Does the game industry still hate women? | Anita Sarkeesian’s Reboot speech
Anita Sarkeesian of Feminist Frequency made her mark on the game industry 12 years ago with her series of videos dubbed Tropes vs. Women,...
Feminist Frequency is closing down after 15 years
Anita Sarkeesian announced today that Feminist Frequency, the nonprofit that launched the famous “Tropes vs Women in Games” YouTube series and the Games and...
Why Anita Sarkeesian started the Game and Online Harassment Hotline
The video game industry exploded this summer with the #MeToo movement and allegations of sexual harassment and abuse. It added another layer of hardship...
Carolyn Petit interview — A good reception for Queer Tropes in Video Games series
Surprisingly, Carolyn Petit didn’t get a lot of hate this week. Petit was out in front as the host of Queer Tropes in Video...
Anita Sarkeesian is back with Feminist Frequency video on queer tropes in games
Anita Sarkeesian, the creator of the award-winning video criticism series Feminist Frequency, has returned with a new video series on Queer Tropes in Video...
Indie game leader Rami Ismail condemns harassment that shut down Spanish women’s gaming event (update)
A group called Gaming Ladies scheduled a women’s gaming event in Barcelona, Spain, but the event’s sponsor, King, the maker of Candy Crush Saga,...
The DeanBeat: How Anita Sarkeesian’s Feminist Frequency changed games
Some people say Anita Sarkeesian threw a bunch of rocks at the game industry. But I know that she did more than hurl stones...
The DeanBeat: Farewell to #Gamergate
The #Gamergate controversy began in August 2014, when a former boyfriend of game developer Zoë Quinn shared a long post about their relationship, one that...
Feminist critic Anita Sarkeesian is only game person on Time’s top 100
The naming of Sarkeesian suggests a cultural shift in thinking about video games.
Brianna Wu speaks up about death threats and personal cost of opposing #GamerGate
Game developer Brianna Wu has been outspoken about #GamerGate, and it has earned her death threats. We talked about what comes next.