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tropes versus women kickstarter victory!

http://blogs.feministsf.net/tropes-versus-women-kickstarter-victory

http://blogs.feministsf.net/?p=1720

Anita Sarkeesian scored a whopping $150k+ in her kickstarter campaign to do work on a proposed project called “tropes versus women”, focusing on gender in video games. Of course she faced a huge wave of misogynistic harassment, documented in part at this salon.com article and on the kickstarter page (linked above). (The Salon.com article is also interesting because of discussion of the latest Lara Croft Tomb Raider, which has made her more “likable” by making her “rapeable”.)