Adam Ruins Everything - Why People Think Video Games Are Just for Boys
Adam Conover explains the history on Nintendo’s push to push women out of gaming. This is from the episode Adam Ruins Summer Fun of Adam Ruins Everything.
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No girls allowed
Tracey Lien’s 2013 piece for Polygon reminds us that Nintendo invented the myth that games are for boys.
‘Neopets’: Inside Look at Early 2000s Internet Girl Culture
As a girl who learned web development on Neopets, this is very much true and close to my heart.
Women Make
I stumbled upon this neat community of women makers the other day. Best of all they are trans/nonbinary inclusive.
The Business of Selling White Women the Righteousness of Their Own Anger
This article is a beautiful takedown of the fake feminism people sell. Though, this article fails to mention anything at all about trans issues, who are also deeply effected by mobilized angry white women trying to destroy feminism.
Gaming's endless struggle with abusive men
With the recent sexual assault allegations of former people’s champ GrandPooBear, I’ve been thinking a lot about his sudden heel turn, and I think this article hits him on the nose with a newspaper.