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Posts tagged ‘star wars’

2012.03.14   A Jedi Needs Not Games To #Fail: Ableism, Fat Hatred, Heterosexism, and Misogyny in Star Wars: The Old Republic   (30)

The fact that I’ve grown accustomed to the whiff of garbage that comes with almost every game on the market doesn’t mean I can’t smell it, though. So while I’m having a heck of a lot of fun playing Star Wars: The Old Republic, I am also slapping my forehead a lot.

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2011.12.20   Open Thread: Darth Vader conducts Carol of the Bells   (5)

Or as my sister put it, Algonquin + Darth Vader + Christmas. This is an open thread for general discussion on any topic, so feel free to post your own favourite geeky Christmas videos or ...

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2011.08.14   Remorseless husband-stealing no-good linkspams (15th August, 2011)   (9)

Do women and startups mix? Was Battlestar Galactica that good? Is dressing up in Leia’s slave costume empowering? All linkspammed today.

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2011.02.24   More real things   (10)

I think I’m going to start a new segment here, because I’ve just found another bit of awesome, nerdy stuff on the internet that would at very least amuse many geek women. I shall call ...

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2010.12.09   What are you wearing for Wear and Share Star Wars Day?   (8)

You may have heard the story already: First grader Katie was bullied over her star wars water bottle. The boys claimed that star was was for boys. The story was picked up by epbot and ...

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2010.11.21   Why subscribe to their feeds when you can get the linkspam for free? (21st November, 2010)   (0)

Anti-Bullying Starts in First Grade: Katie, young Star Wars geek, gets support from the wider women geek community. Sady Doyle on women represented in geek culture continued: Lady Robots: The Shape of Things to Come ...

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2010.05.02   Good girls don’t linkspam (3rd May, 2010)   (5)

Her Universe will be offering licensed Star Wars gear specifically for female fans, who thus far have been a tad under-served as a market. See the announcement. Biella Coleman comments on Clay Shirky and WYNC ...

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