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'''''Tropes vs. Women in Video Games''''' is a [[Youtube]] video series created by [[Anita Sarkeesian]] that is examining [[Gender representation in video games|gender tropes in video games]]. The series was financed via [[crowdfunding]], and acquired notoriety when its [[Kickstarter]] campaign [[Anita Sarkeesian#Kickstarter campaign and subsequent harassment|triggered a wave of sexist harassment]] against Sarkeesian.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2012/06/13/online_misogyny_reflects_women_s_realities_though_in_a_cruder_way_than_is_customary_offline_.html | first = Amanda | last = Marcotte | authorlink= Amanda Marcotte| title = Online Misogyny: Can't Ignore It, Can't Not Ignore It | publisher = [[Slate (magazine)|Slate.com]] | date = June 13, 2012 }}</ref>

== Background ==
In May 2009, Sarkeesian created the video blog "Feminist Frequency". The blog includes the video series ''Tropes vs. Women'', a series created with ''[[Bitch (magazine)|Bitch]]'' magazine to examine the use of [[trope (literature)|trope]]s to depict women in film, television and video games, with a particular focus on [[science fiction]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Lara Croft battles male jerks |author= Williams, Mary Elizabeth |url= http://www.salon.com/2012/06/14/lara_croft_battles_male_jerks/singleton/ |newspaper= Salon |date= June 14, 2012 }}</ref> Videos produced in this series include "The [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl]]", [[Women in Refrigerators Syndrome|"Women in Refrigerators"]] and "The [[Smurfette]] Principle".<ref>Sarkeesian, Anita (March 22, 2011). [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqJUxqkcnKA&list=PLBBDFEC9F5893C4AF&feature=plcp ''Tropes vs. Women''], YouTube.</ref> She has also produced a number of other videos analyzing popular culture from a feminist standpoint, such as applying the [[Bechdel test]].<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH8JuizIXw8&list=UU7Edgk9RxP7Fm7vjQ1d-cDA&index=4&feature=plcp "The Oscars and The Bechdel Test"], YouTube.</ref>

In June 4, 2012 Sarkeesian focused her analysis of tropes to video games. The videos in ''Tropes vs. Women in Video Games'' series are aimed at [[deconstruction|deconstructing]] plotlines, themes, characters and settings commonly used in [[video gaming]].

== Crowdfunding via Kickstarter ==

Sarkeesian started funding her Tropes vs Women in Video Games as a [[Kickstarter]] project on June 4, 2012 with an initial goal of $6,000 to produce five videos of 10–20 minutes in length. This was reached in less than 24 hours.<ref name="KS">{{cite web|url=http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/566429325/tropes-vs-women-in-video-games/ |title=Tropes vs. Women in Video Games Kickstarter page |publisher=Kickstarter |date=May 17, 2012 |accessdate=2013-10-30}}</ref> She promptly added a stretch goal up to $15,000, offering to produce an additional video for every $1,500 raised. That brought the total number of videos to be made to 11. This second stretch goal was reached in under a week.<ref name="KS1">{{cite web|url=http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/566429325/tropes-vs-women-in-video-games/posts/229803 |title=FUNDED in the first 24 hours! New Stretch Goals |publisher=Kickstarter |date=May 18, 2012 |accessdate=2013-10-30}}</ref> After the first stretch goal was reached she set a second stretch goal of $20,000 to fund technology acquisitions that would improve the quality of her videos. At this point she also offered to send a pack of stickers consisting of re-imagined [[Zelda]] and [[Princess Peach]] pictures from [[Nintendo]] with a slogan and three with Feminist Frequency logo to any future or past backer pledging $50 or more. The second stretch goal was reached in two weeks.<ref name="KS2">{{cite web|url=http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/566429325/tropes-vs-women-in-video-games/posts/233146 |title=New Stretch Goal and New $50 Reward! Stickers!! |publisher=Kickstarter |date=May 23, 2012 |accessdate=2013-10-30}}</ref> A third and final stretch goal was added, with $24,000 and $26,000 sub-goals financing Tropes vs. Women in Video Games classroom curriculum and one more video.<ref name="KS3">{{cite web|url=http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/566429325/tropes-vs-women-in-video-games/posts/237083 |title=Project Evolving with Classroom Curriculum and Bonus Video #2 |publisher=Kickstarter |date=May 30, 2012 |accessdate=2013-10-30}}</ref> The project funding period closed on June 16, 2012, with $158,922 in contributions.<ref name="KS" />

