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Comment on Here’s to the other stuff. by Abi Bown

Abi Bown — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 14:29:29 +0000

Oh Relly what is your secret?
I used to ‘scrap book’ or simply collect stuff and cut ‘n’ paste things together. That was a decade ago before computers got in the way.
With a background in theatre design and making, I complement my writing day job with ‘making stuff’
http://jeanieb-makeitup.blogspot.com/
but this is becoming more and more of an effort .. It’s so much easier to zone out and look at beautiful stuff other people have made on Etsy.

Keep it up Gal.

Comment on Microcopy needs context. by Tweets that mention Microcopy needs context. | Rel.ly -- Topsy.com

Tweets that mention Microcopy needs context. | Rel.ly -- Topsy.com — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 20:57:47 +0000

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Comment on Lightening the load. by learncreatedo

learncreatedo — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 10:55:57 +0000

I love how you are incorporating your OLW Light into your life.

Comment on Lightening the load. by ohmarggie

ohmarggie — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 02:35:08 +0000

Hi Relly, I would love to see some photos of your January project for One Little Word! Margie xxx (http://xnomads.typepad.com)

Comment on For your safety by Foltzwerk

Foltzwerk — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 21:36:34 +0000

I'm reading Beware Dangerism! and your incident is yet another example of how we (society) spend too much time and energy worrying about the wrong things.

Comment on It isn’t a joke if it isn’t funny. by katemonkey

katemonkey — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:14:02 +0000

That’s it. I’m so starting the Shouty Feminist Web Design Brigade.

Where we can shout a lot, look at people with scorn and irritation over our drinks, and then make certain to do a million times better than the ridiculous creatures who think that our gender automatically invalidates our work.

(which, okay, I do anyway, but, hey, it sounds better when there’s a club)

Comment on It isn’t a joke if it isn’t funny. by rellyab

rellyab — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:41:41 +0000

Women often cast themselves in these roles and we can be no less disparaging about men.
I feel the difference here in both cases is the audicity of the men in question to bring into question the authority of the women involved, by virtue of them being women.
I would happily tell anyone that I am no authority on football but the assistant referee clearly was, even though she was *shocking* a woman.

Sarah is a voice of authority (or at least experienced, or whatever the equivalent is when there isn’t an assigned role) and yet the man thought her femaleness was enought to question that.

Bonkers, I tell you.

Comment on It isn’t a joke if it isn’t funny. by fvsch

fvsch — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:36:18 +0000

I fully agree. That “levelling” statement is shocking. And yet, I have to admit that when thinking about the offside rule “joke”, I realized that if I was a bit more of a sports fan I could have said it. I understand that it’s wrong and not funny, yet it somehow *feels* acceptable, normal, perhaps even encouraged.

So, why the difference? I think it comes from experience. The first time I went to a conference I was already a student and, if I may say so, a feminist (note: I’m male). If I had heard that kind of “joke”—and thankfully I haven’t yet—I would have been shocked.

But jokes on women and sports? They’re very common. It even goes back to primary school where as boys we would run around while the girl’s games were calmer. There are a lot of prejudice passed on by classmates and parents and teachers, and you end up thinking that girls are physically weaker because they’re girls, and not interested in sports because they’re girls. And you crack jokes about how the girls are inapt because it’s an easy way to get included in your group of boy friends (social markers & a common enemy). And girls mock the boys for being silly about football or whatever; teenage girls joke between them or openly that running behind a ball is stupid and a proof of the boys’ immaturity. So everyone fits into their assigned roles. And to most women and men, it feels normal.

And I’m left wondering in how many situations, about how many activities, I would know that there’s some prejudice going on… but feel that’s it’s pretty much normal because, you know, we’re talking about this and everybody knows that… and anyway it’s just a joke, so…

Comment on It isn’t a joke if it isn’t funny. by Tweets that mention It isn’t a joke if it isn’t funny. | Rel.ly -- Topsy.com

Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:16:11 +0000

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Comment on Puzzling by Iain Broome

Iain Broome — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 12:30:48 +0000

I too downloaded Inform7 (and a couple of other similar programmes) for all the same reasons. But what with a novel, blog and actual work to do, I never got round to the interactive fiction.

Also, every six months or so I get excited and download Adventure Game Studio with the intention of writing the next Monkey Island. But then I realise I’ll have to persuade one of our designers to draw all the pretty pictures. And I haven’t got time (see above).