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A Mile in Her Shoes: Teaching Transphobia through Video Games

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Samantha Allen

I had tried to teach my students in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 100 about transphobia before. When I unwittingly assigned them a classic feminist essay that contained some transphobic language (including an uncritical quotation of Janice Raymond, the use … Continue reading →

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TransMovement: Freedom and Constraint in Queer and Open World Games

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Guest

Samantha Allen is a transgender woman, an ex-Mormon and a PhD student in Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Emory University writing a dissertation on sexual fetishism. She is also an erstwhile singer-songwriter. You can find her on the web … Continue reading →

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Game of the Day: The Hunt for the Gay Planet by Anna Anthropy

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Alex

Anna Anthropy created The Hunt for the Gay Planet in response to the news that the same-sex romances being added to The Old Republic will be behind a paywall. The game is a hilarious and fun space adventure. Check it … Continue reading →

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IGF 2013 Finalists Announced

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Tami Baribeau

Each year, the Independent Games Festival takes place at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.  This year’s finalists have been announced, including an impressive list of innovative, beautiful, experimental, and fun indie games. Particularly notable is Anna Anthropy’s game … Continue reading →

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Why “if you don’t like it, make your own” is not a valid argument

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Deirdra

This entry was originally posted at Deirdra Kiai Productions. Today, in response to critical outcry on a certain disgusting videogame trailer making rounds on the internet (relevant links here, here, and here), Tycho of Penny Arcade fame responded saying that … Continue reading →

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dys4ia: A game about hormone replacement therapy

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Tami Baribeau

  [Trigger Warning: Transphobia] Anna Anthropy, also known as Auntie Pixelante, is an occasional guest writer for us and the author of the new book Rise of the Videogame Zinesters.  It would be an absolute shame not to talk about … Continue reading →

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Activist Games

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Alex

A few items from the past month that I wanted to bring to our readers’ attention: First, Auntie Pixelante has created a game called Defend the Land, which is a satire of transphobic “women-born-women” policies at music festivals like MichFest. … Continue reading →

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