hey! i haven't seen this posted anywhere on here yet, but i'm sure some of you guys have noticed the #1reasonwhy hashtag on twitter. overnight lots of women (and men) started sharing their stories of the issues they've had to deal with, and what they've seen happen to others. even though it's pretty sad reading some of…
Hi everyone, First off, I am so happy to see the support for #1ReasonWhy in the polycount community. I assist Women In Games International with the GameMentorOnline program. I have already made a post in the Linkedin group regarding GameMentorOnline, but wanted to mention it to those who might not be a member of the group.…
skankerzero, I've never actually said that an idealised figure is in itself a bad thing - just that the over-representation of the sexy boobtacular feminine ideal(and those dolls have extremely understated boobs and no asses worth mentioning; they're skinny fashion dolls for tweenagers, not sex dolls) in games is unhelpful…
The name of the hashtag was supposed to mean 'here is one reason why women don't want to work in games'. It's not just about sexual harassment and sexist attitudes towards female employees(although those are pretty fucking awful to deal with and more widespread than you might think) but about the other more subtle things…