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Author Archives: Anita Sarkeesian
Five Feminist Moments in Video Games
This week, the web magazine Matter is hosting the New York Review of Video Games. I was asked to think about some of my favourite feminist moments in games, so I reached out to Carolyn […]
Repost: On Friday, Anita Sarkeesian called out “toxic masculinity” on Twitter
This article is written by David Futrelle and reposted from We Hunted the Mammoth What a surreal life Anita Sarkeesian must lead, in which virtually everything she says and does becomes grist for the Great […]
Media Interview Link Round up for October 2014
I was invited to speak at Utah State University on Wednesday October 15th, 2014 about women’s representations in video games. Sadly, the university received a series of emails threatening to commit “the deadliest school shooting in […]
Examples of Sexist Harassment on Twitter
Yes please, explain to me again how this has nothing to do with sexism. [TRIGGER WARNING for extreme misogyny, gendered slurs, sexual harassment, sexual violence, victim blaming, graphic rape and death threats]
Full IGN interview with Anita Sarkeesian
A few months ago I was interviewed by Paul Dean for an article at IGN entitled “Tropes vs Women in Video Games: Why it Matters”. Our conversation touched on a wide array of topics, including […]
Quick Tropes vs Women Project Update
I recently shared a long update with our backers over on the Tropes vs Women in Video Games Kickstarter page detailing our progress on pre-production and game research as well as equipment, software and website […]
Anita on CBC Radio’s “The Current”
On July 3, 2012, I was interviewed on CBC’s morning show “The Current” about sexism in gaming and online harassment. Brenda Bailey Gershkovitch of Silicon Sisters Interactive, a videogame studio owned and run by women, […]
Image Based Harassment and Visual Misogyny
I’m making it a point to strategically share some of the online harassment I’ve received after launching my Tropes vs Women in Video Games Kickstarter. I’ve already posted about the harassment via YouTube and Wikipedia […]
Visual Harassment and Identity Vandalism
Everything that follow is comes with some trigger warnings. Women who not only speak up about gender issues but also dare to show their face online. PennyRed wrote about her experience recently etc. All of […]
Kickstarter Project Funded with 6967 Backers!
An absolutely astonishing 6,967 of you pledged $158,917 to support Tropes vs Women in Video Games! Who knew running a Kickstarter campaign could be such a roller coaster ride!? I am truly and sincerely honored […]
Harassment via Wikipedia Vandalism
As some of you may know a harassment campaign is being waged against me because of my Tropes vs Women in Video Games project on Kickstarter. This coordinated attack was launched by various online video game […]