Ah, yes. Within the MyIGN community, there have been two recent “fake” people. One was quickly forgiven, her reasons were easy to understand and she’s still a part of the community. She explained herself and that was pretty much the end of the situation. With the more recent one, it was a guy who had … Read moreFake Personas on Teh Internetz!
A lot of guys are sick of women (and men) bitching about inequality. They think it’s overdone, people should just get over it, etc. They think that talking about it won’t make it go away. When one of Leigh Alexander’s many posts went up on Kotaku, many of the comments said things like “stop labeling … Read moreInequality Bitching and Bullying
People have a lot of excuses to be homophobic. Obviously, it’s a fear (phobia, dur) but of what? Since I was really involved with my high school’s Gay-Straight Alliance, and I was born and raised in Portland, I have a lot of openly gay/trans/bi friends. I’ve never had a problem with it, because… I’ve always figured … Read moreReasons to Hate Gay People
I originally posted this a year and a half ago on the IGN blogs, but I ended up deleting everything from there. I’ve edited it a bit, as well… My grandmother was planning on being a nun until she met my grandfather. When she met him, though, plans changed. She fell madly in love with … Read moreReligion Is and Is Not
Working in retail came with unwanted side effects. At the time, they were definitely necessary, but I wasn’t expecting them to extend into my personal life. I thought that I would be able to turn this “ability” on or off, depending on if it was necessary at the time or not. I have lost the … Read moreI Cannot Ragequit.