So, a brief sidebar for all my usual readers whom I love and adore; yours truly has participated in Bitch Magazine's blog carnival celebrating all manner of feminist click and anti-click. I wrote an article about the meaning of online gaming to me as a trans woman and as a feminist and posted it on The Border House. You may find it in all its glory here. The essence of the article is that I learned a tremendous deal about what it meant to be a woman in contemporary society- vivifying the second half of Susan Stryker's famous (to me) definition of womanhood: "A woman is one who says she is and then does what woman means." I learned, in ways both empowering and painful, what being a woman meant. What's more, I would come to terms with who I was, and most important of all, roleplaying showed me that there was courage and strength in womanhood. It prepared me for the fight that would explode forth in all its fury when I finally decided to come out. The article was meant to convey some … [Read more...]