As big nerds, Charles and I like to do nerdy things. Recently, we’ve managed to infiltrate a dear college friend’s weekly Magic: The Gathering club. This is super good news! I’m the only woman, but I’ve come to expect that. We have a lot of fun, though, so the strangenesses are pretty much excusable. There’s just one [...]
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Noble Hierarch is Not a Slut
Filed Under: Gen!der!Fight! Tagged With: feminism, Feminist, Magic: The Gathering, misogyny, nerd misogyny, nerds, Olivia Davis, real life, Slut shaming, social status
Leaving Mundania: Growing Up Gamer

In this moving excerpt from her new book, Lizzie Stark brings us the story of two boys growing up in the world of role-playing games.
Filed Under: Families, Featured Content Tagged With: death, Dungeons and dragons, fatherhood, geeks, grief, high school, LARP, live-action role playing, Lord of the Rings, loss, Magic: The Gathering, mourning, parenting, science fiction conventions






















“It’s a woman’s job to make her man feel safe — a safe place that doesn’t expect him to do brave things just because he’s a man.”
This is a comment by Kat on the post “A Husband’s Job Is To Create Emotional Safety”.