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Dec 19, 2017Nov 18, 2020

Ebony’s 2017 Comfort Blankets

For what it’s worth (quite a lot, actually), there were moments of solace and triumph in the largely fetid swamp of 2017. For my money, 99% of those moments were born from the work, passion, […]

Dec 18, 2017Nov 18, 2020

Carolyn’s Fave Five: TV in 2017

In times of particularly intense struggle or hardship, people sometimes say that it’s difficult to see why film or TV or video games might matter. To me, it’s often times like this when the necessity […]

Dec 04, 2017Nov 18, 2020

Eleven Is the Hero I Needed in 1984

NOTE: This piece references events that take place at the end of Stranger Things season two. I want to tell you about Eleven, and why she’s my favorite in a long line of young magical […]

Nov 08, 2017Nov 18, 2020

Peach’s Tiny Taste of Freedom: Gender in Super Mario Odyssey

SPOILERS: Super Mario Odyssey’s climax sees our hero Mario, who has made a 30-plus-year career out of rescuing Princess Peach, once again doing battle with Bowser to save her from his vile clutches. Okay, okay, […]

Nov 07, 2017Nov 21, 2017

Ask a Feminist: What does it mean to “live a feminist life”?

Happy fall, y’all! We’ve added a new recommendation to our list of nonfiction feminist media: Sara Ahmed’s newest book, Living a Feminist Life. Anita can’t put it down, and my copy is here beside me […]

Oct 17, 2017Nov 18, 2020

Officer K and the Real Girl: Cultural Dehumanization in Blade Runner 2049

The original Blade Runner is a film without heroes, but to me, the most sympathetic characters have always been the four rogue replicants that Rick Deckard hunts down and kills over the course of the […]

Oct 03, 2017Nov 18, 2020

Geek Girls, Assemble!

  The FemFreq team had a great weekend in Seattle at GeekGirlCon 2017, and we’ve got the pictures to prove it! We had a dynamite time getting to talk to long-standing FemFreq supporters, and meeting […]

Sep 26, 2017Sep 26, 2017

FREQ #17: Ann Leckie Imagines A World Without Gender

  Our latest issue of the FREQ newsletter features an interview with the fascinating Ann Leckie, who wrote her critically-acclaimed and best-selling debut novel, Ancillary Justice, when she was a stay-at-home mom well into her […]

Sep 12, 2017Nov 18, 2020

UK Conference Inducts Anita Into European Women in Games Hall of Fame

Anita delivered the keynote address at the 2017 Women in Games Conference at the East London Arts and Music Academy on September 6th. Women in Games is a non-profit, games industry diversity organization, and their […]

Aug 30, 2017Nov 18, 2020

Facing the Darkness Within: The Importance of Acting in Observer and Hellblade

Acting matters, but some acting matters more than others. The 2013 film Locke, for instance, takes place entirely in a single car, being driven by a single man, played by Tom Hardy. His performance absolutely […]

Aug 25, 2017Nov 18, 2020

We’ve Got to Stop Depending Upon Disgust

Disgust is everywhere these days – have you noticed? Without question, a number of despicable things have occurred in the past few weeks. To name a few: a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, complete with […]

Aug 08, 2017Nov 18, 2020

Party vs. Video Games: Celebrating Tropes

You didn’t think we’d let the wrap of Tropes vs. Women in Video Games pass without a proper celebration, did you? This past Saturday – five years after Anita launched the Tropes Kickstarter – we […]

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