Special Issue: Decolonising queer games and play
We are very excited to announce our latest Special Issue! In this issue, we focused on the voices and experiences of queer and trans people of colour, and efforts to decolonizing the games studies space. With amazing work by our guest editor, Khee Hoon Chan, and our fantastic contributors, this issue focuses on decentering colonial views of queer games and play, the weaponizing of Black Gender, trans readings of games, and new...
The UK's first transgender MP is from Boris Johnson's own party, but his government wants to 'ostracise trans people,' say campaigners
Boris Johnson (L) and a march for transgender rights in Westminster, London (R).Photo by Steve Reigate - Pool/Getty Images, Wiktor Szymanowicz/Future Publishing via Getty Images The UK saw its first transgender MP come...
The majority of psychology journal editors are men and based in the US
By Matthew Warren Journal editors are like science’s gatekeepers: they decide what gets published and what doesn’t, affecting the careers of other academics and influencing the direction that a field takes. You’d hope, then, that journals would do everything they can to establish a diverse editorial board, reflecting a variety of voices, experiences, and identities. So a new study in Nature Neuroscience makes for disheartening...
The importance of relationships in negotiating, and the role gender and personality play
A frequently forgotten fact about negotiation is that we deal not with “counterparties” but with human beings. They have emotions, values, personality traits, backgrounds, and viewpoints, as do we.I recently wrote...
