Arab woman, who would be traded for a couple of goats at age 12 back with her own people, but not intelligent enough to handle the freedom of a proper civilisation.
Tale as old as time.
Remember to use their language when you contact San Francisco State University. They have no issue canceling people without evidence, but not if they get even a whiff of you not being one of them.
This week’s readings and podcasts were very eye-opening and interesting, especially since I have absolutely no knowledge of anything video game related. However, the story of Zoe Quinn was probably which stood out to me the most. It was sad to see that sexism even exists in the video game world. Quinn was harassed after she had created a video game that proved to be a success. This was a result of a woman stepping foot in a male dominated industry, which evidently did not end up well. With this incident happening within the last ten years, I would hope that there has been more acceptance within this industry for women. In fact, I wish this were the case in any industry. It is unfair that women gamers, such as Zoe Quinn, are put down for being successful. Given that she was successful in a male dominated industry.
Another one:
I think Kidd sums up GamerGate perfectly: "GamerGate is essentially a culture war for the soul of the gaming industry." I didn't know what GG was before doing this week's reading, but seeing the reaction my classmates' tweets have gotten on here makes me realize how controversial this scandal is. Misogyny is a big driving factor behind GG and a lot of male gamers feel like there is no place for women in video games, whether it be playing them, creating them, or writing about them. The fact that GG all started from one woman's love for coding and her battle with depression shows that the male gamer world was threatened by a woman like Zoe Quinn. What further illustrates this is how she received emails from people telling her to kill herself because she created Depression Quest. Sadly, she is not the only female gamer/videogame creator to have received death threats and threats of rape.
I have absolutely no knowledge of anything video game related
Then get the fuck out and leave us alone
---from an actual female gamer
Feminist commies are nothing but disgusting invasive cockroaches (addicted to screaming "misogyny" ) and that love fucking up other people's spaces, . They know nothing about the bitch Zoe Quinn or what actually happened and they want to comment on it. They know nothing about gaming (nor do they actually care for any real nerd culture) and they want to invade it . GET THE FUCK OUT INVADERS
Maybe, but we don't hound people to suicide for disagreeing. Or because it's a convenient way to drum up some more attention if we feel that the world doesn't revolve around us enough today.
Feminist reality, where their obvious calls for violence are satire and spaces without their calls for violence are dangerous hives of future mass shooters.
Misogyny is a big driving factor behind GG and a lot of male gamers feel like there is no place for women in video games, whether it be playing them, creating them, or writing about them.
Discounting the fact this isn't true for the majority of people here... (Even I don't care if they play, just don't ask for everything to spew their fucked up propaganda. Oh, and don't be on my team.)
Nobody can answer this, to the point of me actually wanting to create a post purely to discuss it.
Why do women gatekeep their own hobbies obsessively, but then call out anyone who tries to do the same to them?
You see this with women's sport, where the vast majority of journalists, coaches and fans are women. They clearly don't want men around - but we have to accept them in our sport? Why? I was fine with the arm's length relationship where they leech just enough to avoid bankruptcy but stay on their side away from us.
Ah, that is partly true, but they actively shut men out of paid roles within those sports. It's a deliberate choice, consistent along all female hobbies, but then they have the nerve to encroach into our things.
Quinn was harassed after she had created a video game that proved to be a success.
If by "video game" we mean "choose your own adventure book" and by "success" we mean "a journo she had sex with said was good and everyone else said it was a load of pretentious wank.
This was a result of a woman stepping foot in a male dominated industry
No, it was a result of a woman having sex with journalists who wrote about her work. And that's ignoring the fact that Zoe Quinn is really not 'in the indsutry' whatsoever. She has never released a commercial game and has never made a penny from game development.
I could honestly write a 3000 word essay debunking the litany of blatant, irrefutably incorrect nonsense in these short statements. It really is staggering how utterly fucking wrong they manage to be on virtually every imaginable detail.
Twitter is so buggy and fucked. It doesn't matter if it's non-political or not, half the time I try to go there I get a "this is not available to you".
Who is the professor? they need to get fired from their job too. i say we cancel them like they try to cancel us.
Academia delenda est
https://communicationstudies.sfsu.edu/fatima-alaoui
Arab woman, who would be traded for a couple of goats at age 12 back with her own people, but not intelligent enough to handle the freedom of a proper civilisation.
Tale as old as time.
Nah, that's way overvaluing her. Maybe a single, well-used goat.
Remember to use their language when you contact San Francisco State University. They have no issue canceling people without evidence, but not if they get even a whiff of you not being one of them.
Here's a tweet from one of the students:
Another one:
Then get the fuck out and leave us alone ---from an actual female gamer
Feminist commies are nothing but disgusting invasive cockroaches (addicted to screaming "misogyny" ) and that love fucking up other people's spaces, . They know nothing about the bitch Zoe Quinn or what actually happened and they want to comment on it. They know nothing about gaming (nor do they actually care for any real nerd culture) and they want to invade it . GET THE FUCK OUT INVADERS
Has she heard the story of Alec Holowka? It's not a story a media professor would tell...
He'd probably hate us, but RIP.
Maybe, but we don't hound people to suicide for disagreeing. Or because it's a convenient way to drum up some more attention if we feel that the world doesn't revolve around us enough today.
Lul in what reality was her so called game a success
Feminist reality, where their obvious calls for violence are satire and spaces without their calls for violence are dangerous hives of future mass shooters.
The same one where she was driven from her home by a sniper who announced their presence via social media I guess
Discounting the fact this isn't true for the majority of people here... (Even I don't care if they play, just don't ask for everything to spew their fucked up propaganda. Oh, and don't be on my team.)
Nobody can answer this, to the point of me actually wanting to create a post purely to discuss it.
Why do women gatekeep their own hobbies obsessively, but then call out anyone who tries to do the same to them?
You see this with women's sport, where the vast majority of journalists, coaches and fans are women. They clearly don't want men around - but we have to accept them in our sport? Why? I was fine with the arm's length relationship where they leech just enough to avoid bankruptcy but stay on their side away from us.
Ah, that is partly true, but they actively shut men out of paid roles within those sports. It's a deliberate choice, consistent along all female hobbies, but then they have the nerve to encroach into our things.
If by "video game" we mean "choose your own adventure book" and by "success" we mean "a journo she had sex with said was good and everyone else said it was a load of pretentious wank.
No, it was a result of a woman having sex with journalists who wrote about her work. And that's ignoring the fact that Zoe Quinn is really not 'in the indsutry' whatsoever. She has never released a commercial game and has never made a penny from game development.
I could honestly write a 3000 word essay debunking the litany of blatant, irrefutably incorrect nonsense in these short statements. It really is staggering how utterly fucking wrong they manage to be on virtually every imaginable detail.
Twitter is so buggy and fucked. It doesn't matter if it's non-political or not, half the time I try to go there I get a "this is not available to you".
I always get that message when I follow a link to Twitter. I have to reload the page to get it to display.