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Fine Lines: Jezebel reviews the books that we 30somethings loved in our youth

on August 3rd, 2008 in Books by | 8 Comments

I want to talk about YA books for girls in the 1980s. Books like Anastasia Ask Your Analyst, and The Girl with the Silver Eyes. Besides PBS and the Thundercats, these books were pretty much the only media I had available during my nerdy nerdy youth. And since I hadn’t…

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I will shoot you with my Barbie Gun

on February 24th, 2006 in Avenging, Favorite Posts, Feminism, Life, Tech, Video games, Women in tech by | 13 Comments

Ladies and Gentlemen: I’m coming out. As a gamer. I game. I play video games. I enjoy shooting digital things. I have the ability to navigate three-dimensional space. There, I said it. I don’t know what I was afraid of. I’m not going to be stereotyped. As far as I…

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