maybe you should check the defenition of feminist. you seem to make a whole bunch of assumptions about us, and then argue against those assumptions, which isnt very constructive to this discussion. here is some clarification from wikipidia; "Feminism is a collection of movements and ideologies aimed at defining,…
While I applaud her efforts, particularly in the face of the collective internet arsehole, I think she needs to work on her presentation a bit. While the video made some good points it's very heavy on examples without really drawing many conclusions from them. I think she could probably have improved the episode and gotten…
Tell me, is all this canceled out by the fact it is still, to this very day in 2012, impossible to rape your wife in several states? Your point on "well he/she must have wanted it" is used all the fucking time on women as well. And female rape is vastly under-reported as well. I have no doubt it is more common than I might…
I'm not missing anything. That's why these videos really annoy me, she's obviously got a collection of axes in desperate need of grinding and it really, REALLY shows. Often times overshadowing some of her more valid criticisms. Yes, women characters often get the short end of the stick. Yes, we need to point out those…
Anita Sarkeesian is a con artist, exploiting the cause of equality to make a quick buck. She's collected over $150,000 in donations from her kickstarter already, from people she's swindled into supporting her "cause". What does she plan to do with this money? Let's take a look at a quote by her: $160,000 for games? DLC?!…
Depends on the game really - Portal was structured in such a way that even tho the lead remained mute, her character felt very solid. I guess I am just trying to say that lengthy dialog does not equals good writing and solid characterization, and more often than not in games just like in movies the implied is stronger than…
As an artist I cannot disagree more strongly. Using existing stereotypes as a shortcut is incredibly lazy and the reason why we have so many same-y games out. If an artist has any pride whatsoever they should constantly be on the lookout for how to stretch boundaries or communicate in new ways. I just watched a French…
Thanks TeriyakiStyle those words unlocked something, and I think you just helped me figure out why I've had beef with this stuff all along :) I wonder if anyone else is thinking along these lines also. I have never looked to video games for statements. I'm being selfish, and looking at this from my perspective, which is…
Cool cool - interesting to see the project coming together, and good points being made! She comes out less annoying than before, that's great too. While her research and observations are all sound (saving the princess over and over again is indeed getting old, and it's hard to ignore how stupid it is, really), I wish she…
You're right its not the same thing. My problem is that she described Rush Limbaugh (and Glenn Beck) as being part of the conservative mainstream which is pretty big misrepresentation to me considering his listenership is shrinking and his supposed "millions" of listeners has always been an inflated number that came from…