Posted in Dungeons & Dragons, Feminism, Games, Girls, RPG, Roleplaying, Wizards, Wizards of the Coast, Women, gender on November 18, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Dungeons & Dragons is a game that’s based in fantasy, but there is a degree to which reality must be represented, lest we risk disrupting a player’s sense of disbelief. The problem is that sometimes, our perceptions of reality are based largely on personal biases, rather than actual fact. If not dealt with carefully, these [...]
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Posted in Dungeons & Dragons, Feminism, Games, Girls, RPG, Roleplaying, Wizards, Wizards of the Coast, Women, gender on November 9, 2007 | 2 Comments »
“In a world ordered by sexual imbalance, pleasure in looking has been split between active/male and passive/femqale. The determining male gaze projects its phantasy on to the female form which is styled accordingly. In their traditional exhibitionist role women are simultaneously looked at and displayed with their appearance coded for strong visual and erotic impact [...]
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Posted in Dungeons & Dragons, Feminism, Games, Girls, RPG, Roleplaying, Wizards, Wizards of the Coast, Women, gender on November 9, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Roleplaying is a curious thing. What starts out as a whimsical fancy, an expression of the imagination, suddenly becomes an outlet for feelings that we’re afraid to express, and ideas that we’re afraid to explore. We create an alter ego- another self- a person that’s allowed to be aggressive, or passionate, or fearful, or cold.
But [...]
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