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Content warning: This post contains graphic language, slurs and triggering content
This article is heartbreaking. And true.
There is a reason I throttled back on doing a lot of creative gaming content a few years ago. And why I still avoid taking some jobs in the gaming world when they’re offered to me. And why, when we have a female host on any of our Geek and Sundry gaming shows, we have to monitor the comments on YouTube extra, to remove the many comments that are offensive and pollute our community’s spirit of equality. Because I hate that shit.
There is an endemic acceptance in the gamer world that “well, it comes with the territory” when a woman receives threats and harassment and the hateful anonymous internet dialogue is focused on her body and whether they would “do” her or not. I don’t know why this became okay. It’s a vocal minority that has been given way too much power over the industry dialogue, and I am so happy to see more and more articles like this shining the light on what reasonable gamer men and women have been conned into accepting as a given.
NOTHING is a given in this world. And frankly, it taints the art form we so love and keeps it back from becoming more respected and more diverse to not at least TRY to fight it. Gaming deserves more than complacency in this area.
Even posting this link will cause me to receive hateful Tumblr PMs. I can always tell when something I write gets linked on certain places on the internet (like 4 Chan or a few other forums of troll-hood), because I’ll immediately get dozens of hate mails along the veins of what is posted in this article.
Well, I’m a lucky one to be prominent enough to have 10 supporters for every hater. I mostly feel sorry for girls and women who aren’t in my position, who may just give up on gaming when they’re too beaten down to fight anymore.
We have to change that. For the good of what we love doing, gamers! Okay, back to work :)
No skin thick enough: The daily harassment of women in the game industry
I wrote about this some while ago. Also, this is also a really good article on the subject. I would totally play that game
#NotAllMen
The really nice thing about the #NotAllMen tag is that on one level it's saying "Those douchebags don't represent us, we're on your side, not theirs." It's an expression of solidarity with women. This is great. It's always good to be reminded there are supportive men out there, who care about us and consider those who treat women badly as anathema. Thank you men, we really appreciate that. The really not nice thing about the #NotAllMen tag is that often it's not saying that at all, it's saying "please reassure me that you know I'm a nice person", which means we have to take time out of discussing a problem (what the unrelated douchebags are doing) to mollify an individual guy's ego. They've derailed the conversation and made themselves the focus, again. It's ultimately narcissistic. Yup, not all men are misogynist douchebags, but we're not talking about those that aren't, we're talking about those that are, and discussing how we as a wider society, and that includes you, Mr #NotAllMen, might need to change in order to deal with these douchebags and minimize or prevent the damage they're causing. Yes, there will always be some women who have been so fundamentally hurt by men in their lives that they hate all men, that's not really their fault so bear with them and give them a modicum of consideration. And there will always be some women who are young and impressionable and caught up in the anger at the douchebags and fail to differentiate between those and ordinary, perfectly nice guys. But if we have to spend all our time adding a caveat to everything we say "*disclaimer, yes we know you're not like that," we are expending time and energy on a side issue, in order to make a small group of men (who have decided that they are incapable of reading what we are saying and thinking to themselves "hmm I don't do this, they must not be talking about me") feel better about themselves. That means, instead of dealing with the issue, we're dealing with your ego. Instead of dealing with a wider problem, we're juggling an individual who isn't directly related to what we're talking about. And ultimately, that individual is claiming that they and how they're feeling is more important than anything else. That's kind of a problem. What if I were to burst into a discussion on how to cook oranges, that doesn't involve me, and say "oh I can't eat oranges"? What I'm doing is derailing the conversation removing its productive direction and impetus, and making it about me. So what if I can't eat oranges? Are other people not free to discuss orange culinary issues without my bursting in? We as social animals would generally agree that my behavior was rude. Right? I should be sitting back and letting those for whom the conversation is relevant have their discussion uninterrupted, and listening. I might even learn something. Even if I never cook an orange in my life. "Ok fine," I hear you say, sarcastically, "What do you WANT us to say?" Well there you go #NotAllMen, once again you are demonstrating that you care and you want to help. Thank you. (I'm going to ignore your sarcasm, because obviously it's just stemming from your frustration, and that's fine). What we want you to say and do, is realize you don't have to defend your honor. That the increase in visibility of the discussion over how to deal with the 'douchebags' is not an assault on you, or men as a whole. Because it's not. That women and men are not locked in a battle. Because we're not. That we're not enemies. Because we're not. That the best way forward is to walk forward in unity, side by side. Because it is. And with that in mind, the very best thing you can do is say "how can we help?"
Waterfall at Loch Lomond in Scotland.
I dislocated my kneecap here. running up to that waterfall. Is that what you call a highland adventure?