== Production ==

Sarkeesian initially planned to start releasing the ''Tropes vs Women in Video Games'' series in late 2012 with an episode a month,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.feministfrequency.com/2012/08/quick-tropes-vs-women-projec-update/ |title=Quick Tropes vs Women Project Update |publisher=Feminist Frequency |date=August 1, 2012 |accessdate=2013-10-30}}</ref> but pushed it back explaining that the additional funding allowed her to "expand the scope, scale and production values of the project". On January 2013 Sarkeesian launched a [[Tumblr]] web page called "Bits of Tropes Vs. Women in Games" previewing samples of the first video.<ref name=Totilo>{{cite web | url=http://kotaku.com/5980335/anita-sarkeesians-first-tropes-vs-women-in-games-video-may-come-out-next-month-but-her-tumblrs-live-now | title=Anita Sarkeesian's First 'Tropes vs. Women in Games' Video May Come Out Next Month, But Her Tumblr's Live Now | date= January 30, 2013 |publisher= Kotaku | accessdate=3 September 2013 | author=Totilo, Stephen}}</ref>
The first video in the ''Tropes vs Women in Video Games'' series, "Damsels in Distress (Part 1)", was released on March 7, 2013.<ref>[http://www.feministfrequency.com/2013/03/damsel-in-distress-part-1/ Feminist Frequency - "Damsels in Distress (Part 1)"] accessed May 28, 2013</ref> The delay led some critics to question how she was using the money.<ref name="ReadWrite">{{cite web | url=http://readwrite.com/2013/03/19/anita-sarkeesian-i-love-you-but-please-show-me-the-money | title=Anita Sarkeesian, I Love You. But Please Show Us The Money | date=March 19, 2013 | accessdate=19 September 2013 | author=Eördögh, Fruzsina}}</ref> Jesse Singal of ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' noted that the production values of the new series were high, saying "so far, she appears to have put the money to good use."<ref name=Singal>{{cite news |title= Taking on games that demean women |first= Jesse |last= Singal |url= http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/movies/2013/06/22/anita-sarkeesian-takes-video-game-tropes-that-demean-women-and-takes-heat-for/37Q3CmQqLZY9zUWUTbUSFJ/story.html |newspaper= [[The Boston Globe]] |date= June 22, 2013 |accessdate=September 19, 2013}}</ref> Fruzsina Eördögh of ''[[ReadWrite]]'' also confirmed that the production quality of the videos had increased from her previous works, but questioned that the improvement justified spending the total amount raised, and said that disclosing the project finances would also help other video bloggers.<ref name="ReadWrite" />
Parts 2 and 3 of the series were released on May 28 and August 1, 2013. The second video was briefly removed due to abuse of [[YouTube]]'s "flag" system, though it was quickly restored.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hamilton|first=Kirk|title=New Anita Sarkeesian Video Calls Out Gaming's 'Women in Refrigerators'|url=http://kotaku.com/heres-anita-sarkeesians-second-tropes-vs-women-in-g-510123131|publisher=Kotaku|accessdate=13 July 2013|date=28 May 2013}}</ref>

=== Videos released ===

* March 7, 2013 The Damsel in Distress - Part 1
* May 28, 2013 The Damsel in Distress - Part 2
* August 1, 2013 The Damsel in Distress - Part 3<ref name="ReadWrite" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/566429325/tropes-vs-women-in-video-games/posts?page=1 |title=Upcoming Video & Speaking Engagements |publisher=Kickstarter |date=October 27, 2013 |accessdate=2013-10-30}}</ref>

