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8 Indie Games Featuring Queer Relationships, Eroticism, and Hugs

Because romance, eroticism and queerness are still far from making it into many mainstream games, I’ve made a list of indie games designed to tug on your queer heartstrings and maybe even turn you on.

By Robin| September 22, 2014 | 40 Comments
Television

Holigay Gift Guide 2013: All the Anime!

Always wanted to get someone on your list into anime – or dive into it yourself – but not sure where to start? Here’s a guide to where to look depending on what they already like.

By Rose| December 10, 2013 | 47 Comments
Television

The Completely Ultimate Best Moments (So Far) of Walking Dead’s New Queer Couple

For the second week in a row, The Walking Dead has delivered us some queer lady goodness. Let’s relive those moments now.

By Laura Mandanas| November 26, 2013 | 11 Comments
Television

The Walking Dead Brings Another Queer Chick Named Tara To TV, We Rejoice

Let’s all hope and pray that this Tara has better luck than her predecessors.

By Laura Mandanas| November 22, 2013 | 14 Comments
Television

“Revolutionary Girl Utena” Transgresses Gender and Sexuality

It’s not just about the fact that she falls in love with another girl, but what Utena Tenjou does for those of us who never played by society’s gender rules.

By Rose| November 15, 2013 | 61 Comments
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Magical Girls, Heroines and Anime Amazons: Field Notes from Otakon 2013

The East Coast’s largest anime convention had everything an anime fan could want, including some interesting conversations about representation of women in anime.

By Rose| August 27, 2013 | 28 Comments
Geekery

Three Cheers for Online Community With Amy T. Falcone, Queer Webcomic Artist

Falcone has a new comic forthcoming, called Clique Refresh, and it’s “a love letter to internet friends and what it means to feel most at home online.”

By A.E. Osworth| August 3, 2013 | 2 Comments
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Queer Your Tech With a Nerdy Video Party

Seriously. The geeks of the interwebs were on point with the video content this week. Includes a feminist analysis of Adventure Time, Bill Nye explaining asteroid disasters and some rad footage of plants growing (which is, it should be noted, more exciting than it sounds).

By A.E. Osworth| July 27, 2013 | 17 Comments
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A Lady Doctor Who, And Some Other Hopes and Dreams

The show began airing in 1963, with a hiatus and then a reboot in 2005. All in all, 11 actors have played the alien of everyone’s dreams. Every single one of those 11 actors has been a white man. (Also, as River Song says, spoilers).

By A.E. Osworth| July 22, 2013 | 69 Comments
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The Road Home: PS4 And The Rebirth Of A PlayStation Fangirl

How Sony’s PS4 is bringing me back to my gaming roots.

By taylor| June 15, 2013 | 22 Comments
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Nerdcraft: Craft Like a Nerd With Perler Bead Sprites

You, too, can put together your own bead sprites in the shape of 1-up mushrooms, Pokémon and the TARDIS. Gather up your geeks and go.

By Whitney Pow| May 24, 2013 | 24 Comments
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Choose Your Character: I’m Peach, Not Mario

“I did extremely well in any video games with dating elements, like Persona 4, but virtual dating and real dating are two very different things. I could master playing as someone else, but as the old cliché of dating advice often goes, I needed to be myself.”

By Monica| May 20, 2013 | 27 Comments
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How Sailor Moon Made Me A Feminist: An Ode to Magical Girl Shows

Maybe it’s the influence of Sailor Moon that is part of what made me a feminist, someone who didn’t think that being a girl was a weakness but was, in fact, a special kind of power.

By Rose| May 17, 2013 | 94 Comments
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Hollaback! Philly Making Comic Book About Street Harassment

Rose’s Team Pick: Hollaback! is using comics to educate both men and women about how to respond to harassment. And you can help fund it!

By Rose| March 29, 2013 | 3 Comments
Geekery

Queer Your Tech With Fun: Backing Up Your Ish, Part 1

Part one of backing it up: discussing what it is, why we need to do it, what the different kinds of back ups are, etc.

By Lana Turing| December 1, 2012 | 12 Comments
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Harvard’s Science and Cooking Lecture Series Brings All The Girls To The Yard

Laura’s Team Pick: They can teach you, and there is no charge.

By Laura| September 19, 2012 | 21 Comments
Geekery

A Whole New World (of Warcraft)

Ladies and gentlebois, this is my coming out: I am a proud, gay, level 85 warlock. And I am here to recruit you.

By Tami| September 10, 2012 | 64 Comments
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The Invention of the Book, and Also Douglas Adams

Carolyn’s Team Pick: Books, Douglas Adams, and killer animation? Yes please.

By Carolyn Yates| June 1, 2012 | 46 Comments
Geekery

My Little Pony: Lesbianism is Magic

The “brony” fandom is a lot more Sapphic than you’d think, at least as far as their fanfiction goes.

By Rose| May 30, 2012 | 199 Comments
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Thirteen 8-bit Chiptune Music Covers to Make Your Day Nerdier

Have you had your daily dose of video-game-music inspired covers of songs by Tegan and Sara and The Cure? Here you go.

By Whitney Pow| March 7, 2012 | 21 Comments
Geekery

On Booth Babes, CES, and Why This Female Tech Journo Thinks We Deserve A Better Apology

In which I respond to a BBC interview featuring yours truly on the matter of “booth babes” and call for a better apology from Gary Shapiro, all-around really influential technology guy.

By taylor| January 18, 2012 | 37 Comments
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