Hey All!
I've created a blog for my WS 211 class, and I'd love it if you could check it out, make some comments, become a "follower", etc!! Feedback would be great too as it's a work in progress for my final assignment!! Thanks!
http://problematizinggenderedspaces.blogspot.com
Erica
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Sunday, March 1, 2009
More, more, too much?
Hello Blog Readers, happy Sunday,
Here is an update on the woman who was banned from X Box Live for identifying as a lesbian. I think it is interesting how they use say "for gamertags or profiles we do not allow expression of any type of orientation, be that hetero or other". That heterosexuality is always biting people in the butt. The article is concluded by saying that "Microsoft's position on this issue has been consistent — whether you are actually gay or if the word gay is in your name.". WTF? What about if you are straight and identify as it? And, whether you are actually gay... heaven forbid someone actually be something.
Stephen Toulouse handles the policy for XBox Live service and here is what he had to say about the issue. I think it is funny how they are changing the word banned to suspended in the articles. And how they try to stop all forms of sexual and racial harrassment. Do they try to stop harrassment against women that doesn't involved sex or race?
Here is another comment about the article.
This isn't the first time that someone has been suspended on XBox for stating their sexuality in their name. Here is an aricle about thegayergamer and how he was suspended. Make sure to read the comments attached to see what people say about these types of articles. It is mind
blowing.
Probably the last post on 'gay gaming' minus the updates on Theresa. This man's last name was Gaywood and was suspended.
Well I am happy that Microsoft is finally looking into a way to represent gender and sexuality in gaming. Microsoft is currently looking at "a way to safely express relationship preference" without it getting misused.
Peace,
Kerrilynn
Here is an update on the woman who was banned from X Box Live for identifying as a lesbian. I think it is interesting how they use say "for gamertags or profiles we do not allow expression of any type of orientation, be that hetero or other". That heterosexuality is always biting people in the butt. The article is concluded by saying that "Microsoft's position on this issue has been consistent — whether you are actually gay or if the word gay is in your name.". WTF? What about if you are straight and identify as it? And, whether you are actually gay... heaven forbid someone actually be something.
Stephen Toulouse handles the policy for XBox Live service and here is what he had to say about the issue. I think it is funny how they are changing the word banned to suspended in the articles. And how they try to stop all forms of sexual and racial harrassment. Do they try to stop harrassment against women that doesn't involved sex or race?
Here is another comment about the article.
This isn't the first time that someone has been suspended on XBox for stating their sexuality in their name. Here is an aricle about thegayergamer and how he was suspended. Make sure to read the comments attached to see what people say about these types of articles. It is mind
blowing.
Probably the last post on 'gay gaming' minus the updates on Theresa. This man's last name was Gaywood and was suspended.
Well I am happy that Microsoft is finally looking into a way to represent gender and sexuality in gaming. Microsoft is currently looking at "a way to safely express relationship preference" without it getting misused.
Peace,
Kerrilynn
Friday, February 27, 2009
BBB - Mona Lisa Smile
Hi All, After an unintentional hiatus, the Babes Beyond Borders Film series is back in action!! This Friday March 6th at 3pm we will be showing Mona Lisa Smile, starring Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles, and Maggie Gyllenhall.
This film tells the tale of a young university professor who discovers that nearly all of her female students are only in university to find a husband - and when they do, they drop out. She struggles to convince her students that they should be able to pursue careers and lives of their own, not simply define themselves by what their husbands do.
Come out on Friday to see how the rest of the film unfolds - it's a good one!!! Some great discussion will follow afterwards for sure, therefore we shall reconvene at the wave immediately after the film, around 5 pm!!! Hope to see you all there!
ps - There will be a meeting at 1:30 to discuss the upcoming Women's Studies conference that UPEI will be hosting in October - please make every effort to attend because some very important things need to be discussed!!
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Lesbian Profiles
On an Xbox Live console you are able to create a gamers profile. When you create the profile you are allowed to put anything you like but as soon as you start playing 'live' with other people they have the option of complaining about your profile.
This is a short write up about one woman who identified as lesbian on Xbox Live and was ban from the service after her Xbox Live peers complained about her profile.
Peace,
Kerrilynn
Nude Moments in Gaming: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
I don't think that I am going to apologize for posting links for article related to gaming anymore.
Here is another link to an article that discusses naked women in video games. The article looks at about ten different games. Most of the women in them are topless, don't get too excited because there are little fish covering their nipples. Little fish?
Peace,
Kerrilynn
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Exciting Updates!!
Hi Everyone!
I hope you all had a fantastic reading week and are now sufficiently rested and ready to go for the rest of the semester! For those of you who are not in school or are on sabbatical (Ann and Fiona), I hope you're all reading and doing things the rest of us wish we could be doing right now!!
I just wanted to let you all know about some exciting updates that the WS Society has to announce!
First off, we are planning the first (?) ever UPEI Women's Studies Conference, set for October 23-24, 2009. Posters for the call for paper submissions have been designed by the lovely Kerrilynn, and have been printed and sent off to the various universities and colleges in Atlantic Canada, as well as Concordia and McGill Universities (in Montreal). More information will follow, but if you require some info before I post more updates, please contact me, Ann, Kerrilynn, or Marianne!!
Secondly, after a bit of an unintentional hiatus, the Babes Beyond Borders film series will continue with its second movie of the semester - Mona Lisa Smile! We are still in the process of determining which friday works the best for everyone - March 6th or 13th - and we'd like your feedback! Please post a comment on this blog post, or send us an email at upei_wst_society@hotmail.com. I'll have that information up for you all asap!!!
Anyway, that's all for now - just wanted to give you guys a bit of a teaser update before the official info hits the airwaves!! Bye for now,
Erica
I hope you all had a fantastic reading week and are now sufficiently rested and ready to go for the rest of the semester! For those of you who are not in school or are on sabbatical (Ann and Fiona), I hope you're all reading and doing things the rest of us wish we could be doing right now!!
I just wanted to let you all know about some exciting updates that the WS Society has to announce!
First off, we are planning the first (?) ever UPEI Women's Studies Conference, set for October 23-24, 2009. Posters for the call for paper submissions have been designed by the lovely Kerrilynn, and have been printed and sent off to the various universities and colleges in Atlantic Canada, as well as Concordia and McGill Universities (in Montreal). More information will follow, but if you require some info before I post more updates, please contact me, Ann, Kerrilynn, or Marianne!!
Secondly, after a bit of an unintentional hiatus, the Babes Beyond Borders film series will continue with its second movie of the semester - Mona Lisa Smile! We are still in the process of determining which friday works the best for everyone - March 6th or 13th - and we'd like your feedback! Please post a comment on this blog post, or send us an email at upei_wst_society@hotmail.com. I'll have that information up for you all asap!!!
Anyway, that's all for now - just wanted to give you guys a bit of a teaser update before the official info hits the airwaves!! Bye for now,
Erica
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