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Chronicles of a Fake Geek Girl, Part Two
May. 25th, 2016 05:04 pmThis morning I submitted an essay about Final Fantasy VI to Kill Screen.
I've been reading Kill Screen ever since I randomly picked up a copy at Quimby's in the fall of 2013, and its articles have always struck me as having an undertone of pseudo-intellectual dudebroism. What I mean by this is that the writers and editors are almost entirely men, and the printed articles tend to privilege masculinist grand narratives (such as discussions of nationalism and philosophical views of human identity) at the expense of the smaller narratives that have historically been so important to intersectional feminism.
Regardless, I feel that Kill Screen is one of the more interesting and dynamic venues for game criticism currently operating at a large scale. The editing for the online version of the magazine is crisp and clean, and the people in charge of the web layout and visual design are at the top of their game.
I therefore put a lot of time and effort into emphasizing the sociopolitical relevance of the topic of my essay while still keeping it accessible to a broad audience. I hope I can manage to catch the interest of the editors, because I think my piece will help to fill a niche on their site (gender-conscious close reading and analysis) that's currently somewhat lonely.
If Kill Screen doesn't work out, I'm going to try Gamasutra, which might actually be a better fit, all things considered. If that doesn't work out, I'll take advantage of a friend's contacts to make a pitch to Kotaku, which I understand might be a long shot. FemHype was more or less created for this kind of essay, and I actually feel a bit guilty not submitting it to them first, but I also think it would be nice to get paid for my writing.
I've been reading Kill Screen ever since I randomly picked up a copy at Quimby's in the fall of 2013, and its articles have always struck me as having an undertone of pseudo-intellectual dudebroism. What I mean by this is that the writers and editors are almost entirely men, and the printed articles tend to privilege masculinist grand narratives (such as discussions of nationalism and philosophical views of human identity) at the expense of the smaller narratives that have historically been so important to intersectional feminism.
Regardless, I feel that Kill Screen is one of the more interesting and dynamic venues for game criticism currently operating at a large scale. The editing for the online version of the magazine is crisp and clean, and the people in charge of the web layout and visual design are at the top of their game.
I therefore put a lot of time and effort into emphasizing the sociopolitical relevance of the topic of my essay while still keeping it accessible to a broad audience. I hope I can manage to catch the interest of the editors, because I think my piece will help to fill a niche on their site (gender-conscious close reading and analysis) that's currently somewhat lonely.
If Kill Screen doesn't work out, I'm going to try Gamasutra, which might actually be a better fit, all things considered. If that doesn't work out, I'll take advantage of a friend's contacts to make a pitch to Kotaku, which I understand might be a long shot. FemHype was more or less created for this kind of essay, and I actually feel a bit guilty not submitting it to them first, but I also think it would be nice to get paid for my writing.
