Mad B
@oaktag.bsky.social
Scientist & software engineer in Seattle. Interested in social justice, feminism, building dense housing, tabletop roleplaying gaming, and more. Parent of 1 gifted kid and 1 disabled kid. No terfs, GOP, or other bigots tolerated.
That's so horrible and I'm very sorry you had to have every bit of it
November 22, 2025 at 7:23 PM
That's so horrible and I'm very sorry you had to have every bit of it
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So now I always ask: if you're some faculty member posting loudly about gender justice or whatever, do you know the name of just one single person on your campus who deals with these cases? No? Then what are you doing.
November 22, 2025 at 5:20 PM
So now I always ask: if you're some faculty member posting loudly about gender justice or whatever, do you know the name of just one single person on your campus who deals with these cases? No? Then what are you doing.
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This idea that #metoo was a temporary piece of insanity that happened because America was too woke...
Fuck you. It was a temporary moment in time when people decided, for the first time, that 20 women were finally equal to one man.
Fuck you. It was a temporary moment in time when people decided, for the first time, that 20 women were finally equal to one man.
November 16, 2025 at 9:50 PM
This idea that #metoo was a temporary piece of insanity that happened because America was too woke...
Fuck you. It was a temporary moment in time when people decided, for the first time, that 20 women were finally equal to one man.
Fuck you. It was a temporary moment in time when people decided, for the first time, that 20 women were finally equal to one man.
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And don't miss the part at the end where he calls her self centered and debates berating or abusing her into submission. "...very self involved and to get her to be good probably requires more firmness than I enjoy"
November 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
And don't miss the part at the end where he calls her self centered and debates berating or abusing her into submission. "...very self involved and to get her to be good probably requires more firmness than I enjoy"
Predominantly male I'll give you; my anecdata explains why "how it looks at game stores and cons" isn't a very reliable measure, though (hella hostile locations)
This essay from Shannon Appelcline mentions women also had to stay home to deal with kids 😰 www.designers-and-dragons.com/2015/08/16/w...
This essay from Shannon Appelcline mentions women also had to stay home to deal with kids 😰 www.designers-and-dragons.com/2015/08/16/w...
Women in the Roleplaying Industry: 1974-Present – Designers & Dragons
www.designers-and-dragons.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Predominantly male I'll give you; my anecdata explains why "how it looks at game stores and cons" isn't a very reliable measure, though (hella hostile locations)
This essay from Shannon Appelcline mentions women also had to stay home to deal with kids 😰 www.designers-and-dragons.com/2015/08/16/w...
This essay from Shannon Appelcline mentions women also had to stay home to deal with kids 😰 www.designers-and-dragons.com/2015/08/16/w...
Did you think I'd missed the second message in your thread?
November 15, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Did you think I'd missed the second message in your thread?
Having read your essay, I see that "this is a man's game and gaming is a man's thing" is one of the throughlines.
If you wanted to find the women who played T:2000, a place to start would be 50-60 year old female veterans, roughly 1 in 10 of US veterans that age
If you wanted to find the women who played T:2000, a place to start would be 50-60 year old female veterans, roughly 1 in 10 of US veterans that age
November 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Having read your essay, I see that "this is a man's game and gaming is a man's thing" is one of the throughlines.
If you wanted to find the women who played T:2000, a place to start would be 50-60 year old female veterans, roughly 1 in 10 of US veterans that age
If you wanted to find the women who played T:2000, a place to start would be 50-60 year old female veterans, roughly 1 in 10 of US veterans that age