I admit, this is just me venting. Writing to get money, slowly but surely trying to piece my life back together.
Tag Archives: Advocacy
The Lost Woman in Games
I fear for others. I fear for those who will be suckered in because the industry, both large and independent, want to seem diverse.
“It’s Progress” – I Won’t Wait for Video Games to Validate Blackness
In a way, progress is not what we want, when we’re forced to play by someone else’s timetable.
Our House
Get to know us as people, as comrades, and I think we can change things, together, with our powers combined.
Complicating Freedom of Speech and Nonviolence
Freedom of speech and nonviolence are central to liberal progressivism, and they are utilized in a way that completely disarms the marginalized and gives those already in power the majority influence of what and how to change.
to being before, now, and growing forward
There’s no such thing as growing as a public figure for advocacy. There’s perfect. There’s saint. There’s martyr.
2014 in Alternate Ending
A lot has changed for me in 2014. 2013 and 2015 Mattie will be rather different people.
queer as in fuck me – a design manifesto
i want to fuck the world
Rethinking Allyship
Ally isn’t a one way declaration, but something all parties involved declare together because it is going to be mutually beneficial.
Dispatch from the Queerness and Games Conference
This past weekend I went to the Queerness and Games Conference, an event I co-founded last year at UC Berkeley and now hold an advisory and conflict resolution role.
More Than My Pain
I am more than my pain. I am more than my pain. I am more than my pain.
Those Who Fight
This isn’t goodbye. It’s going to be even more interesting from here on out!
Moving On
What is it that we want?
How Do I Help?
I’m a firm believer of action when it comes to battling against the injustices that happen in life. In every instance, every person can do something to help. The problem is, a lot of people have no idea how to help in situations like this.
Passing Through: Another Take on Identity in Activism and Design
This past year, I’ve sat down with a lot of creators about representation in games. One of the first questions out of their mouth to me is “How do you depict minorities well in games?”