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House of hate: Republicans in Congress turn MAGA harassment campaign against trans colleague
1 month, 2 weeks ago

House of hate: Republicans in Congress turn MAGA harassment campaign against trans colleague

Salon  

First things first: It is absolutely the case that the harassment of Sarah McBride, the newly elected Democratic representative from Delaware, is rooted in Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., having an insatiable desire for attention. Mace's latest bid for camera time was purchased by introducing a bill that might as well be titled the "Sarah McBride Defamation Act" because it only …

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Gamergate’s Aggrieved Men Still Haunt the Internet
55 years ago

Gamergate’s Aggrieved Men Still Haunt the Internet

Wired  

Ten years ago, a flood of gamers attacked developers Zoë Quinn and Brianna Wu and media critic Anita Sarkeesian. In many ways, says Adrienne Massanari, an associate professor at American University’s school of communications, Gamergate presaged a broader reaction on the right toward real changes happening in American society. Meanwhile, the people doing the harassing saw themselves as trying to …

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Gamergate’s Legacy Lives on in Attacks Against Kamala Harris
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Gamergate’s Legacy Lives on in Attacks Against Kamala Harris

Wired  

Back in August 2014, the misogynistic online campaign that became known as Gamergate was something that bubbled up in the anonymous, dark corners of the internet that only a select few even knew existed. So much so that when US vice president Kamala Harris became the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, the attacks didn’t originate from some anonymous troll—they came …

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The Small Company at the Center of ‘Gamergate 2.0’
55 years ago

The Small Company at the Center of ‘Gamergate 2.0’

Wired  

The accusations began around the release of Spider-Man 2 last October. They were all over the replies to the social media accounts of Sweet Baby Inc.: hateful comments, many of which hinged on the idea that the Montreal-based narrative development and consulting company was responsible for the “wokeification” of video games, recalls Kim Belair, the company’s CEO. Or, more succinctly: …

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