMA, responding to Republican charges that he is “fixated” on “raising the tax rates for the wealthiest Americans,” on 60 Minutes.
This whole thing, summarized so simply and yet the conservative element in these United States continues to pretend not to understand the sheer,...
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“We need to acknowledge that a WOC balances the identities of “woman” and “of...”
– White Feminists: It’s Time to Put Up Or Shut Up on Race « Radically Queer (via cornellwocc)
And also remember that WOC is a political term that is intended to denote being non-white as an umbrella, but was more importantly intended as an act of solidarity between various non-white women. And...
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“This is why I personally care about diversity: it’s the canary in the coal mine...”
– Eric Reis, “Racism and Meritocracy” (via unlockingtheclubhouse)
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“I never want to discuss cinema in a leaden and academic way, but what other way...”
– http://www.mirrorfilm.org/2011/12/02/this-is-the-problem-writing-about-film/
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November 2011
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Esoterica: An open letter to racist, not racists. →
nudiemuse:
Dear you,
Yes you. I know you are an awesome open minded person. You love everyone no matter what (unless of course they are really icky), you know things! You read the news. You do protests. You talk about social justice. You are a crusader for all the right things. You are…
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October 2011
6 posts
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An Open Letter on the Idea of Geek Cred
postcardsfromspace:
Following up on this whole saga:
Dear Fellow Geeks,
No one is hurting you when they wear superhero t-shirts without memorizing every title the character has appeared in. They’re expressing enthusiasm—novice enthusiasm, but enthusiasm nonetheless—for something you care deeply about and have done your damnedest to evangelize. That they don’t have the same degree of geek...
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PAX Valkyrie: No Flat Girls: How Allies are Born →
paxvalkyrie:
This is a story about gamer culture, casual sexism, the silence of friends, and its fallout - more or less in that order. Firstly, context. I’m a recent graduate working as a game designer for a social games startup in New York City, and I identify strongly with other students and alumni who…
A must-read story about casual sexism in gaming communities and amongst game...
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“The outrage about the “ground zero mosque” has turned very ugly, as this video...”
– Ground Zeros Slave Graves
(via howtobenoladarling)
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