I vividly remember seeing Wonder Woman in the darkness of a movie theatre with a dear friend. I remember tears in my eyes as Diana climbed up the ladder and charged across the battlefield. I remember thinking “this is for me”, and how unused to seeing women as heroes I was. It wasn’t the first... Continue Reading →
The Myth of the Male Genius
Note: I will be using the term "woman" a lot in this post, in part because articles and research tend to use a gender binary. I do however recognise that the biases women face are biases all marginalised groups face in equal or greater measure. Stop me if you've heard this before: "Yeah, he's an... Continue Reading →
Uneven playing fields
[..] for the purpose of this discussion I'm more interested in the kind of attitude that underlies and perpetuates mansplaining. And my answer, in short, is entitlement: entitlement of the epistemic variety, which relates to knowledge, beliefs, and the possession of information. - Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women, Kate Mann Raise your hand if... Continue Reading →
“Put a dog in there.”
Relatedness refers to the social nature of human beings and the connectedness with others. Both can be considered as being part of the panhuman psychology and both are intrinsically intertwined. - Heidi Keller, Psychological autonomy and hierarchical relatedness as organizers of developmental pathways The title of this blog post, put a dog in there, refers... Continue Reading →
Illumination
Gaslighting is a colloquialism for a specific type of manipulation where the manipulator is successful in having the target (a person or a group of people) question their own reality, memory or perceptions. There is often a power dynamic in gaslighting where the target is vulnerable because they are fearful of losses associated with challenging... Continue Reading →
The Naming of Things
I'm replaying GreedFall because - whee! DLC! - and I'm as impressed now as I was at my first playthrough, at the naming of things and places and people in that world. Teer Fradee, or Tír Fradí depending on where in the game it appears , Sérène, De Sardet, The Coin Guard. All of it... Continue Reading →