Batman vs Joker. Coca-Cola vs Pepsi. Michigan vs Ohio. Agile vs Waterfall. All equally important conflicts to the day-to-day lives of software engineers. How to pick just one to talk about is quite the dilemma. However, in being given the requirement to pick just one, the conflict that is most…

The Mandalorian, Mulan, and Lara Croft all have a recurring problem — their catering to the dominant cultural perspective — I want to talk about the tweet above, what it is, what it means, and why it matters. This tweet is an example of sort of a mass-produced form of activism, through which, rather than making analysis, we use predefined analytical tools in order to emphasize how prevalent these issues…

This idea is a draft, please comment on it to aid me in balancing out mechanics. Before I define my system I will first go over what the options currently are for advancement in Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition. Then I will explain why I feel my system is an improvement. …

A large part of how we see gender and colonialism intersect is through the structure of gender itself. In several nations across the East’s* history there were vibrant variances of gender and sexual expression. As different empires and authorities took over various territories within these regions, the will of a…

Briefly, something that has caught my interest in writing my previous article on media perpetuation* of the status quo is the way we handle convicts on the screen. This is specifically as it pertains to “positive” portrayals and portrayals which include the outside world while the person is in prison. …

Anybody who has studied gender theory would know that gender categories are paradoxical. Why do women do xyz? Because women do those things. So, where do these roles come from? Well, if we take a look into a combination of Foucault, Butler, and Saffioti’s writings we see a clear takeaway…

I wanted to address my use of the term transsexual in this piece. It is largely an outdated term but it is still used by some and should be respected as such. …

When doctors take the agency of choice away from an intersex child, what they are emphasizing is the ideology of “normality.” They are supposing a worldview in which being intersex is incompatible with living a happy life, and they are willing to inflict surgical harm on infants in order to…

The following was not first written as a post on this website. This was first utilized as a speech given at a memorial for those lost in 2019. About a year ago I remember feeling totally and completely trapped. Today is Trans Day of Remembrance, and I feel like I…