== Harassment and response ==

When Sarkeesian raised nearly $160,000 using Kickstarter, there was an immediate backlash from members of the gaming and internet communities.<ref>{{cite web|last=Seitz |first=Dan |url=http://www.gametrailers.com/side-mission/20600/tropes-vs-women-controversy-reaches-new-low |title="Tropes Vs. Women" Controversy Reaches New Low |publisher=GameTrailers |date=2012-07-06 |accessdate=2013-10-30}}</ref> Commenters on her Youtube and Facebook pages wrote hateful comments, threats of violence, and even death threats.<ref>{{cite news|last=O'Leary|first=Amy|title=In Virtual Play, Sex Harassment Is All Too Real|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/02/us/sexual-harassment-in-online-gaming-stirs-anger.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=August 1, 2012}}</ref> These threats were described by Sarkeesian as “a more extreme and sustained torrent of sexism, hate, and threats”<ref>{{cite web|last=Petit |first=Carolyn |url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/from-samus-to-lara-an-interview-with-anita-sarkeesian-of-feminist-frequency/1100-6382189/ |title=From Samus to Lara: An Interview With Anita Sarkeesian of Feminist Frequency |publisher=GameSpot |date=2012-06-12 |accessdate=2013-10-30}}</ref> than she had experienced in the past.

A game appeared on popular [[Flash game]] website [[Newgrounds]] on July 5, 2012. The game allowed players to virtually assault Sarkeesian by clicking on her face, effectively “beating her up.” As players continued to click the picture, scars, bruises, and lacerations would appear on a photograph of Sarkeesian.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lewis |first=Helen |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/internet/2012/07/what-online-harassment-looks |title=This is what online harassment looks like |publisher=New Statesman |date=July 6, 2012 |accessdate=2013-10-30}}</ref> The reactions to this game have been varied. Some users have written that it was intended as a joke and that it was no different than other flash games in which the player was able to assault celebrities, whereas others wrote that it was overtly threatening and should be removed immediately. The game in question has since been taken down from Newgrounds, after having been online for about 24 hours until July 6th, 2012.{{cn|date=October 2013}}

Other forms of harassment against Sarkeesian were spammed to her Facebook page as well as to her e-mail account. These consisted of, but were not limited to:

* Images of Sarkeesian holding cards with photoshopped degrading and humiliating messages
* Meme images with sexist texts superimposed
* Drawings of Sarkeesian being raped and/or sexually degraded (sometimes by video game characters)
* [[DDoS]] attacks on Sarkeesian’s blog, FeministFrequency.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.feministfrequency.com/2012/07/image-based-harassment-and-visual-misogyny/ |title=Image Based Harassment and Visual Misogyny |publisher=Feminist Frequency |date=July 1, 2012 |accessdate=2013-10-30}}</ref>

The controversy did not end once the series’ production began. In response to the backlash, both comments and ratings have been disabled on every episode released thus far.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLn4ob_5_ttEaA_vc8F3fjzE62esf9yP61 |title=Tropes vs Women in Video Games |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=2013-10-30}}</ref> When the second video of the series was flagged on Youtube for “containing inappropriate material” by challengers of the series, it was temporarily blocked. However, Sarkeesian soon appealed to YouTube and the block was lifted.<ref>{{cite web|first=Kyle |last=Hilliard |url=http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2013/05/28/anita-sarkeesian-tropes-vs-women-video-series-examines-the-damsel-in-distress.aspx |title=Anita Sarkeesian's Tropes Vs. Women Video Series Examines The Damsel In Distress |publisher=Game Informer |date=2013-05-28 |accessdate=2013-10-30}}</ref>

The extensive online harassment of Sarkeesian, in Forbes blogger E.D. Kain’s words, “totally undermines any legitimate argument out there” which might be made in response to Sarkeesian's views<ref>{{cite web|last=Kain |first=Erik |url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2012/07/13/on-anita-sarkeesian-sexism-in-video-games-and-why-we-need-to-have-the-conversation-even-if-it-feeds-the-trolls/2/ |title=On Anita Sarkeesian, Sexism In Video Games, And Why We Need To Have The Conversation |publisher=Forbes |date=2012-07-13 |accessdate=2013-10-30}}</ref>

