Tag: gaming feminism

Critical exploration and think pieces about gender representation and gender related subjects and themes.


The Politics Of Girls Drawing Manga


As someone who works as a designer and teacher I got around to have many many people show me their portfolios and ask for advice about how to improve their skills and works in hopes to better snatch a place at a design school or to be more attractive for...

Beyond Fantasy – Gender Performance & Games


Here is a thought: What if games where you save a princess or shoot up hundreds of gangsters aren't primarily escapism and power fantasies for men but real life masculinity performance systems? And what if those systems require sexism in games and games culture to work? And what can be...

Nina Kiel – Gender In Games


Nina Kiel wrote her bachelor thesis tackling gender in games. And now it's a book. And I'm excited to be in it along with good company from other voices on the issue. Look at that damn near perfect cover for the whole thing and make sure to check out Nina's...

Why Marketers Fear The Female Geek


So, there is this story making the rounds where Paul Dini on a podcast explains why execs do not want female viewers for their super hero shows. There's a link in the resources below. But the gist of it is basically "Girls do not buy our merchandise." Sounds horrible right?...

The Autonomy Question


When it comes to criticism on matters of representation – gender representation or race representation or any other group – It's important and kinda tricky to make sure, we do not debate the real life people and their choices, but keep the focus on the representations of them in media....

You’re not getting it.


If you dismiss feminist game criticism by claiming that the critic fails to recognize satire/irony/parody, then YOU are the one not getting it. Why any attempt to silence criticism by using the satire defense is doomed to fail. GTA 5A professional game reviewer – a woman by the name of...