--- type: post title: Link Roundup 2 date: 2013-06-21 slug: link-roundup-2 --- More and more links, less and less bandwidth. Most of that is because I'm writing in earnest about other things again, and that feels really good! The downside is that I just can't bring myself to write a thousand words about some thousand-word article I found anymore. I do still find all of this stuff interesting, though, so I'll pass it on. ### Games This is a category that I fear will never be empty! Hooray! Go games! You really did it. For serious, though, there's been a steady stream of news coming in on the gaming front with regards to gender and sexuality, and I am happy to say that the tide is turning toward the positive, however slowly. I only started really reading about this sort of stuff maybe a year ago and I still don't really play any games, but still, I like to watch! * [The Creepy Side of E3][1] * [Just Making Things and Being Alive About It][2] * [Why Invisibility Isn't a Superpower][3] * [Invisibility / Illegibility: Thoughts On Why Invisibility Isn't a Superpower][4] * [A Rundown on What's Going On with Penny Arcade Now][5] * [Why We Are Not Showing Gone Home At Pax][6] ### SFWA The SFWA recently went through a kerfuffle regarding their newsletter featuring a boys-club-esque article written by a couple of old white dudes. It's worth collecting a few links if only for the first, which brings up good points that stand even outside of the subculture of SF/F writers. * [25 Things to Know About Sexism and Misogyny in Writing and Publishing][11] * [This Week in SF][12] * [On Sexism in Publishing, or Why I'm Not Writing This Two Days Ago][13] * [Sexism, the Current SFWA Kerfuffle, and "Lady Authors"][14] ### Other * [Misogyny and the Marketing Chick][7] - Institutionalizing misogyny. Because reasons. * [Kickstarter: We Were Wrong][8] - An apology for a recent Kickstarter that went through which some saw as promoting objectification of women. * [8 Ways to Not Be an Ally][9] - A link regarding some recent gate-keeping. There are, of course, good allies and bad allies. * [Polyamory in the News: Poly as "the relationship status of a totally fabulous future][10] - Partner pointed this out to me as a very "me" sort of article. I think he's right. The big take-away is communication and how that gets skipped in a lot of instances. * [Coverflip: Maureen Johnson Calls For An End To Gendered Book Covers With An Amazing Challenge ][15] - A delightful way of pointing out gendered visual language on book covers. * [Cover Posing][16] - Another instance of pointing out gendered visual language. * [The Hawkeye Initiative][17] - Just a reminder that this exists. [1]: http://kotaku.com/the-creepy-side-of-e3-513484271 [2]: http://www.polygon.com/features/2013/5/24/4341042/the-queer-games-scene [3]: http://www.reactionzine.com/why-invisibility-isnt-a-superpower/ [4]: http://theorts.tumblr.com/post/53262160482/invisibility-illegibility-thoughts-on-why [5]: http://borderhouseblog.com/?p=10995 [6]: http://thefullbrightcompany.com/2013/06/21/why-we-are-not-showing-gone-home-at-pax/ [7]: https://medium.com/about-work/aa49dffc975d [8]: http://www.kickstarter.com/blog/we-were-wrong [9]: http://blackgirldangerous.org/new-blog/2013/6/17/8-ways-not-to-be-an-ally [10]: http://polyinthemedia.blogspot.com/2013/06/poly-as-relationship-status-of-totally.html [11]: http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2013/06/10/25-things-to-know-about-sexism-misogyny-in-writing-publishing/ [12]: http://www.annaguirre.com/archives/2013/06/02/this-week-in-sf/ [13]: http://www.delilahpaints.blogspot.com/2013/06/on-sexism-in-publishing-or-why-im.html [14]: http://seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com/513901.html [15]: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/07/coverflip-maureen-johnson_n_3231935.html [16]: http://www.jimchines.com/cover-posing/ [17]: http://thehawkeyeinitiative.com/