== Episodes ==

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:50%; margin:auto; background:#fff;"
|-
! style="width:20px;align:left"|# !! Tropes vs. Women in Video Games
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=01
| Title=Damsel in Distress: Part 1 - Tropes vs Women in Video Games
| EpisodeNumber=01
| ShortSummary= Trope as gendered cliché, woman needs to be rescued by a male character.
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=02
| Title=Damsel in Distress: Part 2 - Tropes vs Women in Video Games
|
| ShortSummary= Look at dark and edgy side of trope, violence against women, disposable woman, mercy killing and woman in the refrigerator.
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=03
| Title=Damsel in Distress: Part 3 - Tropes vs Women in Video Games
|
| ShortSummary=Role reversal Dude in Distress, look at "ironic sexism", indie and mobile.
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=04
| Title=The Legend of the Last Princess - Hypothetical game concept
|
| ShortSummary=Mini animation 1:10 minutes long. Was featured in The Damsel in Distress - Part 3.
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=05
| Title=N/A
|
| ShortSummary=Pre-production name: Background Decoration - Video #5
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=06
| Title=N/A
|
| ShortSummary=Pre-production name: Voodoo Priestess/Tribal Sorceress - Video #6
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=07
| Title=N/A
|
| ShortSummary=Pre-production name: Women as Reward - Video #7
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=08
| Title=N/A
|
| ShortSummary=Pre-production name: Mrs. Male Character - Video #8
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=09
| Title=N/A
|
| ShortSummary=Pre-production name: Unattractive Equals Evil - Video #9
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=10
| Title=N/A
|
| ShortSummary=Pre-production name: Man with Boobs - Video #10
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=11
| Title=N/A
|
| ShortSummary=Pre-production name: Positive Female Characters! - Video #11
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=12
| Title=N/A
|
| ShortSummary=Pre-production name: Video #12 - Top 10 Most Common Defenses of Sexism in Games
}}
|}

==See also==
*[[List of video game crowdfunding projects]]
{{Portal bar|Feminism|Gender studies|Internet|Video games}}

== References ==
{{reflist|33em}}

[[Category:Works about video games]]
[[Category:Kickstarter projects]]
[[Category:YouTube videos]]

Revision as of 18:58, 4 November 2013

Tropes vs. Women in Video Games
Title card used in the Tropes vs. Women videos.
GenreGaming
Directed byAnita Sarkeesian
Presented byAnita Sarkeesian
Theme music composerMatt Joynt, Nathan Sandberg
Country of originUSA
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes3 out of 12
Production
ProducerJonathan MacIntosh
Original release
NetworkFeministFrequency (2009)
YouTube (2009–present)
ReleaseTropes vs Women in Video Games
March 7 –
August 2, 2013

Tropes vs. Women in Video Games is a Youtube video series created by Anita Sarkeesian that is examining gender tropes in video games. The series was financed via crowdfunding, and acquired notoriety when its Kickstarter campaign triggered a wave of sexist harassment against Sarkeesian.[1]

Background

In May 2009, Sarkeesian created the video blog "Feminist Frequency". The blog includes the video series Tropes vs. Women, a series created with Bitch magazine to examine the use of tropes to depict women in film, television and video games, with a particular focus on science fiction.[2] Videos produced in this series include "The Manic Pixie Dream Girl", "Women in Refrigerators" and "The Smurfette Principle".[3] She has also produced a number of other videos analyzing popular culture from a feminist standpoint, such as applying the Bechdel test.[4]

In June 4, 2012 Sarkeesian focused her analysis of tropes to video games. The videos in Tropes vs. Women in Video Games series are aimed at deconstructing plotlines, themes, characters and settings commonly used in video gaming.

