A bit on introduction. Elsa told me that I’m the first guy that has ever written content for this website. That’s a huge honor. For the majority of my life, I’ve identified as a white, straight, cis-male. I’ve come to understand that’s not completely the case. I’m something much closer to pansexual, and I’m decidedly genderfluid. I’m a tabletop game… Read more →
Today was a long day. I had to carry a 5 pound bag of paper to Bronxville, NY from my home in Jersey City. I got up there, I turned in my MA Thesis, and I got back on the train to go home. During rush hour. One of the reasons I hate living in New York City is because… Read more →
The other night as I was in the tub trying to get my muscles to relax enough for me to sleep, I tweeted a quote from the Princess Bride. “Pain is life, Princess.” Except that’s not the line. I realized this after staring at my tweet for a minute. The quote is “Life is pain, princess.” I sat there in… Read more →
Autism Speaks doesn’t speak for autistics. Real live autistic people and their loved ones have known that for some time. But they may have finally crossed the line with their hateful, fear-mongering, ableist rhetoric. On November 11, AS co-founder Suzanne Wright issued a public statement about the organization’s policy “summit” in Washington DC. She compares autism to kidnapping and grave… Read more →
The book I’m about to read, Handle With Care by Jodi Picoult, is about a family with a disabled child. I’m about to curl up with my nook and a giant mug of tea, and see what I can do about ripping this book to shreds. Hope you enjoy it! Nota Bene: I really appreciate everyone who is educating… Read more →
When I read that Netflix & Marvel are making several series’ about various characters, I got excited. Right up until I saw that they were going to make Daredevil. What these two companies have is an opportunity to change the way that mainstream media deals with disability in production. Hire me. Or someone like me. You see, I’ve spent my… Read more →
I have just read yet another article on how women are getting sexually assaulted on college campuses because they drink. The conversation around rape, and the prevention of rape, is a wide ranging and sensitive one. Today, I’m choosing to focus just on this particular trend in the dialogue I’ve seen recently. These articles have recently appeared in multiple publications,… Read more →
WARNING. This post will contain spoilers for the Mass Effect series. If this is a problem, please feel free to bookmark it and come back after you’ve finished playing through! Previous posts in Andrea Plays Mass Effect: Intro and Some Thoughts on Community The Joker Problem, Part One So, Joker. In part one I discussed the problematic way Bioware addressed… Read more →
Warning: This piece may contain spoilers for Mass Effect 1, 2, and/or 3. Read at your own risk. Alternatively, please feel free to bookmark the post and come back to check it out after you finish your playthrough! The first post in my “Andrea Plays Mass Effect” series is right over here: Intro and Some Thoughts on Community. I have… Read more →
This past weekend I was at Geek Girl Con (YAY GEEK GIRL CON) and I’ll be writing about that tomorrow. Because that deserves its own post. But it was certainly ironic that this happened while on my way HOME from this particular convention. To give you a sense of my state of mind, yesterday I woke up at 4:20 in… Read more →
