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A child refugee builds the first wholly female software company, putting feminism into practice, and goes on to become one of the most noted philanthropists in her country. It’s a story fit for Hollywood. Stephanie Shirley tells it with gusto, raw honesty, and compelling writing in her...
Peter Frase
"our power isn't in being less different or strange...it's in making strange things seem possible". The above statement, though today often attributed to antifa mascot Gritty, was actually made by Kate Griffiths of the Red Bloom Communist Collective. It reiterates themes discussed in a wonderful...
David Stark
There was a Twitter discussion yesterday about a transphobic joke in the recent Obsidian game Pillars of Eternity. Here's is my attempt to convince you that transphobic details in fiction are a problem. The joke, written by a game backer, is a tombstone reading "The last woman he bedded, turned...
David Stark
So here's something I found out the other day that made me groan: Wikipedia has an article on human body shape, reasonably enough. It also has one on female body shape - but not one on male body shape. And the female body shape article isn't just a stub: it's a long and detailed article that's...