Gamergate Issues

Morgan expressed his bias view on the gaming community in his article. He listed off some of the key stereo types you may think of when you envision a “Gamer”. Overweight, lives at home, consumed with games,

Roxane Gay, author of the article entitled “Bad Feminist”, is a very accomplished American feminist writer. Her publication of “Bad Feminist” in 2012 gained national public attention (1). Feminism, as defined in the dictionary, is “the advocacy of women's rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes” (2), but Gay explains throughout her article that being a feminist is not just as simple as agreeing with this need for gender equality. The feminist label is too narrow and because of this the feminist movement is breaking apart. In this piece, Gay addresses how our society currently defines feminism and explains why this definition does not encompass everybody that it should.

Video Game Designers VS. Parents, These two factions have been at war since the rise of video game popularity in the 1970 's. Video Games are something seen in just about every household in America today, there are just as common as a fridge or toaster. They are something that every person can enjoy whether they are a boy, girl, kid or adult. Naturally, when something is this popular there are going to be some people who have a problem with it. The Parents launched their first attack in 1976. They got multiple games pulled from shelves including "Death Race", "Custer 's Revenge". This was the first of many attacks in a still on-going war.

These radical feminists believed that the origin of gender discrimination could be found in the values of American society. They declared that men were raised to view women as sex objects, rather than equal human beings, and that this arrogance led to violence, including rape and physical abuse, committed against women. These feminists focused on restructuring the way women were represented in the media, literature, and popular culture (Loveday,

The bestselling author and journalist, Susan Faludi, wrote a book called Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women. Her book focuses on the progression of feminism, crushing myths in the media, and the statistical realities of women 's stance in this world (Faludi 2). “Feminism can be defined as the advocacy of women’s rights on the grounds of political, social and economic equality to men” (Oxford

The bestselling author and journalist, Susan Faludi, wrote a book called Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women. Her book focuses on the progression of feminism, crushing myths in the media, and the statistical realities of women 's stance in this world (Faludi 2). “Feminism can be defined as the advocacy of women’s rights on the grounds of political, social and

Alot of people like video game, but don’t really think much about who came up with this and how did it get so popular well here are the answers to those questions. In 1972 Atari develops the very 1st video game Pong a table tennis like game.The game came in a console of its own you could not play anything on it but pong.Today pong seems like a pile of junk, but back in 1972 It was like the invention of the light bulb.Atari was the biggest company for 3 whole years until the competition came to rise.

The third wave of feminism began sometime in the 1990s. This was when the Riot Grrrl was taking over Washington state. And a woman named Anita Hill was waging a battle against her sexual assaulter, Clarence Thomas a Supreme Court nominee, in court. The court ruled in favor of Thomas. These events worked as a catalyst for the third wave. The third wave focused on ensuring that the accomplishments made by the second wave were not taken for granted. The women involved in the third wave viewed race, transgender rights, sexual liberation, and social class as their central issues. Third-wave feminist wanted each and every woman to have a say when it came to their body. They rebelled against the attempted passage of North Dakota’s complete ban on abortion and the United States Supreme Courts efforts to uphold the partial-birth ban. The third wave was also viewed as more open. Their concentration shifted to being an activist group that was more openminded to how women could dress and act. Their view was that the more they tried to control the

In “Who Is a Feminist Now?” Marissa Meltzer explores different female celebrities on their views of feminism. Meltzer starts off by asking Charlene Woodley’s , “whether or not she considers herself to be feminist.” To which she responded no , giving the reason that those who are feminist are taking the power away from the man. As the article progresses, Meltzer continues asking other female celebrities’ their opinion regarding whether or not they consider themselves to be feminist. As the article progresses Meltzer expresses her opinion on how different this generation is compared to those prior. Also stating that not all females see themselves as feminist due to the lack of knowledge regarding the topic. Meltzer continues by taking into

