Feminist Frequency blogger/video host Anita Sarkeesian is back with the second in her “Tropes vs. Women in Games” series, in which she analyses sexist tropes in video games. The first video in the series looked back at the origins of the “Damsel in Distress” trope, focusing mostly on Nintendo games. The new video puts more recent games under the damsel-scope.
Sarkeesian first gained national attention when she launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise money for the series and was subsequently subjected to a prolonged, intense online harassment campaign. That harassment inadvertently contributed to her massive Kickstarter success — her goal had been to raise $US6000 and she wound up with almost $US160,000. Sarkeesian later explained to Kotaku how the extra money helped her increase the project’s scope; that initially resulted in some delays, but she now appears to be full-steam ahead.
Update: The video has been taken down. Head here for an explanation.
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