Anita Sarkeesian

Anita Sarkeesian headlines

• Even nerdcore rappers are taking the piss out of GamerGate

  When even the nerdiest of music niches calls out the embarrassment of GamerGate you know its over.

• Towerfall to play tribute to Anita Sarkeesian

  Towerfall: Ascension’s upcoming expansion will add a character based on critic Anita Sarkeesian.

• Anita Sarkeesian takes GamerGate to The Colbert Report

  Feminist Frequency critic Anita Sarkeesian continues to challenge the outdated idea of gaming as a male dominated space in an appearance on American satirical comedy show The Colbert Report.

• Threat of school shooting forces Sarkeesian to cancel public talk

  A talk by critic Anita Sarkeesian which was scheduled to take place today at Utah State University has been cancelled due to the school receiving threats of a shooting.

• Bomb threat sent to GDC 2014 Organizers over Anita Sarkeesian award

  GDC organizers have revealed an anonymous email threatening to detonate a bomb was sent to 25 members of the committee. The industry body was told a bomb would be detonated during the GDC Awards if an award being handed to Anita Sarkeesian wasn’t rescinded.

• Sarkeesian leaves home over death threats - watch every episode of Tropes vs Women in Video Games here

  Feminist Frequency creator Anita Sarkeesian has been forced out of her home by online threats of sexual abuse and murder.

• Tropes vs Women in Video Games: Damsel in Distress part 2 live now

  Tropes vs Women in Video Games creator Anita Sarkeesian has published the second episode of her Damsel in Distress documentary, which explores the role of female characters in games as helpless captives.