The other day, I came across a video by one of my favorite youtube channels, PBS Ideas Channel. It was about gender, specifically gender as portrayed in the Sims. Now, I came to the Sims franchise fairly late in life. At least, I only played it for the first time about two years ago when… Continue reading Performance in The Sims
I spent a great deal of my childhood playing with dolls. Recently, I was looking back through my baby book and realized my mom had a tradition of giving me a Christmas doll every year. She still has most of them... who am I kidding? She has ALL of them, safe and on display in… Continue reading In Defense of Barbie (and Her Dream House)
This week, we are delighted to have Sandi Glahn join us on the show again. We are really enjoying what has become a yearly tradition of talking about gender-related topics with Sandi. She always has great insight and empowering and uplifting messages. This week, we are bouncing around ideas for a potential panel at Geek… Continue reading Episode 142 – Sandi Glahn
We've got fantastic guests for the show this week. We chat with the directors and producers of “No Princess in the Castle,” Natalie Rossetti and Dave Danzara. “No Princess in the Castle” is “a new documentary on the lives of women in gaming who, against all odds, punched through the peripheral shadows and entered the… Continue reading Episode 120 – White Willow Films
Writer and editor Susana Polo from The Mary Sue joins us on the show this week. We have a great conversation about how The Mary Sue came about four years ago, the power of the internet to connect fandoms, and, of course, countless comic book heroes and heroines. In our Gender Sells segment, we talk about Chevy driving, horse… Continue reading Episode 99 – Susana Polo from The Mary Sue
We have an eclectic show for you this week. We take on several different topics in one show! Introducing a new segment, we talk about gender stereotypes in commercials. "Gender Sells" will become a regular segment and one we'd love to hear your suggestions about. Then we talk about two short Wonder Woman videos shared… Continue reading Episode 82 – Wonder Woman Short Films, Game Narratives, & Gender Sells! Oh my!
This week we have one of our all time favorite guests back on the show: Dr. Sandi Glahn. Sandi first joined us on episode 17, where we talked about the origins and evolution of gender stereotypes. We return to the basics of feminism, revisiting the differences between sex and gender, a common conflation we've all noticed recently.… Continue reading Episode 79 – Revisiting Sex & Gender: Sandi Glahn
This week we talk about an awesome internet meme that's really taken off in the last few months: gender flipping. We're sure you've seen the pictures of our favorite male superheroes posed like female superheroes. Listen for our discussion of visual and textual gender flipping. Let us know what you think about this meme in… Continue reading Episode 75 – Gender Flipping
Well it's that time of year. E3 happened last week. We recorded this episode shortly after some pretty controversial events happened at the Microsoft press conference. Listen to hear us discuss the power of language and how we should all be kinder to each other. Click here to see a transcript and a video of the… Continue reading Episode 67 – E3 Does it Again
What do an episode of Supernatural, Last Man Standing, and a female EA exec have in common? Listen to this episode to find out! This week marks the one anniversary of the Game on Girl podcast. A huge shout out to all our listeners for their support through our first year. We're looking forward to what year two has to offer… Continue reading Episode 49 – Gender Stereotypes at Work
