So much of her writing is gender fluid. A prime example of this is Cry to Heaven, which is a book about the Italian castrati opera singers, and in today’s terms the protagonist is practically a poster child for gender fluidity.

I’m an old. I’m so old, I’m confused by this entire article.

I’m such a cunt in comments lately, and I can’t stop myself. I just can’t find anything to fangirl for here. I love Gaga’s voice when she’s in classic vocalist mode.

In other news, this whole parted down the center ultra straight hair needs to go away. Cher could rock it in the 70s, but I’m just not appreciating it on anyone else. Mostly Kim K.

I’m pretty apathetic to the whole Lochte and whatever. He had his 15 minutes of notoriety and 2016 churned out much worse.

I’m glad you got something out of it. If I were rich and fabulous, I’d be happy to hop the pond and provide some laughs at the tabletop.

I’m not sure how to go about this one. I think if you start advertising on local RP sites specifically for female players that they’ll assume you want to creep on them.

*Adjusts her wizard hat and pops on a monocle... because monocle.* While I am enjoying watching the pair of you discuss TT female gamers and the obstacles that we face in a male dominated atmosphere, I think the important thing to remember is that we face predatory behavior in any male dominated atmosphere.

Speaking…

Well, I have to say it’s been a strange 24 for me. First, I gave one of my random thoughts on Kinja and it ballooned into a series of discussions that was wholly unexpected. A part of me is itching to open up Word and make an attempt with the erotica again. I will admit it’s been some time since I’ve had these kind of…

I’ve come across plenty of hetero male players in my travels that have a female character they’re very protective about. They generally will berserker rage if you say anything critical about their paper lady.

I see what you’re getting at here, but I need to emphasize that I never needed to create vixens and manipulative bitches. It was a subconscious preference that I became aware of one day when thinking about the patterns of my characters.

It’s funny you mentioned Dragonlance. My introduction to the fantasy genre began when I was nine-ish, we were given watered down Greek mythology in our reading class. I specifically remember going to the teacher and telling her how much I liked those particular stories. She pointed me in the right direction as any…

Well, I’ve been trying not to open Pandora’s box here, but my role play has gradually transformed through the years into more erotica than dragon slaying. I keep saying that at some point I’m going to sit down and tap out some of my stories, but Blizzard Entertainment keeps releasing new things to distract me.

Honestly, I don’t have any of that. I just happen to read Jezebel, and Cecilia’s articles tend to get posted over there due to content.

That sounds terrible. As a feminist, I’m really grieved to hear that.

I mean, every woman should know how to avoid whiskey dick by now. I’m sorry society failed to sexually educate her.

I was ok with your post, but you should probably know that those 2000 year old books are against today’s moral standards.

I just never said I played the obnoxious center of attention character though. You’re projecting. An overtly sexual character does not need to be the drunken bimbo that races into every scene and starts babbling about her sexual conquests.

That’s part of the kinja system. Everything is pending approval until a staff writer follows you. It’s a way to weed out trolls.

I actually answered a bit of this to another commenter that was looking for advice about writing female characters, but I do consciously avoid going full out with power in my characters. I usually incorporate some severe limitations / flaws into my characters for balance purposes.

“that’s why adults can’t consent if they’ve been drinking. Real feminists know sexual consent happens between sober adults.”

I fixed it for you, Honey. No charge.