She was definitely created before the TFYC stuff, though I'm not entirely clear on her exact origin. Regardless, the @vivan_games twitter account is my definitive version of Vivian James- a total subversion of the original intent, and cuttingly sharp on issues of social justice when she's not tweeti...

...because I find that is a very valid point when discussing someone who claims to identify as an "egalitarian" or "humanist" instead of a "feminist", but it can then be misused when discussing other "branch-outs" from feminism, e.g. womanism. That's a comple...

I meant that more as "I don't want to retread the exact same fight we already had here once". I thought the article was relevant to a discussion that had occurred here, and thought some folks might be interested in reading it. I am certainly open to discussing the article.

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While I don't particularly want to reopen this particular argument, I wanted to link this blog post which I feel does a pretty good job of articulating many of the things I was trying to get across earlier in the thread.



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I think the problem with "4chan" saying something is the same problem when people say "feminists" or "SJWs" when they mean "the jerks who belong to this group." It's both because of some generalizing by the thoughtful debaters AND by those jerks thinking they...

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AdmiralMemo wrote:Matt... It's on the Escapist... You should know better than to read the comments there.

You never go full retard and read the comments.

I know it's a reference, but could we not use that word in that way, please?

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ahahaha, jesus fuck, the first comment in their forums is seizing on the one single paragraph in ten pages of writing that called out the people fighting back.

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So this article was actually really good (though I would voice strong disagreement with the individual on page .

I can only imagine the comments are fucking nightmare, though.

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That's a pretty good speech.

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>.>

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The trick in my estimation when criticizing an element of a foreign culture is to be cognizant of that fact, and not presume cultural superiority.

Everyone poops, basically.

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Next up, SilverString Media controversies! How about not? You're tilting at a windmill here, Jace. No one seems to actually believe you, or think that your clams have any real credibility. There are a few here who are engaging you out of an apparent morbid curiosity; performing a forensic examinati...

jacetheSJW wrote:The idea that those things are comparable to this is mindblowing to me.

They aren't comparable. The 4chan logs are way the hell worse.

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Considering it basically starts with a question about how to act ethically, it should serve as nothing more than evidence that game journos are actually way more concerned with responsible reporting than we give them credit for.

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I don't think anyone is suggesting that some media gets a pass, while some doesn't. Anita Sarkeesian herself, prioor to doing Tropes vs. women in videogames produced a miniseries of videos just called "Tropes vs. Women" in which she analyzed thetreatment of women in many media forms, inclu...

I mean, I guess you could use disinfectant on a thing that's pretty clean, but you won't get much more dirt off it.

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Summary: - Reporter asks a question to other reporters about whether pursuing a story about the harassment of a developer, against her express wishes, is an ethical thing to do. -several staff from communities around the web (rightly) suggest that the EIC of one such community is allowing his platfo...

jacetheSJW wrote:Stay tuned for more revelations though. A little birdie told me that some things are in the works.

2spoopy4me

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Haha, sure.

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No, not really.

Because I'm not addressing the argument they're making.

I'm addressing the fact that you've hitched your wagon to a propaganda machine, and you expect anyone to seriously believe you give even half a fuck about biased journalism.

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LOL at using Breitbart to accuse literally anyone of spinning a narrative to fit an agenda.

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Well, by the time he got to those movies, he certainly didn't nominate them for oscars.

But he also made a pretty compelling argument for why he OMHSS is his favorite of the films, and the movie certainly isn't BAD, whether you personally agree with his rating of it or not.

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That was more or less what I was driving at, yeah, though from more angles than just the one you described.

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But, doesn't that lack of knowledge frighten you? And if not, why not? Why should it? There are lots of things I don't know, and I'm not afraid of those. You don't have a burning desire to know ALL the things like I do? That's a question with a few responses: -> does a desire for knowledge innately...

AdmiralMemo wrote:But, doesn't that lack of knowledge frighten you? And if not, why not?

Why should it? There are lots of things I don't know, and I'm not afraid of those.

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