Kenna Alexander

Kenna Alexander

@kennaalexander.bsky.social

She/her 🏳️‍⚧️, ᏣᎳᎩ (Cherokee Nation citizen), game designer, writer, super far left, nerd, goth/punk, futurist, SFWA member. I work daily to find a better me and to put a little good into the world. Company: coyoteandcrow.net

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I'm at the point where going to the bathroom in public, gendered bathrooms makes me so anxious that I don't want to leave the house. But since I'm out of state for a work trip, guess I'll start using the in-flight restrooms instead of the airports.

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I'm going to be reposting this frequently in the upcoming months. Fuck JKR, fuck HBO, and fuck anyone who watches the new Harry Potter show.

Kenna Alexander@kennaalexander.bsky.social

Don't ever - and I mean /ever/ - try to justify watching the new Harry Potter show to me. Here, it gets an instant block, and in person it gets anywhere from a very loud lecture to thrown hands. IDGAF. You're either a bigot or so painfully unaware of your own privilege that it's the same thing.

All of you Democrats who love to point out Republican/Conservative 'dog whistles', please clean your own house. I am so sick of hearing that I'm part of the problem for not voting against my own interests and that not voting is voting for the "enemy." I know who my enemies are. Do you?

Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com

In a major escalation in Dems embracing anti-trans positions, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the official campaign arm of House Democrats, released its first anti-trans ad supporting Nancy Lacore in SC-01. Transphobia is spreading among dems. Subscribe to support our journalism.

For all of their issues, Mass Effect and Dragon Age were milestone games for me. I always wanted to help write a Mass Effect RPG and put my own spin on that incredible setting. Losing BioWare is a real loss.

Jason Schreier@jasonschreier.bsky.social

BREAKING: Electronic Arts is cutting 400 jobs and shutting down BioWare, the legendary development studio behind Dragon Age and Mass Effect. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

You should absolutely check this out if you're in the Phoenix area folks! It's going to be a good one. I would be there myself if I weren't going to be flying back into town while she's speaking.

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If you want something a little different for a horror film this season, find Slash Back. A group of Inuk tween girls has to fight off aliens. It's on AMC/Shudder for sure. Might be elsewhere too. I had a super fun time with this one.

This is incredibly rewarding to hear, as I'm currently working on my first attempt at horror. If you feel like you'd be comfortable sharing your agent contact with me, please do DM me. Looking forward to checking out Manhunt!

incredibly humbling to have been first through the breach on this. no trans woman had ever had a horror novel at a big five publisher before MANHUNT, which is not to slap myself on the back but to comment on how lonely and scary it was. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

I would argue the oppositel. Nothing is more America than Donald Trump. He is the culmination of 500 years of colonialism, capitalism, and racism. He is a war mongering, blathering, insecure, misyoginistic man-child enabled by money and power that he hasn't earned, backed by a nihilistic oligarchy.

4fuxake@blueheartedly1.bsky.social

This 👇

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Today, I'm launching a Patreon. Token Indian will have two main essay series. The primary series will cover Native representation in old, current, and upcoming tabletop games and other media. www.patreon.com/cw/TokenIndian #RPG #TTRPG #Indigenous

patreon.comToken Indian — Video Essays About Native Representation in Games & MediaGet more from Token Indian on Patreon. Video Essays About Native Representation in Games & Media. Support Token Indian and get exclusive access to their work.

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Happy Indigenous People's Day! Between Earth & Sky is live! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m... If you're a fan of me, Coyote & Crow, Rebecca Roanhorse, the books series, or want to support Native creatives today, or maybe just a cool new tabletop RPG, look into this one.

backerkit.comBetween Earth & Sky: the Roleplaying GameCelestial prophecies, political intrigue, and forbidden magic. Dreamwalking, sea-singing, and crow communication. Dangerous gods, difficult choices, and sweet romances. Explore the Meridian, setting o...