Crowdfunding via Kickstarter

Sarkeesian started funding her Tropes vs Women in Video Games as a Kickstarter project on June 4, 2012 with an initial goal of $6,000 to produce five videos of 10–20 minutes in length. This was reached in less than 24 hours.[5] She promptly added a stretch goal up to $15,000, offering to produce an additional video for every $1,500 raised. That brought the total number of videos to be made to 11. This second stretch goal was reached in under a week.[6] After the first stretch goal was reached she set a second stretch goal of $20,000 to fund technology acquisitions that would improve the quality of her videos. At this point she also offered to send a pack of stickers consisting of re-imagined Zelda and Princess Peach pictures from Nintendo with a slogan and three with Feminist Frequency logo to any future or past backer pledging $50 or more. The second stretch goal was reached in two weeks.[7] A third and final stretch goal was added, with $24,000 and $26,000 sub-goals financing Tropes vs. Women in Video Games classroom curriculum and one more video.[8] The project funding period closed on June 16, 2012, with $158,922 in contributions.[5]

Production

Sarkeesian initially planned to start releasing the Tropes vs Women in Video Games series in late 2012 with an episode a month,[9] but pushed it back explaining that the additional funding allowed her to "expand the scope, scale and production values of the project". On January 2013 Sarkeesian launched a Tumblr web page called "Bits of Tropes Vs. Women in Games" previewing samples of the first video.[10] The first video in the Tropes vs Women in Video Games series, "Damsels in Distress (Part 1)", was released on March 7, 2013.[11] The delay led some critics to question how she was using the money.[12] Jesse Singal of The Boston Globe noted that the production values of the new series were high, saying "so far, she appears to have put the money to good use."[13] Fruzsina Eördögh of ReadWrite also confirmed that the production quality of the videos had increased from her previous works, but questioned that the improvement justified spending the total amount raised, and said that disclosing the project finances would also help other video bloggers.[12] Parts 2 and 3 of the series were released on May 28 and August 1, 2013. The second video was briefly removed due to abuse of YouTube's "flag" system, though it was quickly restored.[14]

Videos released

  • March 7, 2013 The Damsel in Distress - Part 1
  • May 28, 2013 The Damsel in Distress - Part 2
  • August 1, 2013 The Damsel in Distress - Part 3[12][15]

Harassment and response

When Sarkeesian raised nearly $160,000 using Kickstarter, there was an immediate backlash from members of the gaming and internet communities.[16] Commenters on her Youtube and Facebook pages wrote hateful comments, threats of violence, and even death threats.[17] These threats were described by Sarkeesian as “a more extreme and sustained torrent of sexism, hate, and threats”[18] than she had experienced in the past.

A game appeared on popular Flash game website Newgrounds on July 5, 2012. The game allowed players to virtually assault Sarkeesian by clicking on her face, effectively “beating her up.” As players continued to click the picture, scars, bruises, and lacerations would appear on a photograph of Sarkeesian.[19] The reactions to this game have been varied. Some users have written that it was intended as a joke and that it was no different than other flash games in which the player was able to assault celebrities, whereas others wrote that it was overtly threatening and should be removed immediately. The game in question has since been taken down from Newgrounds, after having been online for about 24 hours until July 6th, 2012.[citation needed]

Other forms of harassment against Sarkeesian were spammed to her Facebook page as well as to her e-mail account. These consisted of, but were not limited to:

  • Images of Sarkeesian holding cards with photoshopped degrading and humiliating messages
  • Meme images with sexist texts superimposed
  • Drawings of Sarkeesian being raped and/or sexually degraded (sometimes by video game characters)
  • DDoS attacks on Sarkeesian’s blog, FeministFrequency.[20]

The controversy did not end once the series’ production began. In response to the backlash, both comments and ratings have been disabled on every episode released thus far.[21] When the second video of the series was flagged on Youtube for “containing inappropriate material” by challengers of the series, it was temporarily blocked. However, Sarkeesian soon appealed to YouTube and the block was lifted.[22]

The extensive online harassment of Sarkeesian, in Forbes blogger E.D. Kain’s words, “totally undermines any legitimate argument out there” which might be made in response to Sarkeesian's views[23]

