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[- Lara Croft
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By Aileen, Section Filter It Yourself!
Posted on Tue Apr 15th, 2003 at 04:44:00 PM EURODISCORDIA TIME
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Filtered through: 20 years of feminism
Some time ago, I wanted to go into my workroom at home, but I found the room full of male persons of various ages and sizes crowded around a computer screen playing Tomb Raider together. They all looked terribly guilty, when they saw me standing in the doorway, and immediately began to explain that they know it is dreadfully sexist, the way Lara Croft is depicted, but they just like the game. Just the game. It wasn't a discussion I wanted to engage in.
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[- The other side of San Diego - and other islands
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By amyalexander, Section whatever...
Posted on Mon Apr 14th, 2003 at 08:16:24 PM EURODISCORDIA TIME
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For the past year and a half, I've been based mostly in The Most Efficiently Run Big City in California. It's got quite a reputation, alright... and its public persona for a gentle mix of conservatism and downright blandness comes not only from its status as a beachy tourist trap + retirement community, but also from its large military population. After all, if the city had a personality, who would come to Sea World? The local economy would crumble. The local mainstream media do their part to follow right along, with reporting that ranges from the astonishingly reactionary to the astonishingly bland. But, there's another side....
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[- Will weblogs kill the mailing list star?
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By amyalexander, Section question corner
Posted on Mon Apr 14th, 2003 at 07:13:20 PM EURODISCORDIA TIME
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I guess this will be the first real post to Discordia. Howdy everybody. So I think we're going to start off like school by introducing ourselves and some things we're interested in. But first, what's with all this weblog hype? We've been working on Discordia for awhile, during which, weblogs have become quite popular - and sort of hypy. Well, we still like them anyway, and maybe they can actually help to reduce online hypiness by making more people comfortable with posting online. So if you're just joining us, you might want to take a look at our faq.
Now, enough about Discordia, lets hear about me :-)...
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