However, despite of its fabricated intentions, the media proposed a valid argument against the movement: why the movement did not last over the years. One often overlooked aspect of Riot grrrl was that although it claimed to revive the feminist appeal by standing up for ALL women, the majority of its efforts seemed to appeal more in favor of middle-class Caucasian women. Members with a variety of ethnic backgrounds who identified themselves as riot grrrls felt that that their adversities and struggles as both minorities and women were not equally put into perspective as much as those of their counterparts. This flaw within the movement has negatively affected its social longevity and overall appeal to a wider range of women, yet the dedication to spread awareness on intimate struggles and successful establishment of a community within the movement have proven to still be both effective as well as inspiring in today’s modern society. Without a doubt, the riot grrrl movement took the world by storm on a social and political level, but not entirely on the still prominently masculine world of

Shortly after, Emma Watson gave her legendary UN speech calling men and women to action in support of the newest wave of feminist understanding. Her campaign swept my school and I found that while many of the students were embracing this new definition of feminism; an air of uncertainty still prevailed. While some men and women were happily adopting this revived movement, others lashed out, calling it “irrelevant” and “extremist”. Even the word feminism quickly became taboo at my school. I kept quiet and decided to take these condemnations and refute them in my writing. A few months later the school magazine was published, my article included. The spread was boldly titled “The New ‘F’ Word” and clearly explained that feminism is not bra-burning, misandry, and utter chaos and hatred. My intention was to set aside basic misconceptions and negative connotations, instead I was denounced for only writing about mainstream ‘white’ feminism. A friend told me that by only focusing on gender issues, I ignored black feminism and the other intersectional fights against racism within the feminist movement. I was appalled, I felt that I was being berated for something that was intended to be

As stated, “The third wave was made possible by the greater economic and professional power and status achieved by women of the second wave…” (Brunell & Burkett, 2016). The third wave of the women’s movement started in the 1990s and it continues until now, the present, it all began with a mixture of already feminist and feminist being born. As read, “Proponents of third-wave feminism claim that it allows women to define feminism for themselves by incorporating their own identities into their belief system of what feminism is and what it can become” (Fisher, 2013). The second wave that started 30 years before the 90s, the feminist back then focused on laws but not today’s feminist, who focus on their identities. Today, the women's movement occurs daily, everywhere. Recently a march on Washington, on January 21 - 22, 2017, hundreds of women gathered and walked in Washington. The march came to be after a post a Hawaiian grandmother made on how she felt after Donald J. Trump had move. It states, “...led by hundreds of thousands who overwhelmed the nation's capital, protested the first full day of President Trump's tenure Saturday” (Przybyla & Schouten, 2017). Not only do women today march one day, but every day through social media they continue the movement, the women encourage other women to join them and allow them to become a stronger group. As read, “By removing the barriers of distance and geography, sites like Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Instagram have made activism easier than ever, facilitating public dialogues and creating a platform for awareness and change”(Chittal, 2015). The social media now is allowing the women’s movement to grow rapidly by, announcing marches, organizations. (Fisher, 2013) (Przybyla & Schouten,

" The target audience for the article is anyone interested in reading about the girl power ideology and history of it, as well as anyone interested in reading about girl politics. For the most part, the article is not bias it states facts about the girl power ideology and its relation to the Spice Girls and Riot Grrrl. The article was found on the Sage Journal database site; it can also be found in a book titled "All About the Girl: Culture, Power, and Identity,” edited by Anita Harris. The article can be found in a book and a database; the article is also cited in over hundreds of other articles. Therefore it is a credible

I am all for people voicing their opinions. Without them we would have plenty of room for change, but not enough ideas for change. This is a great topic that should really appeal to any female out there, no matter if they play video games or not. This is mainly due to the fact that women always feel a need to speak of their “oppression” in today’s society. Yes a women gets paid 70 cents for every dollar a man makes, and yes there was a time when a women didn’t have a voice in the political aspect of the nation, but in today’s society women have ample chance to achieve every goal they have.

Many gamers felt that the accusations made against them were unfair and therefore we need to see it from two sides, Saarkeesian side and the gamer’s side. From a gamers point of view many people will argue that Sarkeesian’s journalistic integrity isn’t so reliable and here is why: At the beginning of the speech Sarkeesian tells us about how she always used to play games since she was 10 years old, but this isn’t entirely true. Because Sarkeesian actually admit during an interview with a professor called Melanie that she don’t play videogames at all. But then again Sarkeesian talks to an audience, who is already taking her side of the story, so her integrity isn’t on the line here. Its therefore important to take the context into