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<rss version="2.0"><channel><description>Lecturer at RMIT researching feminine gaming | she/her &#xA;Author: Girlhood Games: Gender, Identity and Coming of Age in Videogames &#xA;Curator Feminine Play: feminineplay.org</description><link>https://bsky.app/profile/saharkin.bsky.social</link><title>@saharkin.bsky.social - Stephanie Harkin</title><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/saharkin.bsky.social/post/3mvjppmbcnc2g</link><description>Come chat with me about feminine computer creativity :)&#xA;Did you make experimental hobbyist games? Did you mod the sims? Did you make Neopets fan sites? 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