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Women's March 2017

Guys, I've really dropped the ball. There have been so many things going on that make me think, "Wow! I should write a post about that!" And then I look into the topic more, and it upsets me and then I read reactions/comments from people and they make me angry, and then I get hopeless and I close my computer and snuggle my cats and complain about how I hate everyone. Someone doesn't need to be a politically minded person to realize there is a HUGE divide in the United States right now. I never expected to live in a society with so much hostility and hate. It truly makes me sad. I know internet posts definitely exacerbate my anxieties, and that people allow their worst sides to come out while they are typing away in the safety of their own home, but it still sucks to see. No matter the subject, there are people out there who can find some way to argue about it. Because of this hostility, I try to keep my blog as neutral as possible. This is hard, because there ar...

Race, Gender and LGBT Themes in Video Games

Do you guys like video games? I like video games. I'm not the best at them, and I have a fairly short attention span, so I rarely finish games. Back in November of last year, I was completely fixated on Fallout 4. I love all of the Fallout games, and I excitedly pre-ordered the Pip-Boy edition. I played that game for hours and days on end until I finished it. I loved it. I loved that Bethesda added the ability to explore relationships. Granted, the characters were limited romantically, but it was still cool. Being a fairly cisgendered woman, I didn't really consider the fact that the romantic options were almost completely heteronormative. Default players--straight white couple I read some articles and saw how the game could have been better in a romantic sense. The options could have been expanded to include more range of romantic situations and interactions. Your character was very limited in what they could say, and there were some fairly sexist comments from a few...