Episodes

# Tropes vs. Women in Video Games
01"Damsel in Distress: Part 1 - Tropes vs Women in Video Games"
Trope as gendered cliché, woman needs to be rescued by a male character.
02"Damsel in Distress: Part 2 - Tropes vs Women in Video Games"
Look at dark and edgy side of trope, violence against women, disposable woman, mercy killing and woman in the refrigerator.
03"Damsel in Distress: Part 3 - Tropes vs Women in Video Games"
Role reversal Dude in Distress, look at "ironic sexism", indie and mobile.
04"The Legend of the Last Princess - Hypothetical game concept"
Mini animation 1:10 minutes long. Was featured in The Damsel in Distress - Part 3.
05"N/A"
Pre-production name: Background Decoration - Video #5
06"N/A"
Pre-production name: Voodoo Priestess/Tribal Sorceress - Video #6
07"N/A"
Pre-production name: Women as Reward - Video #7
08"N/A"
Pre-production name: Mrs. Male Character - Video #8
09"N/A"
Pre-production name: Unattractive Equals Evil - Video #9
10"N/A"
Pre-production name: Man with Boobs - Video #10
11"N/A"
Pre-production name: Positive Female Characters! - Video #11
12"N/A"
Pre-production name: Video #12 - Top 10 Most Common Defenses of Sexism in Games

See also

References

  1. ^ Marcotte, Amanda (June 13, 2012). "Online Misogyny: Can't Ignore It, Can't Not Ignore It". Slate.com.
  2. ^ Williams, Mary Elizabeth (June 14, 2012). "Lara Croft battles male jerks". Salon.
  3. ^ Sarkeesian, Anita (March 22, 2011). Tropes vs. Women, YouTube.
  4. ^ "The Oscars and The Bechdel Test", YouTube.
  5. ^ a b "Tropes vs. Women in Video Games Kickstarter page". Kickstarter. May 17, 2012. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  6. ^ "FUNDED in the first 24 hours! New Stretch Goals". Kickstarter. May 18, 2012. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  7. ^ "New Stretch Goal and New $50 Reward! Stickers!!". Kickstarter. May 23, 2012. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  8. ^ "Project Evolving with Classroom Curriculum and Bonus Video #2". Kickstarter. May 30, 2012. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  9. ^ "Quick Tropes vs Women Project Update". Feminist Frequency. August 1, 2012. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  10. ^ Totilo, Stephen (January 30, 2013). "Anita Sarkeesian's First 'Tropes vs. Women in Games' Video May Come Out Next Month, But Her Tumblr's Live Now". Kotaku. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
  11. ^ Feminist Frequency - "Damsels in Distress (Part 1)" accessed May 28, 2013
  12. ^ a b c Eördögh, Fruzsina (March 19, 2013). "Anita Sarkeesian, I Love You. But Please Show Us The Money". Retrieved September 19, 2013.
  13. ^ Singal, Jesse (June 22, 2013). "Taking on games that demean women". The Boston Globe. Retrieved September 19, 2013.
  14. ^ Hamilton, Kirk (May 28, 2013). "New Anita Sarkeesian Video Calls Out Gaming's 'Women in Refrigerators'". Kotaku. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
  15. ^ "Upcoming Video & Speaking Engagements". Kickstarter. October 27, 2013. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  16. ^ Seitz, Dan (July 6, 2012). ""Tropes Vs. Women" Controversy Reaches New Low". GameTrailers. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  17. ^ O'Leary, Amy (August 1, 2012). "In Virtual Play, Sex Harassment Is All Too Real". The New York Times.
  18. ^ Petit, Carolyn (June 12, 2012). "From Samus to Lara: An Interview With Anita Sarkeesian of Feminist Frequency". GameSpot. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  19. ^ Lewis, Helen (July 6, 2012). "This is what online harassment looks like". New Statesman. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  20. ^ "Image Based Harassment and Visual Misogyny". Feminist Frequency. July 1, 2012. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  21. ^ "Tropes vs Women in Video Games". YouTube. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  22. ^ Hilliard, Kyle (May 28, 2013). "Anita Sarkeesian's Tropes Vs. Women Video Series Examines The Damsel In Distress". Game Informer. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  23. ^ Kain, Erik (July 13, 2012). "On Anita Sarkeesian, Sexism In Video Games, And Why We Need To Have The Conversation". Forbes. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
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