This video explores how the Damsel in Distress became one of the most widely used gendered cliché in the history of gaming and why the trope has been

www.feministfrequency.com/2013/03/damsel-in-distress-part-1/

Recently, I was interviewed for a TV segment on Canada’s Global News about my experience and the wider epidemic of harassment women face in gaming spaces.

www.feministfrequency.com/2012/11/television-interview-about-harassment-in-gaming/

I recently shared a long update with our backers over on the Tropes vs Women in Video Games Kickstarter page detailing our progress on pre-production and game

www.feministfrequency.com/2012/08/quick-tropes-vs-women-projec-update/?buffer_share=2dde9

Here is a very small sample of the harassment I deal with for daring to criticize sexism in video games. Keep in mind that all this is in response to

www.feministfrequency.com/2012/06/harassment-misogyny-and-silencing-on-youtube/

Below is a collection of articles and blog posts from feminists who are critical of the current SlutWalk phenomenon from various points of view. If you’ve

www.feministfrequency.com/2011/05/link-round-up-feminist-critiques-of-slutwalk/

I’m making it a point to strategically share some of the online harassment I’ve received after launching my Tropes vs Women in Video Games Kickstarter.

www.feministfrequency.com/2012/07/image-based-harassment-and-visual-misogyny/

This is the second of a six part series created for Bitch Magazine.  Tropes vs. Women explores the reoccurring stories, themes and representations of women

www.feministfrequency.com/2011/04/tropes-vs-women-2-women-in-refrigerators/

NOTE: The Kickstarter campaign has ended. Thank you everyone for all your support! See the final results here. Earlier this year, I was invited to speak

www.feministfrequency.com/2012/05/help-fund-tropes-vs-women-in-video-games/

As some of you may know a harassment campaign is being waged against me because of my Tropes vs Women in Video Games project on Kickstarter. This coordinated

www.feministfrequency.com/2012/06/harassment-and-misogyny-via-wikipedia/

The Bechdel Test is a simple way to gauge the active presence and complete full roles of female characters in Hollywood films. It was created by Allison Bechdel in her comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For in 1985.

www.feministfrequency.com/2009/12/the-bechdel-test-for-women-in-movies/

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I recently shared a long update with our backers over on the Tropes vs Women in Video Games Kickstarter page detailing our progress on pre-production and game

www.feministfrequency.com/2012/08/quick-tropes-vs-women-projec-update/

Veronica Mars has got to be one of my favourite shows of all time. No seriously, it's funny, witty, smart, progressive. Women are technologically savvy, the privilege of white rich kids are exposed (well sort of...), and it generally has progressive comme

www.feministfrequency.com/2009/07/why-we-need-you-veronica-mars/

It’s that time of year again when we get excited for all the new TV shows only to be terribly disappointed that they're basically the same stories and

www.feministfrequency.com/2011/09/fall-television-premieres/

Conversations with Pop Culture - Feminist analysis of race, gender, class, sexuality and privilege in the media.

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An absolutely astonishing 6,967 of you pledged $158,917 to support Tropes vs Women in Video Games! Who knew running a Kickstarter campaign could be such

www.feministfrequency.com/2012/06/kickstarter-project-funded-with-6967-backers/

This remix was inspired by Sloane's Star Trek Dance Floor It is no secret that the majority of video games these days star overly muscular men often

www.feministfrequency.com/2010/03/remix-too-many-dicks/

Ready to donate to FEMFREQ?  Just choose your option below. Not convinced yet? Read my letter.   OPTION 1: One Time Donation If you have a

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The Hunger Game is one of the most popular young adult novel series rivaling Harry Potter and Twilight.  As the first of its film adaptations was just

www.feministfrequency.com/2012/04/the-hunger-games-katniss-part-1-the-novel/

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