Al Rosenberg

autostraddle meet-up

autostraddle meet-ups

meet-ups / events

Chicago, IL 6/29: QueerShabbat: It’s Pride!

The Pride edition of my monthly Queer Shabbat dinner! Space is limited, new people are VERY welcome.

Al Rosenberg —

Jun 3, 2018

game review

gaming

geekery

The Awesome Queerness in Choice of Robots

I went on the hunt for great text-based games. That’s when I found the “Choice of” game series by developer Choice of Games, LLC.

Al Rosenberg —

Jan 5, 2016

game review

gaming

geekery

Jump from Video Games to Role Playing Games with We Were W.A.S.P.

Even if you’re not a role player, We Were W.A.S.P. eases you into it—and provides a context for processing history, gender and other tough issues.

Al Rosenberg —

Dec 8, 2015

gamergate

gaming

geekery

WE ALL NEED DIVERSE GAMES: An Interview with Tanya DePass, Creator of #INeedDiverseGames

“[Being a queer woman of color gamer] affects me in wanting to see more representation for queer brown women, it informs my agenda to be seen as the hero, not…

Al Rosenberg —

Nov 10, 2015

game review

gaming

geekery

Guess My Gender by clit*IT: An Exercise in the Uncomfortable

People look at babies and read: pink = girl, blue = boy, other colors and no hairbow? Just ask! Or assume. “Oh what long eyelashes on your beautiful little girl!”…

Al Rosenberg —

Oct 15, 2015

Nerd Culture

video games

geekery

Party Like It’s 1995: The Rise and Fall of the Girl Game

The girl game movement was a briefly lived golden era of pink-wrapped PC games made for, and marketed to, young girls. Get in here for some gaming history!

Al Rosenberg —

Sep 17, 2015

Lists/Top 10s

Nerd Culture

geekery

6 Gaming Podcasts by and For Women

Being a gay woman-identified gamer often means finding almost nothing made for me on the usual internet sites. I have to dig for it.

Al Rosenberg —

Aug 20, 2015