- MariNaomi got harassed by a fellow panel member at a convention, and wrote about the experience over at XOJane. It’s pretty horrifying. The perpetrator has since identified himself and apologized but, as The Mary Sue puts it, your mileage may vary. (Pro tip: If you harass a woman, don’t apologize to her husband.)
- I’ve been totally in love with Ginger Haze since she started her Broship of the Rings illustrations, but here she writes about how weird and wonderful Tolkien elves are, and somehow I love her more.
- Want to know if your designing a sexist tech product? ArsTechnica has a handy flowchart.
- Anjin Anhut talks about the reasoning behind gendered video game marketing, and why conservative advertising might not work much longer. [How to Not Suck at Video Game Design]
- The Border House’s Samantha Allen talks about transphobic humour at Spike TV’s VGX award show, and what it feels like to be triggered by it.
- SFFWorthy combines Upworthy-style headlines with great genre moments, makes me smile.
- A helpful reminder about the importance of pronoun use in male-dominated spaces, this time the programming industry. [Geek Feminism]
- What does Buffy (the movie, not the show) have to teach us about media representations of women? According to Anna Leventhal, Buffy’s desire to “be like other girls,” to not be Special, flips an established narrative of female competition on its head and supports some really great solidarity. [The Eagle & the Weasel]
- One of the most important things to do to encourage diversity in a place like the tech industry is to give space to marginalized peoples to express themselves. Letting people speak is crucial, and there are some very tangible ways in which to do so. [Medium]
- Bitch Flicks makes a compelling case for using Frozen‘s Elsa as a metaphor for queer sexuality.
- Since we’re apparently not done talking about Frozen, Jezebel discusses subverted love-at-first-sight tropes and princes who are dicks.
- And, last of all, here’s a paper linking objectifying media with increased sexual harassment and coercion. [Psychology of Women Quarterly]
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