feminism
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Anita Sarkeesian Shutters Feminist Frequency, Operations To Cease In Early 2024
4Feminist Frequency will cease operations in early 2024 with founder Anita Sarkeesian citing endless burnout and exhaustion running the site.
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‘Only Girl Syndrome’ Pits Gamer Girls Against One Another
Last week, footage of two women fighting in Overwatch went viral. “You’re one of the worst Mercys I’ve ever played with,” one told her team’s Mercy player. “Me? You’re the Mercy who’s rezzing one person and feel like they’re really good,” the second player, Bailee, shot back.
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Women’s Counter-Strike Is Ready For A Breakthrough
While the explosive growth in popularity for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has mostly made the Fnatics and the Na’Vis of the world into esports stars, the women’s competitive scene has often been an overlooked cornerstone of the game. That’s finally starting to change as they some of esports’ biggest sponsors and organisations have started to give…
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The Equal Opportunity Perversion Of Kotaku
Last week, some folks paid Kotaku the kindness of noticing how… let’s call it “progressive”… we’ve begun to lean over the last few months since I came aboard as Editorial Director. (Dan Bruno, in particular; I had other discussions on Twitter.)