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Hi everyone. Remember that time Anita Sarkeesian decided to ask people to donate money voluntarily to a Kickstarter project to fund a series exploring how common memes or tropes in videogaming may just present women in a negative light?*
Do you remember how the a community that has always wanted to be accepted by mainstream culture reacted? 
Like this?, And this? And this?
Therefore comprehensivly proving the need for such a series?
Do you remember how the resulting backlash meant the kickstarter raised over $160,000? Yet those same people who so objected to her starting the project swore blind she would just run off with all the money?
Well today is a happy day. A day you can feel rather smug and come out of it a bit more informed as well. The first part of the series has just gone up.
Those who enjoyed the video can check out her other work on her channel, or her website. Feminist Frequency.
*I’m saying might, partially because its meant to allow for both sides to have an equal view and prevent bias. Partially because in some parts of the internet people actually believe that with no trace of irony**.
**But to hell with those people.
Yay! I’ve been waiting for this. But you should specify: Tropes vs. Women in Videogames. Anita had already run an extensive series on the same topic relative to TV series, movies and the likes.
Thanks, will edit the title now. Must have slipped my mind as I’ve watched some of her other videos.
“Do you remember how a community that has always wanted to be accepted by mainstream culture reacted?”
It seems, from my outsider’s perspective, that most of them actually just want to be left alone, not accepted.
The main split (which is still a massive oversimplification, but thats unavoidable unless you want me to blather on for ages) is between those who want mainsteam acceptance of their habits and reject ways that gaming becomes more accessible to other if it doesn’t meet their standards (see:’casual gaming’ and people who try to tackle the rampant sexism, racism, LGBT fear of the other) and those who see it an inevitability of gaming becoming more acceptable and a great time for gaming to grow up and become more inclusive.
Both sides tend to want gaming to be recognized as normal and an artistic medium and movement. They have just taken different stances on how that should be achieved.
“Gaming is awesome and everyone should do it! …except women. No girls in our turf.” is not a very sensible stance anyway.
Of course it is, but when you meet the section of any group that is resistant to change, you always have a hard time convincing them that change can be a good thing and won’t affect them in any noticeable way.