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[-] UmbraVivi@hexbear.net 65 points 1 year ago

It's Anita Sarkeesian, a video game journalist who became one of the centerpieces of Gamergate for saying such radical things as "sexism in video games exists and is bad".

Sarkeesian has literally 0 influence on anything, never did, but gamers have hated her with all their might for over a decade now. Her youtube podcast still gets dislike-bombed over 10 years after Gamergate.

[-] TimeTravel_0@hexbear.net 48 points 1 year ago

damn I totally forgot about gamergate. hope I forget it again soon.

[-] kristina@hexbear.net 43 points 1 year ago

blessed are the people with empty heads

[-] WhatDoYouMeanPodcast@hexbear.net 24 points 1 year ago

I just happened to be absent when gamergate happened and never bothered to look it up. It sort of feels like I skipped a cut scene accidentally cause my ass was on 4chan at the time.

[-] Ocommie63@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 1 year ago

Same ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜

[-] WittyProfileName2@hexbear.net 27 points 1 year ago

Sarkeesian has literally 0 influence on anything, never did

Literally the only thing I'm aware of her criticism changing is making Emily playable in Dishonored 2.

[-] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago

"sexism in video games exists and is bad"

frothingfash NOO!!!!

I'd never heard of this person before or Gamergate, but sounds about right for gamers.

[-] ashinadash@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago

Don't look into this any more. Stay pleasantly unaware and happier

[-] LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago

Her critiques weren't even anything over the top. It was very general lib feminism like "the fridged woman trope isn't nice" and "maybe not all female characters should be sex-objects with boob armor?"

[-] TheBroodian@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

Was she a journalist? I thought she was just a critic?

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