Tag: #GamerGate

Keep them human

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In connection to Laurie Penny's piece about the conservative convention and Milo Yiannopolous' banishment from Twitter, the piece Penny wrote faced some criticism, not in the least from Yiannopolous' victims. In short, we shouldn't humanise someone who caused so much grief. To see the human face of Yiannopolous behind the callous troll out to provoke... Continue Reading →

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For your consideration

A set of games in the background, a controller up front. The symbol of feminism, a closed fist in the sign of woman, on top.

I wish I knew what title to give this post. I wish I had a clear idea of what to write, what to say. But I don't. I suppose I could make it a commentary on Notch's twitter fumble a while back, the one where he was called a dick, so he called someone a... Continue Reading →

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Den dolda sexismen

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Jag måste inleda den här texten med att jag har tur 1. Jag har jobbat med spel i sexton år, jag har många goda minnen ifrån spel jag har gjort, och nu har jag av någon outgrundlig anledning hamnat på ett företag där jag hoppas kunna stanna länge, och som verkligen bryr sig om mångfald... Continue Reading →

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Why are you so angry?

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I was tipped off to this series of videos about GamerGate by Staffan Björk, and I think it has some merit. This series is created by Ian Danskin. Go follow on twitter or visit the tumblr. What really got to me, apart from the fact that I think this is a fairly accurate study of... Continue Reading →

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And the hate goes on…

an image showing two controllers, and superimposed the icon of feminism, a closed fist in a symbol for woman.

I just watched a segment of Last Week Tonight*, where John Oliver brings up the harassment towards women on the internet. Brianna Wu and Anita Sarkeesian make a guest appearance and the comments section is what you'd expect. "These women only want attention", "Sarkeesian is only after money", you name it. It's a funny clip,... Continue Reading →

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Not Your Shield

A set of games in the background, a controller up front. The symbol of feminism, a closed fist in the sign of woman, on top.

If GamerGate had happened around 2004 - 05, I would probably be more sympathetic towards the movement.¹ It didn't. In the years between 2004 and 2015 I've learned quite a bit. One of the things that I've learned is that an environment with token individuals encourage those token individuals to assume specific and very limited... Continue Reading →

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