Geek Harassment Archives

Comics Are For Everyone, Or So We Say: Goodbye, Comics and Cola

May 25, 2016

For the past five years, Comics and Cola has been a reliable source of information, connection and reflection upon… comics. Very little Cola content. But Zainab Akhtar has had enough of the Islamophobia that’s permeated comics so blazing since #jesuisCharlie, and before and after ...

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Game Review: Social Justice Warriors

March 23, 2015

Social Justice Warriors Nonadecimal Creative February 27, 2015 PC/Steam

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Holy Inadvertently Marketing Rape Culture!

March 25, 2014

Marketing can be a tricky thing; I get it. There has been no shortage of ad campaigns, especially those directed primarily toward men, that have represented women in, let’s just say, questionable ways. Unfortunately, despite the fact that comic book readers and fans are—and always have ...

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Master Post: Harassment in the Geek Blogosphere

July 10, 2012

The ongoing harassment of Anita Sarkeesian is getting lots of press and pushback, and that’s wonderful. It was the misogynistic response to her Tropes vs Women In Video Games Kickstarter video, that pushed me to host a carnival on harassment. I was of course hoping for more entries, but I ...

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Guest post, by Anon

July 8, 2012

WWAC is always willing to post carnival submissions and guest posts pseudonymously and anonymously. This powerful post is a contribution to round four, Harassment In the Geek Blogosphere. I wasn’t going to write about harassment in the geek blogophere because I don’t run into a lot of it and I ...

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Online Harassment of Women: some links

July 6, 2012

Round four of the carnival goes live tomorrow. For terminal procrastinators (like me!) I’ve gathered some links to articles and essays about online harassment of women, in hopes that it’ll help you along in your post-crafting. Good luck with your writing/drawing/vlogging!

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Round Four: Harassment and the Geek Blogosphere

June 15, 2012

Anita Sarkeesian’s (Feminist Frequency) Tropes Vs. Women In Video Games Kickstarter was met with some initial excitement and some predictable disdain. Then the harassment campaign hit. After thousands of comments threatening her with death and rape, the defacement of her Wikipedia page, and an ...

Geek Harassment

Comics Are For Everyone, Or So We Say: Goodbye, Comics and Cola

Game Review: Social Justice Warriors

Holy Inadvertently Marketing Rape Culture!

Master Post: Harassment in the Geek Blogosphere

Guest post, by Anon

Online Harassment of Women: some links

Round Four: Harassment and the Geek Blogosphere

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