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Today, I'm launching a Patreon. Token Indian will have two main essay series. The primary series will cover Native representation in old, current, and upcoming tabletop games and other media. www.patreon.com/cw/TokenIndian #RPG #TTRPG #Indigenous

patreon.comToken Indian — Video Essays About Native Representation in Games & MediaGet more from Token Indian on Patreon. Video Essays About Native Representation in Games & Media. Support Token Indian and get exclusive access to their work.

The secondary series on the channel is called Failures. On that one, I'll be talking about the things I've learned as I've stumbled through this industry and what I'll be doing differently in the future. The first few episodes will be called Everything Wrong With Roleplaying Games.

I'm noticing that quite a few people don't know that I've transitioned, and it has caused some confusion. Last weekend at Rincon, someone thought I was my own wife. So, yay for proper gendering, but boo for my communication skills. So! I used to be Connor. I'm Kenna now! She/her.

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300 years ago, the people of the Meridian banned magic and the worship of the gods following a near-unstoppable conquest by the Dreamwalkers. Now, it awaits your rediscovery in temple ruins, shadow markets of godflesh, and forbidden manuscripts... https://mymcg.info/beas

I'm only a few episodes into the new Carrie, and so far I'm enjoying it. PLUS - Amber Midthunder AND Rahul Koli? Yes, please! (and two Battlestar Galactica alumni so far, including Tahmoh Penikett! Double Native casting!)

I just discovered that if you have Alexa, you can say 'thank my driver' and it will send a thank you to the last thing that you have delivered from Amazon. It doesn't change the horrors of this capitalist hellscape, but I do it every time now.

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Finally saw the new Spider-Man last night and I'm surprised that I didn't have anything spoiled for me. Lots of surprises! I enjoyed it. Maybe the best of the Spidey films.

LLMs cannot create art. That's not a subjective opinion. Machines manufacture things. But art, by its very definition, is something created with meaning and intention. Only something with true sentience can create art because they feel love, fear, pain, etc Everything else is a form of pareidolia

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Hey Friends! My book officially comes out tomorrow (October 6th) and I wanted to take a moment to reflect on what that means to me. 👇👇

I mean this as a compliment to Arizona, not a slam on the PNW. But after attending RinCon this weekend in Tucson, it has never been clearer to me that there are miles between "nice" and "friendly". I made more friends in one weekend at RinCon than I made in a decade of cons in Seattle.

I'm at Rincon in Tucson but I haven't had the bandwidth to take pics or do social media. It's been lovely though. Generally speaking, gamers are good folks. And I've only been misgendered once!

I love love. And I hope I fall in love again someday; I really do. But damn, I am loving being by myself right now. Focusing on me, living alone, and just being my own best friend. As my therapist pointed out, it's been a VERY long time since I've been alone.

This man has never given another human an orgasm and he's making it everyone else's problem.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Hegseth: "It's worth saying again so the fake news understands it. We are no longer the woke department or the weak department. Simple translation of that -- no fatties no trannies no beardos no weirdos no wimps no radicals. Just warriors."

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A fantasy RPG of prophecy, fate, gods, & the song of the ocean, set in a fantastical world inspired by the pre-Columbian Americas. Based on the award-winning epic fantasy series by Native author Rebecca Roanhorse, brought to you by MCG and author of Coyote & Crow, Kenna Alexander. mymcg.info/beas

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We've got so many cool ideas for the Between Earth And Sky RPG that we're working on. I think folks who've read the books will be thrilled, and RPG fans will discover some fun concepts and mechanics they haven't seen elsewhere. Plus, look at that cover!

Monte Cook Games@montecookgames.com

🌊✨ Between Earth and Sky: The Roleplaying Game immerses you in The Meridian, a breathtaking world inspired by the Pre-Columbian Americas and the bestselling Black Sun trilogy. Call upon the sea. Command shadows. Walk through dreams. Sign up now to be notified when we launch! mymcg.info/beas