Gina & Christa | Fascinary Games
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Sisters making feminist, 🏳️🌈-centered, and accessible games and goods inspired by the natural world. Portland, OR. 🐌 Mate: The Party Game for Feral Naturalists. Animal mating science meets party game fun. http://fascinarygames.com/mate
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Local game by @fascinarygames.bsky.social in Portland Monthly share.google/Rn0Qm0njCcbf....
Animal mating facts party game.
Animal mating facts party game.
This Portland-Made Game Is a Crash Course in Animal Sex
Sisters Christa Berce and Gina Berce Lipor learned a lot about duck genitalia.
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December 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Local game by @fascinarygames.bsky.social in Portland Monthly share.google/Rn0Qm0njCcbf....
Animal mating facts party game.
Animal mating facts party game.
Happy Trans Awareness Week! 🏳️⚧️ Our world—and our science of animal mating—wouldn’t be the same without the brilliance of trans scientists. Here are two trans scientists reshaping what we know about nature:
#trans #transgender #transawareness #transawarenessweek #transgenderawarenessweek
#trans #transgender #transawareness #transawarenessweek #transgenderawarenessweek
November 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Happy Trans Awareness Week! 🏳️⚧️ Our world—and our science of animal mating—wouldn’t be the same without the brilliance of trans scientists. Here are two trans scientists reshaping what we know about nature:
#trans #transgender #transawareness #transawarenessweek #transgenderawarenessweek
#trans #transgender #transawareness #transawarenessweek #transgenderawarenessweek
Here are 5 spooky #reptile members that keep the WEEN in #Halloween 👻
1. Zamoran shadow snake: It even has a creepy name to match its creepy ween.
1. Zamoran shadow snake: It even has a creepy name to match its creepy ween.
October 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Here are 5 spooky #reptile members that keep the WEEN in #Halloween 👻
1. Zamoran shadow snake: It even has a creepy name to match its creepy ween.
1. Zamoran shadow snake: It even has a creepy name to match its creepy ween.
Some frog mating & habitat restoration info, inspired by the Portland frog protesters 🐸
October 20, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Some frog mating & habitat restoration info, inspired by the Portland frog protesters 🐸
Happy Hispanic & Latiné Heritage Month! Here are two Latinas who made a wild impact on animal mating science. Because of their curiosity, bold questions, and groundbreaking research, our current understanding of animal behavior, anatomy, and evolution is forever changed.
September 17, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Happy Hispanic & Latiné Heritage Month! Here are two Latinas who made a wild impact on animal mating science. Because of their curiosity, bold questions, and groundbreaking research, our current understanding of animal behavior, anatomy, and evolution is forever changed.
In 2005, most of the folks talking about duck mating gear were scientists and breeders. Fast forward 20 years, and now everyone and their podcast knows about the corkscrew-shaped dongs of drakes and their aggressive mating techniques. Here's why...
September 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
In 2005, most of the folks talking about duck mating gear were scientists and breeders. Fast forward 20 years, and now everyone and their podcast knows about the corkscrew-shaped dongs of drakes and their aggressive mating techniques. Here's why...
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Update to this chart that I share a lot. Not breaking news: Game design teams are still OVERWHELMINGLY all men. About 7% of the top 500 games have a woman or non-binary person credited as a designer. A 🧵of related charts: (1/6)
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September 4, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Update to this chart that I share a lot. Not breaking news: Game design teams are still OVERWHELMINGLY all men. About 7% of the top 500 games have a woman or non-binary person credited as a designer. A 🧵of related charts: (1/6)
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PLAY IS POLITICAL. 🎲
In Victorian times, ladies played patience games like solitaire to perform being quiet and contained. Today, many hit strategy games celebrate conquest and resource extraction.
When we play a game, we’re taking in the stories and politics that shape its design.
In Victorian times, ladies played patience games like solitaire to perform being quiet and contained. Today, many hit strategy games celebrate conquest and resource extraction.
When we play a game, we’re taking in the stories and politics that shape its design.
September 4, 2025 at 10:14 PM
PLAY IS POLITICAL. 🎲
In Victorian times, ladies played patience games like solitaire to perform being quiet and contained. Today, many hit strategy games celebrate conquest and resource extraction.
When we play a game, we’re taking in the stories and politics that shape its design.
In Victorian times, ladies played patience games like solitaire to perform being quiet and contained. Today, many hit strategy games celebrate conquest and resource extraction.
When we play a game, we’re taking in the stories and politics that shape its design.
Mate is fully funded! 🎉 If you're into animal mating science meets party game fun, today is the last day to back and get a Kickstarter exclusive Founding Feral Naturalist seal for the box. 🐌🌈
kickstarter.com/projects/fascinary/mate-party-game?ref=45wmk3
#tabletopgame #partygame #boardgame #science
kickstarter.com/projects/fascinary/mate-party-game?ref=45wmk3
#tabletopgame #partygame #boardgame #science
Mate: The Party Game for Feral Naturalists
Animal mating science meets party game fun! For 4-8 feral naturalists, aged 17+.
