Anita Sarkeesian, an academic, video game critic and outspoken feminist, has chosen to cancel a speaking event at Utah State University (USU).  Sarkeesian is the founder of a popular Youtube series and website called Feminist Frequency, a video web series that explores the representations of women in pop culture narratives.  Though Sarkeesian is no stranger to graphic and violent threats, she did not feel safe going to this event.  Earlier this ... Read More

[Trigger Warning: this post contains graphic images of simulated physical abuse and may be triggering to survivors of such treatment.] 
It is news to no one that video games often rely on visual stereotypes when it comes to female characters.  I can practically hear a collective “duh” resounding out there across the Web.  Growing up, one of my nicknames in high school was Red Sonja (a character from the game Mortal Kombat), earned solely by virtue of my ... Read More