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Damsels in Distress: First installment of “Tropes vs Women in Video Games”

By Alexandra | Published: March 12, 2013
TweetAnita Sarkeesian of Feminist Frequency has posted the first installment of her “Tropes vs Women in Video Games” project. In this video, she explores the role, history, and forms of the damsel in distress in popular media from military recruitment ads to silent film to Donkey Kong. Most importantly, Sarkeesian talks about how women’s portrayal [...]
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Deus Ex: Human Revolution offers old school racism with your gaming fun

By Jos | Published: September 6, 2011
TweetI know next to nothing about video games – I’m a huge geek, but I have no hand/eye coordination, so me attempting to play video games is really just flailing around on the couch to the amusement of my friends. Apparently Deus Ex: Human Revolution is a new hit game. I hear the women and [...]
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Sex is inappropriate for minors, but violence is a-OK

By Samhita | Published: June 30, 2011
TweetWhen I was in the 7th grade and studying German our teacher brought in popular mainstream German magazines to aid us in our second language education. I don’t remember much German and I don’t really even remember which magazines, but I do remember they were filled with nudity, including the infamous picture of a naked [...]
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