“What goes unsaid is that women might be more ambitious and focused because we’ve never had a choice. We’ve had to fight to vote, to work outside the home, to work in environments free of sexual harassment, to attend the universities of our choice, and we’ve also had to prove ourselves over and over to receive any modicum of consideration.”
― Bad Feminist: Essays
― Bad Feminist: Essays
“A case study of non-toxic masculinity: Geralt of Rivia On the surface, Geralt meets all the criteria for being a traditional, male protagonist. He is physically powerful, a talented swordsman, self-sufficient, knowledgeable, sexually desirable, and frequently in a leadership role. Geralt exhibits exemplary masculinity. However, key elements of patriarchal masculinity – those that cause demonstrable harm to oneself, others, or society – are notably absent from his presentation.”
― The Psychgiest of Pop Culture: The Witcher
― The Psychgiest of Pop Culture: The Witcher
“If the Gothic is as relevant today as it has been for the past millennium and a half”
― The Gothic: A Very Short Introduction
― The Gothic: A Very Short Introduction
“in Plato’s dialogues, Socrates, the ancient Greek philosopher (you may also know him as the philosopher in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey),”
― Why It's OK to Be a Gamer
― Why It's OK to Be a Gamer
“This is our strength: that each of us has the capacity to be not only a monster but a mother of monsters. We can birth from our own bodies every one of men’s worst fears.”
― Women and Other Monsters: Building a New Mythology
― Women and Other Monsters: Building a New Mythology
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