October 19, 2011   495 notes   

PAX Valkyrie: No Flat Girls: How Allies are Born

I don’t reblog, and I don’t post work that isn’t mine. But this post highlights a topic I think is really important in games culture today. Gaming is still largely male oriented, somewhat understandably, but what’s less understandable is the rampant sexism you find in gamer communities. It’s present in subtle ways that once you start noticing, really do cause you to dispair at the state of our pastime. And it’s present in less subtle ways. Like the singling out of women who play games and the female characters who feature in them. Take a read:

paxvalkyrie:

This is a story about gamer culture, casual sexism, the silence of friends, and its fallout - more or less in that order.
 
Firstly, context. I’m a recent graduate working as a game designer for a social games startup in New York City, and I identify strongly with other students and alumni who…

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    No one deserves to be subjugated like that. The folks who just stand by and silently sympathize are just as bad as the...
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    This needs to be read.
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    for you? YOU could’ve said something....protect you. If YOU felt hurt, YOU could’ve...
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