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femigeeks: Nerds And Male Privilege (Click Image To Read Article) A few years ago, I was dating a girl who was decidedly not nerd curious. She tolerated my geeky interests with a certain bemused air but definitely didn’t participate in ‘em… not even setting foot inside a comic store on new comic day. She’d wait outside until I was done… which could be a while, since I was friends with several of the staff… “Y’see, one of the issues of male privilege as it applies to fandom is the instinctive defensive reaction to any criticism that maybe, just maybe, shit’s a little fucked up, yo. Nobody wants to acknowledge that a one-sided (and one-dimensional) portrayal of women is the dominant paradigm in gaming; the vast majority of female characters are sexual objects. If a girl wants to see herself represented in video games, she better get used to the idea of being the prize at the bottom of the cereal box. If she wants to see herself as a main character, then it’s time to get ready for a parade of candyfloss costumes where nipple slips are only prevented by violating the laws of physics. The number of games with competent female protagonists who wear more than the Victoria’s Secret Angels are few and far between.”

femigeeks:

Nerds And Male Privilege (Click Image To Read Article)

A few years ago, I was dating a girl who was decidedly not nerd curious. She tolerated my geeky interests with a certain bemused air but definitely didn’t participate in ‘em… not even setting foot inside a comic store on new comic day. She’d wait outside until I was done… which could be a while, since I was friends with several of the staff…

“Y’see, one of the issues of male privilege as it applies to fandom is the instinctive defensive reaction to any criticism that maybe, just maybe, shit’s a little fucked up, yo. Nobody wants to acknowledge that a one-sided (and one-dimensional) portrayal of women is the dominant paradigm in gaming; the vast majority of female characters are sexual objects. If a girl wants to see herself represented in video games, she better get used to the idea of being the prize at the bottom of the cereal box. If she wants to see herself as a main character, then it’s time to get ready for a parade of candyfloss costumes where nipple slips are only prevented by violating the laws of physics. The number of games with competent female protagonists who wear more than the Victoria’s Secret Angels are few and far between.”

(via anotherfeminist)

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H&M Makes Model Look Really, Really, Really Tan

stopwhitewashing:

Folks: we officially live in a world whereBeyoncé’s skin gets lightened for ads andIsabeli Fontana’s gets darkened. H&M is under fire from public health and cancer groups for hiring model Isabeli Fontana for its latest swimwear campaign and making her look really tan — tan in a way that many people can’t achieve via healthy means. A photo of Fontana from the last time she modeled for H&M is included for comparison. We don’t know if this is bronzer, fake tanner, Photoshop, or some unholy combination of all of the above — hopefully it’s not a tanning bed or the sun, eek — but Fontana doesn’t normally look like Tan Mom. Note to H&M: if you like the way your swimsuit colors “pop” against darker skin tones, these days they have models who naturally have those skin tones. At nearly all of the major agencies! Maybe hire them? [DM]

Kamanitree: WTF? You seriously couldn’t just hire a model of color?

(via heroicallyfound)