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‘We were talking about representation very early on in a mainstream way’

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[–] thatsTheCatch@lemmy.nz 37 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

When I was young a dumb, I followed the anti-feminist YouTubers that used Anita Sarkeesian as their punching bag. I loved video games and bought into their idea that she was trying to ruin them. Now that I'm older and wiser, I can see that that was a load of baloney. I watched the original Tropes vs. Women in Videogames series and it was very level-headed and rational. There were a few things that the anti-feminist YouTubers said "well what about this???" and Anita actually covered that in the video but the YouTubers cherry picked and didn't show the response. Anita has done a lot of good and has had so much hate and harassment that I feel she deserves a break.

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