On the one hand, this made me cry, because it's so beautiful, on the other hand, it's the wrong message, and that hurts.
Why do they repeatedly aim these things at women, it's like, adding an extra layer of demands and expectations, and blame. They put the blame on you for the way you've been forced to conduct yourself, in order to just survive in a world that calls you ugly, and demands you not be.
I wanna see the songs aimed at men, that say "she's not ugly, she's beautiful, leave her alone, she doesn't have to fulfill your expectations", aimed at businesses saying "let her be herself", at us: "it's not your fault". It's not women's fault that society expects them to be beautiful, rejects them if they're not, demeans them and attacks them daily. The song is moving and awesome, but it's not true. And until it starts being true, we need to stop attacking women for trying, and fight for their freedom not to.
Tell me how quickly you resort to covering yourself in armor and battling your appearance after being humiliated and rejected repeatedly, in your job, in your social life, in the media, in just walking down the street. Tell me you can withstand a lifetime of that and still not try.
Blaming women for misogyny is like blaming a piece of meat for not being halal, it's what you did to the animal that did that, it had no power.
"Not all men" is really saying "I don't do it, so it's not my problem, I can wash my hands of it". The thing is, that makes you the problem.
You see, sexism and negative treatment of women is everyone's problem. You saying you're not responsible means you are complicit, in allowing the guys that do to continue to do it. In case you hadn't noticed, passively distancing yourself from it and not actively supporting the abusive behavior, and thinking that that is enough is what hasn't worked. It is very clear that active opposition is necessary, a concerted effort by society as a whole to say this kind of cat calling, harassing, sexist behavior is wrong. In a very real way, if you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem.
#YesAllWomen stuff has been women trying to plead their own case and while they are definitely the ones who need to be leading this conversation there is a certain amount of responsibility for men who will create a space for them to speak or at least help keep the noise down
why #YesAllMen should pay attention to #YesAllWomen.
If all the women who don't fit in that "beautiful babe" category who are rejected and ignored started to mass murder - the male population of this country would be decimated. It would be great if the media would push forward an agenda that it's what is inside that counts. Some males never seem to grow up enough to understand this.
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ITS THE DRESS AGAIN BUT GIFS OHBESTILLMYHEART
this is an amazing dress and this is an amazing lady, but my gosh woman what are you doing to your internal organs >_o
Sexism in Gaming: A talk by a bearded man way out of his depth is a funny and challenging TEDx talk by radio and television host Paul Verhoeven. (He’s also a professional nerd, a game critic, a unicorn enthusiast, Pedestrian Daily’s ‘King of the Tweet,’ and a YouTuber.) Watch the full video here.
Last year was supposed to be a year of action to curb gun violence in our schools. But three weeks into the new year, statistics suggest that the problem could actually be worsening. Though the sample size is far too small to draw any definitive conclusions, 2014 is off to a deadly start: in the first 14 school days of the year, there have been at least 7 school shootings. For sake of comparison, there were 28 school shootings in all of 2013, according to gun violence prevention group Moms Demand Action. Purdue University is the most recent, when a 23 year old teaching assistant fired four shots inside a campus building on Tuesday, killing a 21 year old senior. One day earlier, a student was hospitalized after being shot near the athletic center on the campus of Widener University in Pennsylvania. And last week, there were at least three other school shootings, resulting in the hospitalization of five students between the ages of 12 and 18.
Please set meaningful goals for the climate plan, scientists are already indicating that we are about out of time, if we do not act now who knows what the future will bring? If we do, all we have done is bring about a better cleaner world. There is nothing to lose, and everything to gain. The expanding green energy industry shows that there is a lot of money to be made in this new technology, economically speaking it can only be to our advantage. Please ensure we have a healthy carbon reduction policy.
Ask President Barroso and the EU Commission to set strong goals for carbon reduction and climate change mitigation.
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I want to visit Iceland so bad, and to go bicycling though that road in the second picture.
I scrolled through this going "Iceland? Iceland. Probably Iceland." Yup Iceland.
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AMERICANS: name every canadian province
CANADIANS: name all 50 states
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conversation that just happened re this post:
Canadian: I still bet I could name more states than most americans could name provinces. Probably even on a percentile based system.
B: British columbia, quebec, manitoba, umm aw heck.. umm saskatchwapootie I dunno how you spell it I gave up.
Canadian: Can't even remember the main one...
B: Labrador and newfoundland, do those count as one or two? Is Toronto a state? I DON'T KNOW DX
Canadian: Well, you're close. It's the one where Toronto IS
B: Oh, I thought it was like NYC is in NY or something ummm... help me out here, is it Maple Syrup? Oh I know! Vancouver :D >_>
Canadian: -facepalms-
B: I tried ._.