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June 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Mate is fully funded! 🎉 If you're into animal mating science meets party game fun, today is the last day to back and get a Kickstarter exclusive Founding Feral Naturalist seal for the box. 🐌🌈
kickstarter.com/projects/fascinary/mate-party-game?ref=45wmk3
#tabletopgame #partygame #boardgame #science
kickstarter.com/projects/fascinary/mate-party-game?ref=45wmk3
#tabletopgame #partygame #boardgame #science
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All of us are impacted by the legacy of slavery. Today we honor, celebrate, and mourn the lives of enslaved people and hope for a future where the harms created by the legacy of slavery are repaired. #Juneteenth
The Legacy of Slavery in America
Freedom Monument Sculpture Park and the National Monument to Freedom honor all those who were enslaved in the U.S. and their descendants alive today. Plan your visit at https://legacysites.eji.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thelegacysites Twitter: https://twitter.com/legacysites Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/legacysites
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June 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
All of us are impacted by the legacy of slavery. Today we honor, celebrate, and mourn the lives of enslaved people and hope for a future where the harms created by the legacy of slavery are repaired. #Juneteenth
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Juneteenth is a celebration of freedom, but also a reminder: freedom delayed is freedom denied. #Juneteenth #BlackHistory #FreedomDay #NeverForget
June 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Juneteenth is a celebration of freedom, but also a reminder: freedom delayed is freedom denied. #Juneteenth #BlackHistory #FreedomDay #NeverForget
"This tree came to us as a male tree, but has begun to produce female fruits. This is a perfectly natural phenomenon that occurs across several species of plants."
www.hoytarboretum.org/happy-pride-...
#pride #ginko #plants #natureisqueer #botany
www.hoytarboretum.org/happy-pride-...
#pride #ginko #plants #natureisqueer #botany
Happy Pride Month to Ginkgo biloba 'Autumn Gold'! - Hoyt Arboretum
This June we are wishing a very happy Pride Month to our Ginkgo biloba ‘Autumn Gold’! This tree came to us as a male tree, but has begun to produce female “fruits” [1]. This is a perfectly natural phe...
www.hoytarboretum.org
June 19, 2025 at 9:49 AM
"This tree came to us as a male tree, but has begun to produce female fruits. This is a perfectly natural phenomenon that occurs across several species of plants."
www.hoytarboretum.org/happy-pride-...
#pride #ginko #plants #natureisqueer #botany
www.hoytarboretum.org/happy-pride-...
#pride #ginko #plants #natureisqueer #botany
Black bears, once common in Big Bend National Park, were wiped out by the 1950s due to hunting and habitat loss caused by settlers and ranchers. By the late '90s, the bears began to be seen again, and today there are about 30–40 bears in the park.
June 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Black bears, once common in Big Bend National Park, were wiped out by the 1950s due to hunting and habitat loss caused by settlers and ranchers. By the late '90s, the bears began to be seen again, and today there are about 30–40 bears in the park.
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Happy Pride Month from all of us here at the Museum!
Out of the approximately 1500 species of animal that have been identified as displaying some same-sex behaviour, the giraffe is one of the most studied, with same-sex mounting and necking occurring more frequently than male-female mounting.
Out of the approximately 1500 species of animal that have been identified as displaying some same-sex behaviour, the giraffe is one of the most studied, with same-sex mounting and necking occurring more frequently than male-female mounting.
June 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Happy Pride Month from all of us here at the Museum!
Out of the approximately 1500 species of animal that have been identified as displaying some same-sex behaviour, the giraffe is one of the most studied, with same-sex mounting and necking occurring more frequently than male-female mounting.
Out of the approximately 1500 species of animal that have been identified as displaying some same-sex behaviour, the giraffe is one of the most studied, with same-sex mounting and necking occurring more frequently than male-female mounting.
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Queerness exists in nature. Take it from the artist that illustrated hundreds of examples of it.
A Work of Love
Queerness exists in nature. Take it from the artist that illustrated hundreds of examples of it.
orionmagazine.org
June 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Queerness exists in nature. Take it from the artist that illustrated hundreds of examples of it.
We're 75% funded on Kickstarter, with over 100 copies pledged! 🤩 Creating this game has brought us so much joy, community, and learning. We can't wait to be able to share it with more folks. www.kickstarter.com/projects/fas...
#community #partygame #stayferal
#community #partygame #stayferal
Mate: The Party Game for Feral Naturalists
Adventure into the world of animal mating! For 4-8 feral naturalists, aged 17+.
www.kickstarter.com
June 11, 2025 at 2:16 AM
We're 75% funded on Kickstarter, with over 100 copies pledged! 🤩 Creating this game has brought us so much joy, community, and learning. We can't wait to be able to share it with more folks. www.kickstarter.com/projects/fas...
