In Faith, I do not Know Thee by Thy Name
In my recent article for The Border House I took on a number of the arguments made by a few starry eyed technophiles in favour of ending the practise of online anonymity. This is a significant issue...
View ArticleI’m Being So Sincere Right Now: Gaming as Hyperreality
Sisters of Janus: Therese and Jeanette Voerman from Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines. Both blonde haired, pallid women, one wearing a dark grey business suit and black rimmed glasses, the other...
View ArticleOnce as Tragedy, Again as Farce
Speaking truth to power. This description is almost cliched by now; indeed, it gave its name to Prof. Hill’s autobiography. But like the best cliches it derives its overuse from its utterly trenchant...
View ArticleThe Gentleman Doth Protest Too Much
Editor/Dungeon-Master’s Note: I sat on this for a while and almost didn’t publish it. Fear of speaking out bedevils most of us who say what is not exactly popular. I thank the women and men in my life...
View ArticleReproductive Justice and the Invisible Sisterhood
I delivered this speech at the opening plenary of the 2013 State University of New York– New Paltz Women’s Studies Conference. I present it here in its original written form without additional comment....
View ArticleThe Chapel Perilous: On the Quiet Narratives in the Shadows
Michelle Goldberg’s feature in The Nation magazine about “Feminism’s toxic Twitter wars” landed in the social justice community like an incendiary cluster bomb and its merciless conflagration is still...
View ArticleThe Philosopher Queen of the Night: On “Hate Plus'” Oh Eun-a
(Note: This essay contains spoilers for both Analogue: A Hate Story and its sequel Hate Plus; in addition it assumes knowledge of the game and its story.) “She seems …well… like one of the most amazing...
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