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2020 is a strange year in so many ways! This year represents our sixth year doing a statistical breakdown of gender representation in games and while historically we included games announced at the E3 press conference, with the cancellation this year we had to figure out how to continue collecting this important data. As game studios […]

We’re so excited to announce that the Games and Online Harassment Hotline is officially launching on August 3, 2020. The Hotline is a brand new, free, confidential, emotional support resource for people who make and play games. As we’ve seen over the last month (and beyond), our communities are in desperate need of more tools and […]

2019 represents our fifth year doing a statistical breakdown of the games featured at E3, and analyzing what the data tells us about the representation of women in video games. This year, we ran the numbers on E3 events from Microsoft, Nintendo, Ubisoft, EA, Bethesda, and Square Enix, as well as the annual PC Gaming Show, […]

We’re thrilled to share our latest annual report with you!  In 2018, Feminist Frequency continued to be a vital resource for feminist media criticism, pop culture analysis, and online safety resources. We had a fantastic time bringing you the second season of our critically-acclaimed web series, The FREQ Show,  taking the Feminist Frequency Radio podcast  on the road, and […]

  Each issue of the FREQ newsletter brings you an interview with a fascinating, inspiring, talented woman we think you should know more about. In our latest issue, we talk to pioneering interdisciplinary Latina scholar and activist, Dr. Jessica Pabón-Colón. Her recent book, Graffiti Grrlz: Performing Feminism in the Hip Hop Diaspora is a towering yet accessible […]

Each year, the barrage of game releases feels bigger and more unmanageable than the last. In some ways, I suppose that’s a good problem to have, but it does mean that there are some much-talked-about games that I simply haven’t played, or haven’t played enough to know what I think of them. These games include Return […]

GeekGirlCon is one of the highlights of each year for the Feminist Frequency crew, and this year was no different! We had a phenomenal time connecting with all the amazing artists, game creators, cosplayers, and just our fellow wide-eyed pop culture fanatics! Take a look through our album of photos to get a sample of the […]

The Tropes vs. Women in Video Games series has had a tremendous impact on the ways in which our culture thinks about and talks about video games, and the links between the values expressed in popular media and the values of our larger society. We’ve always intended Tropes to serve as a resource for educators, and […]

For the fourth year in a row, we’ve made our data-gathering excursion into each of the major E3 press conferences to see if things are actually getting better in terms of female representation; to identify those areas in which we’re making progress, and those in which we’re just treading water. For purposes of this year’s study, […]

  It’s officially one of our favorite months of the year! This May, we’re celebrating our 9th anniversary and our Second Annual Spring Campaign. We have so much in store for you over the next few months, but the biggest is undoubtedly the one so many of you keep asking about: the second season of The […]