Questions about Butts piece: What relationship does representation have with online stereotypes or what Nakamura calls cybertypes?

Questions about Butts piece: As a technology, how does the Internet create “safe” and “unsafe” space?

Questions about Butts piece: Can we perpetuate racism/sexism/etc. without intending to do so?

Questions about Butts piece: What stereotypes exist about people/players and games?

Questions about Butts piece: What is your reaction to the article “OMG Girlz Don’t Exist on teh Intarweb!!!!1”?

Reading for Monday, October 27th

Here is the reading for next Monday. Make sure you read all the pages of the article

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/issues/issue_45/272-OMG-Girlz-Dont-Exist-on-teh-Intarweb-1

Questions about Butts piece: How did some people in World of Warcraft respond to the player of Teleios when they realized her sex?