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Archive for February, 2008

Bingo!

Posted in Dungeons & Dragons, Feminism, Games, Girls, Women, gender on February 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »

For those of you familiar with the blogs, Girls Read Comics (and They’re Pissed), or Hoyden About Town you may recognize the following. For those of you who aren’t familiar with these blogs, I encourage you to check out their entries For Those Playing Along at Home, and Anti-Feminist Bingo.
In any event, I thought it [...]

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The Descent of Lolth and the Goddess Ereshkigal

Posted in Dungeons & Dragons, Feminism, Girls, Goddesses, RPG, Roleplaying, Wizards, Wizards of the Coast, Women, gender on February 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Introduction
It was my hope, in writing this entry, that I would be able to bring together all of the mythological elements associated with Lolth and show how she is connected to Ereshkigal, Demeter, the Black Madonnas, Lilith, and the various spider goddesses from across a wide array of cultures. Unfortunately, the difficulties in writing such [...]

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