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So, a couple of things: Yes, it took me two weeks to write a three-page article. That seems like a long time, and it would be, if I were just typing it beginning to end in one go. Except that's not how writing works, even with a subject that isn't intensely personal. I wrote this article...

Hey guys, let me just say a few things: I understand why you were upset by my article, I really do. If I had read this article two years ago I'd be right there with you, completely outraged, completely pissed off. How dare this guy make people think all of us are delicate porcelain dolls...

No one is trying to dictate your behavior. What people are saying is that you have a choice in the words you use, and can therefore decide to use or not use hurtful words. However, you need to understand that when you make the decision to use a hurtful word, you're privileging your speech...

Hi Iron Lightning. A few things: I think you're being misled by my being a self-described "rape victim." I understand how you could take this to mean I'm living my life with an attitude of victimization, but nothing could be further from the truth. I tend to use the words "rape victim" to...

Whoa, hold it there. I have great friends who are extremely kind to me and are definitely not psychopaths. My point in using this as an example wasn't to show how my friends were cruel to me, but to show how even people who I care deeply about and choose to be close to can fall into not...

Actually, I have family members who are victims of genocide. I don't mean "they are part of an ethnic group that had genocide perpetrated against them," I mean they themselves were beaten, starved, chased from their homes by soldiers, and saw their houses destroyed. For whatever reason, they...

I disagree with what you have said in the rest of your post regarding feminism, but I'm very sorry about what happened to you. It's a very difficult thing to live with and even more difficult to talk about, and I respect you for being able to speak about it. I would encourage you to talk to...

As others have stated in this thread, we discuss gaming culture on The Escapist, and a part of that is the way our society interacts while playing games.

The R Word The rape discussion isn't part of a "feminist agenda." Read Full Article