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Many early female video game characters (such as Ms. Pac-Man) are identical to an existing male character, except for a visual marker of their femininity, such as pink bows, lipstick and long eyelashes. [72] [73] Female video game characters have been criticized as having a tendency to be objects of the "male gaze". [74]
In 2009, Sarkeesian started her website Feminist Frequency with the intention of creating feminist media criticism accessible to the younger generation. [3] In 2011 she collaborated with the feminist magazine Bitch to create a YouTube video series for her site titled "Tropes vs. Women", which examined tropes in film, television and other popular media that she believes reinforce damaging ...
The backlash began in the mid-2010s, following a surge of feminist activism. During this time, women took to the streets in protest at sexual violence and the widespread use of hidden cameras that ...
[89] [164] Erin Hamilton argues that part of the problem comes from the difficulty in "juxtaposing femininity and feminism in a good video game." [83] When female characters do appear in video games, they are regarded by some as presenting unhealthy messages concerning unrealistic body images and provocative sexual and violent behaviors for ...
Laura Dern has executive produced a video illustrating the gender-pay gap on Equal Pay Day 2019. She talks to Yahoo about the gender-pay gap, "Big Little Lies" and her feminist character from ...
Pages in category "Female characters in video games" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 258 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This is a list of fictional non-binary characters (i.e. genderqueer) identified as such in anime, animation, print media, feature films, live-action television, theatre, video games, webcomics, and other mediums.
Somers, now 74, who was a fan favorite for five seasons, calls herself the “first feminist” to request to be paid commensurate to her male co-stars. “All the men were being paid 10 to 15 ...