October 2011
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A few words for Coming Out Day 2011
I’m coming out again as a transgender person because we still have such a long way to go.
Many teenagers and younger people struggle with feelings of gender dysphoria but have been taught that such feelings are shameful and wrong. Carrying such difficult feelings privately with a sense of shame is emotionally and psychologically excruciating. Here in the U.S., things are getting better....
August 2011
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I don't want to brag or anything, but I'm in...
I don’t want to brag or anything, but I’m in Captain America.
It’s true! Skip to about 6:11 in the clip below and you will see me set some dishes on a table.
Yep, that’s me. Or, I suppose you could say, that’s the boy I was. Though in the truest possible sense, I wasn’t ever really him.
I remember the way I felt that day, filming at that house down in...
December 2010
2 posts
Gender Games
In this video review for nail’d, a new extreme off-road racer, I take just an instant to mention that, while male racers are sensibly outfitted in protective gear, if you choose a female racer, your only clothing options are extremely revealing ones. (This bit of the review is at 3:45.)
Obviously, the primary purpose of reviews on GameSpot is to help people make decisions about which...
November 2010
3 posts
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“faggot”
That solitary word makes up one of the comments on Youtube for one of my video reviews. It also appears in plenty of other comments, in delightful turns of phrase such as “this guy sounds like fuckin faggot.” Never mind that the video clearly states my name as Carolyn within the first few seconds. Yes, I am a transgender woman, and okay, I certainly still have some room to improve...
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Me and Kevin Flynn: A personal reflection on Tron
After 28 years, Tron is finally getting a sequel.
I don’t think Tron is a great film, but it’s an important film that’s worthy of admiration for its visual and storytelling ambition. It had a profound impact on me as a child, and, I think it’s safe to say, on many members of my generation. Misunderstood at the time, it’s a surprisingly complex film for one...
October 2010
2 posts
The long, strange road to GameSpot (and other...
Note: This was written for my GameSpot blog. But it represents a significant moment in both my personal and professional lives, so I am posting it here as well.
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As some of you may know, I’ve been privileged with the opportunity to freelance for GameSpot for the past few years. As a publication that I’ve read and respected for more than a decade, this has been a great...
July 2010
2 posts
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In Limbo
WARNING: This post discusses the endings of the film Inception and the game Limbo.
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The only detail in Christopher Nolan’s Inception that struck me as truly dreamlike was not an intentional one on the part of the director. Actress Marion Cotillard famously played Edith Piaf in the film La Vie En Rose, and here, the Piaf song “Non, je ne regrette rien” is featured. This struck me as the...
Setting the tone.
It’s about survival.
“It’s not a deal nor a test nor a love of something fated.”
“It’s out there most days and nights, but only a fool would complain.”