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05/02/09

Video Games, Queer Nerds, and Activism: Queertopia

Here is the paper I presented at Queertopia! 2.0 today. This conference has been one of the reasons I have not been able to write as many articles lately. The other reasons all relating to finishing up my last semester of coursework on my MA program in W… more »

08:29:45 pm, by heather riot Email

03/20/09

Transgender Wife gets 4 years for killing husband & all I can think about are those dead lesbians....

Categories: news, ARTICLES, web, other media Permalink
So while I was checking an old email account on yahoo, I noticed a story in the little news section. It read: Transgender Wife gets 4 years for killing husband. And I thought to myself, what does her being transgendered have to even do with that? But I c… more »

06:54:32 pm, by ari Email

02/05/09

Queering Pop Culture: Video Games, Feminism, and Queer Theory

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Pop culture is a phenomenon which, to me, has take on entirely new dimensions with the advent and improvement of visual media. Though prolific in its 'beginnings', the impact of pop culture has, arguably, increased exponentially with the rise in the visual capabilities of digital visual media forms. The television, that near-godly thing which demands the worship of most peoples in the "more developed" nooks of the world has captivated our hearts, minds, and souls in its capacity to bring action of all kinds to our living rooms. That popular culture which comes from, and becomes, digital media in its myriad forms certainly merits the attention of critical feminist study.... more »

01:19:49 pm, by heather riot Email

01/18/09

New Gay Superhero - Same old bigotry

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People are talking the internet over about Thom Creed, the new superhero coming to town. Stan Lee, of Marvel fame, is apparently creating what is being called the "world's first gay superhero." Of course, there is the orientation of Bat Girl - but this s… more »

06:10:46 pm, by heather riot Email

12/11/08

Putting the gay in game?

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Here's something difficult to figure out: Is there anything really gay in American video games? Certainly in all my time gaming I haven't seen much (read:any) lesbianism. I'm sure there is some, somewhere in the VG world but whether that falls into that… more »

03:20:37 am, by heather riot Email

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