How Animal Crossing helped me explore my gender
by Jesse Belinsky from The Verge - All Posts on (#62962)
Jesse Belinsky / The Verge It's 2013, and tonight my friends and I are getting together to wish on falling stars during a meteor shower. Like many young teens meeting up with their pals, I want to show off my sense of style, so I spend a solid amount of time trying on different skirts, dresses, and accessories in order to find the cutest look. Luckily, I don't have to worry about how comfortable the outfit will be or whether the fabric will chafe against my skin since the clothes aren't going on my physical body but, rather, on my villager in the world of Animal Crossing: New Leaf for the Nintendo 3DS.
In real life, I'm a tall, slightly chubby, pubescent boy with the acne and self-esteem to match. Even though I go to a fairly liberal high school and have been...