Gaming While Female

Bring it.

If you’re a regular reader of my column, you’ll have noticed that interspersed amongst the dating tips, I take the occasional moment to deal with issues that arrise in the geek community… after all, if you’re going to be knee-deep in nerd, it’s good to take a look around and assess how things stand. Unfortunately, [...]

Creep Shots and Predditors and Cat-calls, Oh My

Creepers gonna creep, yo.

Brace yourself folks, I’m writing about creepers again. I’ve heard from a number of folks asking just why I talk about creepers so often, and the answer is simple: I’m totally angling for a staff writing job at Jezebel. No. Really. OK, not really.1 The real answer, is because my blog’s purpose is to help people be better, [...]

This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things (Or: More on Creepers)

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It’s sad but not terribly surprising that the topic of avoiding creepy behavior and the relative “fairness” of calling dudes out for being creepy are among the most controversial topics I write about on the blog. After all, guys don’t like being told that, hey, here are all the ways that you’re weirding women out. And in fairness, [...]

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Nerds and Male Privilege: Tropes, Trolls, Haters & Anita Sarkeesian

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I occasionally get accused of hating on dudes or telling them that they are scum and women are utterly perfect in every way and everything is men’s fault. This usually comes amongst the various accusations that I’m only writing articles about feminist issues or male privilege because I’m trying to get laid1 or to please [...]

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On Labeling Women “Crazy”

Sure, we taught you that you should never trust your own feelings and that standing up for what you want is bad but there's no real harm done right?

I’ve had to quit telling stories about crazy exes or women I’ve dated. The problem was that I started realizing that when my friends and I would talk about our crazy exes or what-have-you, more often than not, we weren’t talking about ex girlfriends or random dates who exhibited signs of  genuine mental health issues. [...]

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