This drawing illustrating my battle with the trolls by CatieMonster totally made my day!

Media Round-Up

Below I've posted a few of the interviews and articles that have appeared in the last few days discussing this project, the recent attacks on me and some thoughtful commentary about online harassment in gaming and on the internet in general. (A word of warning before entering the comments in some of these articles)

INTERVIEWS
• From Samus to Lara: An Interview With Anita Sarkeesian of Feminist Frequency Interview with Carolyn Petit - Gamespot
• How Anita Sarkeesian funded a project about video game sexism, and ignited an internet firestorm - PMSClan

NEWS
• Dear Internet This Is Why You Can't Have Anything Nice - New Statesman
• Feminist Take on Games Draws Crude Ridicule, Massive Support - Wired


• Think sexism's OK in games, you may be in the wrong century - Guardian
• Online Misogyny: Can't Ignore It, Can't Not Ignore It - Slate
• Lara Croft battles male jerks - Salon

BLOGS
• Tropes Vs. Women In Video Games Vs. The Internet - Rock Paper Shotgun
• When There’s So Much Bullshit Online, You Forget How to Feel - Jezebel
• This Week In Harassment - The Borderhouse Blog
• Kickstarter Video Project Attracts Misogynist Horde - The Escapist
• Feminist Frequency Kickstarter project smashes target - Games Industry
• Backlash to the Feminist Frequency Kickstarter - Geek Feminism
• Awful Things Happen When You Try to Make a Video About Video Game Stereotypes - Kotaku
• The All-Too-Familiar Harassment Against Feminist Frequency, and What The Gaming Community Can Do About It - The Mary Sue

I'm totally overwhelmed with everything that's happening at the moment but I just want to reiterate that all your words of support, messages, comments, tweets and pledges have meant the world to me during this past week. Unfortunately, the harassment continues unabated but the outpouring of encouragement I've received from gamers, non-gamers and game developers alike gives me hope for the future of gaming!

I'd like to extend an extra big thank you to everyone for sticking with me and especially to those continuing to back this project amid the torrent of misogynist bullying and intense harassment.  I'm overwhelmed and encouraged by the support from people of all genders. Every one of you is an inspiration to me in my determination to make this project as amazing as possible.

Wow! We've now reached over 2000 backers. THANK YOU SO MUCH!

As you can probably imagine, over the past few days I have spent the majority of my time dealing with all this ongoing harassment and trying to secure and tighten up as much of my internet presence as I can. It looks as if this type of backlash will be an unfortunate and continuing side effect of this video series as we move forward.  As some of you might be aware, in addition to the threatening messages sent through, literally, all my social media channels, the wikipedia page about me was vandalized last week (*Trigger Warning* that link is pretty disgusting!). There have also been a few more alarming incidents over the past couple of days but I don't want to publicly disclose them for safety reasons (but don't worry I'm still okay!).  At the very least, this story is being picked up and sparking some "discussion" on a few gaming blogs like Destructoid, Kotaku, and The Escapist.

All of your support and pledges over the past few of days have gone above and beyond my wildest imagination! I also want to thank you for your comments and suggestions about possible future additions to the project. We have some exciting plans and ideas for how Tropes vs Women in Video Games is going to evolve from here.  I'll be sure to post more details as soon as I have a moment to catch my breath!