The perils of being a female gamer online

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Hey guys. I saw a friend of mine post a cartoon this morning and wanted to discuss it. It’s meant to be about the labels women face online; but i’d like to concentrate mainly on how I’m treated as a gamer. Despite being from a poor family, I’ve been a gamer since I was big enough to hold a controller or reach a keyboard. Home computers weren’t popular til I … Continue reading

Body Image and the Younger Generation

Hey Strangekittens. I’ve been seeing a lot of articles on body image lately, and heavily targeted at Photoshopped pictures. Let me explain, from the perspective of someone that works in fashion photography, why I think this action is badly targeted, although it is of course, well intentioned. This will probably offend someone. Good, you should get angry. That means you think and have an opinion. Take this for example: Israel Outlaws Too-Thin Models. … Continue reading