This is part of an ongoing series that reviews and attempts to deconstruct common tropes in the Blizzard Fanart Gallery. This is not a critique of the choices of individual artists, but a look at the choices Blizzard and those artists have made. For reasons of time/expendiency I am limiting this series to what is...
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Tags: -isms, -ists, fanart, feminism, GODDAMN BLIZZ, intersectionality, omg she is like totally privileged, overthinking it, race, troll, troll women
Posted in Fanart Profiles, General Warcraft, Intersectionality | 33 Comments »
It’s a big word. It is, as per usual, a big subject. It’s long and rambling, and I’m certainly not an expert on the experiences of gay, lesbian or transexual gamers. This is not about calling anyone homophobic, or anything like that. This post is just about looking at these issues and questioning ourselves...
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Tags: Gaming, Gay, Homosexual, intersectionality, Lesbian, LGBT, mmorpgs, Social Justice, Speculation, Transexual
Posted in Cataclysm Beta, Intersectionality, Social Activism | 56 Comments »
When I first heard of the latest news from Blizzard, that our Real Names will be visible when we post on the new forum system (this change will not be retroactively implemented) I spent about 40 minutes typing out an impassioned rant talking about privilege and how many people are oblivious to the concerns...
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Tags: Blizzard, feminism, Forums, gender and blogging, GODDAMN BLIZZ, intersectionality, online safety, Real ID
Posted in Feminism, Intersectionality, Patches & Expansions, Social Activism | 48 Comments »
I don’t think it will be the only addon that breaks in 3.3.5, but all those who called it that Blizz would disable this mod should give themselves a pat on the back. I wrote about it last month, and I still believe that the addon does less to hamper the situational awareness of...
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Tags: addons, bossmod, patch 3.3.5, Speculation
Posted in 3.3.5, Addons/UI, General Warcraft, Intersectionality, Social Activism, WotLK Patch Notes | 10 Comments »
Blizzard finally steps up with zero tolerance on offensive names. To ensure all participants in the Arena Tournament have the best experience possible, there will be a zero-tolerance policy for any inappropriate character or Arena team names created on the Arena Tournament realm. Characters with inappropriate names will be deleted. This means that you...
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Tags: -isms, -ists, arena, Blizzard, feminism, GODDAMN BLIZZ, inappropriate names, insults, intersectionality, linguistic reform, offensive names, omg she is like totally privileged, words mean things, zero tolerance policy
Posted in Intersectionality, Social Activism | 19 Comments »
