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Tag Archives: discrimination
Doing it Right – Playstation: The Official Magazine Handles Transphobic Hate Speech
(Trigger Warning- Transphobic slurs) There are a lot of nay-sayers to social justice activism, even jaded, pessimistic gamers within the cause who feel big companies who profit off of the discrimination of minorities will never change. It’s easy to see … Continue reading
Posted in General Gaming, Social Media
Tagged allies, discrimination, Playstation: The Official Magazine, social justice, transphobia
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An Escape of One’s Own
(Trigger warning for the recounting of sensitive transgender-related experiences) Around the turn into the 20th Century, there were many questions about women. One of them was “Why aren’t there many women writers?” The typical answers ranged from men’s predisposition to … Continue reading
Is voice chat really always necessary?
“There’s no good reason for anyone not to use voice chat.” That, or something like that, was something that a guild-mate once said to me when I was playing Warhammer Online and which really set my teeth on edge. With … Continue reading
Posted in MMORPGs
Tagged deaf, discrimination, transgender, voice chat, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft
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BeautifulPeople.com removes 5000 overweight members
Social networking website BeautifulPeople.com (which I didn’t know existed) has banned 5000 members of their website for “letting themselves go” and gaining weight over the holiday season. There is so much wrong with this, I’m not even sure where to … Continue reading
Posted in Social Media, Web
Tagged BeautifulPeople.com, dating sites, discrimination, fatphobia, sexism, Social Media, social networking, Web
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Un-idealistic avatars considered “griefing”?
Second Life allows you to create an avatar that looks however you want it to. For those who aren’t familiar with it, take a typical video game avatar customization and multiply it by a million. Imagine if World of Warcraft … Continue reading
Posted in Virtual Worlds
Tagged avatars, discrimination, fat, obesity, Second Life, weight
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