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Feminist Take on Games Draws Crude Ridicule, Massive Support

Pop culture critic Anita Sarkeesian launched a Kickstarter campaign a few days ago in hopes of raising $6,000 to make a series of feminist-critique videos about the roles women play in videogames. She ended up getting a bit more than she bargained for: She raised more than $120,000 while generating wrath among the online hordes, who have been harassing her in the crudest possible terms.
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Feminist Frequency Kickstarter On Video Games Enrages Trolls, Makes Mad Cash

Genres / Sci Fi : Gamma Squad (11 months ago)

Earlier this week, Anita Sarkeesian of Feminist Frequency started a Kickstarter campaign to raise $6,000 for a series of free videos about “Tropes vs. Women in Video Games“. (Full disclosure: [...] Read Post

Anita Sarkeesian’s Tropes Vs. Women Series Is Up—And It’s Great

US Politics / Liberal : Think Progress (2 months ago)

After launching a Kickstarter campaign to fund a long-term project that would examine the roles women play—or are consigned to—in video games, Feminist Frequency video blogger Anita Sarkeesian was subject to a vicious, violence-satu... Read Post

Here's Anita Sarkeesian's First 'Tropes vs. Women In Games' Video

Entertainment / Video Games : Kotaku (2 months ago)

It's been a long road for feminist critic Anita Sarkeesian. Last summer, she ran a wildly successful Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for a new video series examining sexist tropes in video games—her goal was $6,000 and she raise... Read Post


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