Preach Sister!

Ashley Judd gave a very intense speech at a TED event last year, and it has recently been released to the public. For me, this is something I've been trying to say for ages. We HAVE to stop treating women as props, objects to push the story forward. We have to stop thinking it's okay... Continue Reading →

Locking ourselves in

I have been spending a lot of time recently thinking about the games industry, gaming culture and the strong divides that exist within the culture and the industry. Less so within the industry than the culture. The divides that I'm talking about are of course the idea that there are two camps in the gaming... Continue Reading →

Pingvinpriset till Anita Sarkeesian

Det finns inte så mycket att säga om det här, annat än att det är fantastiskt, underbart och välförtjänt. Anita Sarkeesian tilldelas pingvinpriset för sitt arbete med Feminist Frequency, en av mina favoritkanaler långt innan hon gjorde Women vs. Tropes. Motivering till Pingvinspriset 2016 Att få göra sitt jobb utan dödshot är en rimlig förväntan... Continue Reading →

Gimme shelter

There's a good reason why I don't play multiplayer games. When I first started playing MMOs like Anarchy Online, Asheron's Call 2 and Star Wars Galaxies, I still felt relatively safe. Sure, I flirted with my Bounty Hunter in Asheron's Call 2 (I was his healer), but apart from some randos that we bumped into... Continue Reading →

What it’s about

I've moved to Edmonton. In a way this was good for me. Nobody knows who I am, my reputation hasn't reached outside of Sweden. It's nice to be nobody again. The reason I write this, is because the gaming culture took another blow a few days ago. "Go make me a sandwich" is quitting. Our... Continue Reading →

Hedersdoktor

Nu är det officiellt. På fredagen den 7:e oktober (nästa vecka) är jag i Skövde för att bli utnämnd till hedersdoktor vid Högskolan i Skövde. Jag får den utmärkelsen för mitt arbete med jämställdhet och mångfald inom spelkultur och spelindustri. Det är en oerhörd ära, men en ära som jag egentligen upplever borde delas av... Continue Reading →

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