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  2. 'I got death threats when men thought I put feminist gesture ...

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    It was only when Minsung traded video games for playing real-life games, including Dungeons and Dragons, that he met women, and his views shifted. He became, in his words, an "ardent feminist".

  3. Ms. Monopoly - Wikipedia

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    Ms. Monopoly is a version of Monopoly that recognizes inventions that women created or contributed to and gives bonuses to female players. It was released by Hasbro in 2019. . Upon release, the game was criticized for its gameplay mechanics of giving bonuses to female players, as well as ignoring the original Monopoly's creat

  4. Finger pinching conspiracy theory - Wikipedia

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    The country's video game industry was often central to the discussion of the controversies by many authors, some of which grounded their arguments on insider testimonies, who have suspected video game companies of being involved in removing people who support feminism. Several publications claimed the finger pinching controversies are an ...

  5. Anita Sarkeesian - Wikipedia

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    Anita Sarkeesian (/ s ɑːr ˈ k iː z i ə n / sar-KEE-zee-ən; born 1983) is a Canadian-American feminist media critic.She is the founder of Feminist Frequency, a website that hosts videos and commentary analyzing portrayals of women in popular culture.

  6. Women and video games - Wikipedia

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    Video game composer, Kumi Tanioka in 2007 Robin Hunicke speaking at the 2018 Game Developers Conference Siobhan Reddy speaking at the 2019 Game Developers Conference. Women have been part of the video game industry since the 1960s. Mabel Addis of The Sumerian Game (1964) was the first writer of a video game and first female game designer. [126]

  7. Sexism and video games - Wikipedia

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    According to Lucy Waterlow, there appears to be a deep history of sexual harassment in the video game industry and women who play video games on online forums such as Call of Duty are often told they should "return to the kitchen", along with other slurs. However, the changing demographics that have been seen in the video game community (an ...

  8. Women in Games - Wikipedia

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    Women in Games, formally Women in Games WIGJ is a UK-based community interest company which aims to recruit more women into the video gaming industry and to protect the interests of women in the industry. It was founded in 2009 and originally known as Women in Games Jobs (WIGJ); the initials are still part of its legal name.

  9. Gamergate (harassment campaign) - Wikipedia

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    As the video-game market grew more diverse, cultural critics became interested in issues of gender representation and identity in games. [171] [29] One prominent feminist critic of the representation of women in gaming is Anita Sarkeesian, [78] [79] whose Tropes vs. Women in Video Games project is devoted to female stereotypes in games. Her ...