Sound Reflections

Sound Reflections: Penny Arcade

Sound Reflections: Penny Arcade

Published by on June 24, 2013 | Leave a response

I started playing Role Playing Games (RPGs) in high school. My gaming group was called Ironlands and we played once a week at a friend’s house, staying up late into the night, rolling dice and drinking vanilla coke. My gaming group was populated by several lesbians, one person who identified as genderqueer, and at one point, a transgendered player. We… Read more →

A Link for a Bostonite

Published by on April 19, 2013 | Leave a response

I do not have the emotional energy to talk about Boston today. But Boston is in my thoughts and I hope for all civillians’ to be safe and for all law enforcement officers to be safe. In lieu of more thoughts, I’m sharing a post by a blind woman who lives in Boston, whose story sounds a lot like when… Read more →

Sound Reflection: Tell a Feminist Thank You

Sound Reflection: Tell a Feminist Thank You

Published by on February 12, 2013 | 4 Responses

Today there’s a hashtag on twitter #tellafeministthankyou – so I’m going to say a few thank you’s to people who’ve taught me, or who keep me writing. Thanks to my mom, Paula, for raising me as a feminist. Thanks to MTR, because talking about feminism in his office made me better at what I do. Thanks to Kenna and Lillian,… Read more →

Having Fun Isn’t Always Fun and Games

Published by on December 27, 2012 | Leave a response

I’m always up for sharing the work of those I know on the internet watercooler, and today I’m talking about the piece Lillian Cohen Moore wrote about Cards Against Humanity – a game which I love dearly, but always struggle with in some instances. Cards Against Humanity is billed as Apples to Apples for Horrible People. Sure, we’re all pretty… Read more →

Having Fun Isn’t Always Fun and Games

Published by on December 27, 2012 | Leave a response

I’m always up for sharing the work of those I know on the internet watercooler, and today I’m talking about the piece Lillian Cohen Moore wrote about Cards Against Humanity – a game which I love dearly, but always struggle with in some instances. Cards Against Humanity is billed as Apples to Apples for Horrible People. Sure, we’re all pretty… Read more →

My heart is breaking today. I have no way to stop the pain happening in Connecticut right now. No way to give comfort to those who will need it most.

I remember when it was Columbine I was in school; everyone terrified it might happen to us too.
I remember when it was Virginia Tech. I was in college; the same age as many involved.
Today, all I can say is murdering, no, executing, children seems so far past the pale, that finally perhaps something will be done.  Perhaps people will listen.

Gun control needs to be taken seriously. Children were killed today. Children were murdered in their school. A place they should be safe.

Watching the journalists praise children for having survived, for being tough – this doesn’t happen in America. 8 year olds shouldn’t be praised for their bravery in the face of gunfire. They shouldn’t have to experience that in the first place. This cannot be allowed to stand.

We can no longer give in to sacrificing lives for some kind of liberty. There is no kind of liberty that allows someone to shoot children. We have put off this conversation time and again. After Columbine. After Virginia Tech. After Aurora. The question is not “If not now, when?” No. Now is the time. Now is the time to give future generations a safe country.

I will no longer stand by. Please join me in standing up and saying no.