#community #partygame #stayferal
#community #partygame #stayferal
Fascinating story close to our #pdx hometown where two different species of #geese paired and are nesting together. www.opb.org/article/2025...
An unusual pairing of geese draws a gaggle of Portland-area birders
An unusual couple of nesters has attracted the attention of Portland-area birders drawn to a story about the peculiarities of nature.
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June 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Fascinating story close to our #pdx hometown where two different species of #geese paired and are nesting together. www.opb.org/article/2025...
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Osprey throuple recorded in Scotland!
Two females and a male are cohabiting the same nest, sharing the parental duties and incubating the eggs 🌈🦉
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Two females and a male are cohabiting the same nest, sharing the parental duties and incubating the eggs 🌈🦉
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Rare osprey love triangle raise chicks in Scottish Borders
www.bbc.co.uk
May 30, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Osprey throuple recorded in Scotland!
Two females and a male are cohabiting the same nest, sharing the parental duties and incubating the eggs 🌈🦉
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Two females and a male are cohabiting the same nest, sharing the parental duties and incubating the eggs 🌈🦉
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
One of my favorite female agency animal mating fun facts is that #sloths scream when they want to mate, and male sloths use the sound to find them, marco polo style. Here's a recording if you're curious: youtu.be/7juQBPPAR0M?...
A Sloth in Heat
YouTube video by Toucan Rescue Ranch
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May 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
One of my favorite female agency animal mating fun facts is that #sloths scream when they want to mate, and male sloths use the sound to find them, marco polo style. Here's a recording if you're curious: youtu.be/7juQBPPAR0M?...
Earlier this year, my family drove across the southern US, all the way from Alabama to Arizona. We visited the NASA center in Huntsville and the Legacy sites in Montgomery, and listened to "Whitey on the Moon." We played on the sandy beaches of the Gulf of Mexico and the dunes of White Sands NP.
May 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Earlier this year, my family drove across the southern US, all the way from Alabama to Arizona. We visited the NASA center in Huntsville and the Legacy sites in Montgomery, and listened to "Whitey on the Moon." We played on the sandy beaches of the Gulf of Mexico and the dunes of White Sands NP.
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You have FOUR (4) more days to order a Biology is Bigger than Binaries shirt, designed by the lovely and talented @franzanth.bsky.social.
In this nightmare of a year, merch is keeping @skypeascientist.bsky.social afloat. Even if you don't order, RT's help so much!
Get 'em: squidfacts.bigcartel.com
In this nightmare of a year, merch is keeping @skypeascientist.bsky.social afloat. Even if you don't order, RT's help so much!
Get 'em: squidfacts.bigcartel.com
May 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
You have FOUR (4) more days to order a Biology is Bigger than Binaries shirt, designed by the lovely and talented @franzanth.bsky.social.
In this nightmare of a year, merch is keeping @skypeascientist.bsky.social afloat. Even if you don't order, RT's help so much!
Get 'em: squidfacts.bigcartel.com
In this nightmare of a year, merch is keeping @skypeascientist.bsky.social afloat. Even if you don't order, RT's help so much!
Get 'em: squidfacts.bigcartel.com
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Excited to be back at the BBC to talk on #BBCWomansHour about how displays of animals in natural history #museums can often say more about a society's biased view of gender than they do about natural history: one of the chapters from #NaturesMemory. I'm on around 1030.🤓
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
May 28, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Excited to be back at the BBC to talk on #BBCWomansHour about how displays of animals in natural history #museums can often say more about a society's biased view of gender than they do about natural history: one of the chapters from #NaturesMemory. I'm on around 1030.🤓
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Almost 5 years ago, we set out to make an accessible, feminist, queer-celebrating, pop science game about animal mating behaviors and anatomy. Our dream was to create something that could build community, spark curiosity, and be wildly entertaining.
May 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Almost 5 years ago, we set out to make an accessible, feminist, queer-celebrating, pop science game about animal mating behaviors and anatomy. Our dream was to create something that could build community, spark curiosity, and be wildly entertaining.
Across studies on genital #evolution between 1989-2013, researchers found NEARLY HALF only looked at males, while LESS THAN 10% looked only at females. (Ah-King M, Barron AB, Herberstein ME., 2014).
#duck #blockprint by #pdx #artist Robin Corbo for our #queer #feminist #animal mating #partygame!
#duck #blockprint by #pdx #artist Robin Corbo for our #queer #feminist #animal mating #partygame!
May 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Across studies on genital #evolution between 1989-2013, researchers found NEARLY HALF only looked at males, while LESS THAN 10% looked only at females. (Ah-King M, Barron AB, Herberstein ME., 2014).
#duck #blockprint by #pdx #artist Robin Corbo for our #queer #feminist #animal mating #partygame!
#duck #blockprint by #pdx #artist Robin Corbo for our #queer #feminist #animal mating #partygame!