This week a man and his wife died because of the social constructs around disability. In Syracuse, NY the Myatt’s met the end of their lives at the front of a train. The husband felt that his wife’s life was no longer worth living, and so he walked his wife onto the train tracks. The first piece that I read… Read more →
I am so angry at the media right now. It’s actually a little hard to articulate my rage, or for that matter, my fear for the future, but I’m going to try. Actually, let me rephrase. I’m angry at EVERYONE right now. Here’s why: Because the unwillingness of Americans to believe Dylan Farrow speaks to a lack of belief whenever… Read more →
I was tired on Friday night. I’d spent 4 hours making meatballs for my yearly holiday party, cleaned my apartment and made cookies. I threw on my coat and trudged over to the local pizza shop for a slice, because I was hungry and there was absolutely no way that I could cook – the kitchen was CLEAN. I really… Read more →
I posted this picture after realizing that it was OK for me to show my eye in my selfie. It got me to thinking about why I was so shy to post it. It got me to wondering what it was that brought the shame back. We all know I’m proud of my eye, we all know I identify as… 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 →
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 →
So while Elsa is off having fun in Seattle at Geek Girl Con, I thought I’d pause to write about geekery for a moment, or at least about a video game. I have three posts in mind on the Mass Effect trilogy, of which this is the first. WARNING: THIS SERIES OF POSTS (although not actually this particular post) WILL… Read more →
This Saturday at Geek Girl Con in Seattle, WA, editor & founder Elsa Sjunneson-Henry will be presenting a class and sitting on a panel on Saturday. I’m really excited to be attending Geek Girl Con this year because I love the idea of a con where I will feel safe. So let’s talk about what I’ll be doing! On Saturday… Read more →
I refuse to allow spaces that reject the rights of women to feel safe. And that is why I will never attend PAX again. I haven’t attended PAX on my own dime since the first year it was at the Washington State Convention Center, but I attended the year that the Dickwolves shirts first were worn at PAX – and… Read more →
A letter was delivered anonymously to the mother of an autistic child in Ottawa this August. It was posted on twitter, and both buzzfeed and Huffington Post picked it up. READ THE LETTER and the come back here so we can talk about it. In the thread on which I first found this letter, someone said “I don’t think… Read more →
