“The great thing about video games is that they allow us to choose.”
I’ve mentioned before the video game-related art exhibit I visited a month or two back when I was in Amsterdam. I’ve mentioned also that it… well, it sucked. What I didn’t mention though is how much I love it when something uninteresting sparks […]

World, anyone?
I was thinking recently about how much everyone liked it when I suggested that symbolically being your gun was, well, phallic.  And that got me thinking about how the whole act of playing a video game is phallic, in a way.  (Okay, that’s not originally my idea, just the work of one of our brilliant posters.)  After all, what […]

Everyone faces stereotypes.  Prostitutes are definitely no exception.  But, unlike stereotypes about race, gender, class, etc., stereotypes about prostitution aren’t refuted in the classroom or in after-school specials.  An alarming number of people honestly believe that all sex workers are deserving of their judgement and/or pity.
Not to say that there aren’t men and women in […]

Today is a big day here at Heroine Sheik.  Today — tear, tear, sniffle, sniffle –our commentors are all grown, and we have to learn to let go. 
Well, kind of.  What today actually marks is the inception of a new part of the site: Get Oral!  Get Oral! is a secondary blog that gives you, the reader, an independent voice.  […]

Forgive me if I’m a bit behind the times; I’ve spent the past week bathing in French sunshine and cheap pasteries.  Certain things, you just can’t get enough.
In my absense, a piece of mine, “Kink: A Question of Play,” went up at The Escapist as part of their Rated M for Mature issue.  Check it out […]