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Happy Sunday, friends! Today’s loot haul will be fairly self-explanatory, but no less important to our mission here at FemHype. Every week, we work very hard to curate a list of gaming spaces that provide positivity and inclusivity. Given the fact that we’re fairly active on Tumblr (most of you follow us there!), we thought this would be a good time to gush about all the other Tumblr accounts that we’ve followed and loved over the last few months.

An honorable mention goes to Discover Games, MrNelson007, Feminist Gaming Matters, and +10 to Fire Resist for their tireless, inspiring contributions to the gaming industry. We’ve mentioned them before, but we couldn’t let a Tumblr celebration pass without giving them another shoutout! Thank you all so much for everything that you do. It’s an honor to stand with you as we push for positive change.

As always, if you know of an inclusive…

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Tanya DePass is the founder and Director of I Need Diverse Games, a non-profit organization based in Chicago, which is dedicated to better diversification of all aspects of gaming. I Need Diverse Games serves the community by supporting marginalized developers attend the Game Developer Conference by participating in the GDC Scholarship program, helps assist attendance at other industry events, and is seeking partnership with organizations and initiatives. Tanya is a lifelong Chicagoan who loves everything about gaming, #INeedDiverseGames spawn point, and wants to make it better and more inclusive for everyone. She founded and was the EIC of Fresh Out of Tokens podcast where games culture was discussed and viewed through a lense of feminism, intersectionality and diversity. Now she’s a co-host on Spawn on Me Podcast. Along with all of that, she’s the Programming Coordinator for OrcaCon, she often speaks on issues of diversity, feminism, race, intersectionality & other topics at multiple conventions throughout the year. Her writing about games and games critique appears in Uncanny Magazine, Polygon, Wiscon Chronicles, Vice Gaming, Paste Games, Mic, and other publications.