[Air-L] #gamergate links

[AMPARO LASEN DIAZ]

Hi Burcu,

There was a discussion on the FemTechNet list abut this last week, here are
the links that were posted:



http://deadspin.com/the-future-of-the-culture-wars-is-here-and-its-gamerga-1646145844

(from Richard Lemarchand, Indiecade organizer, former AAA game designer,
USC prof)



http://www.cbc.ca/newsblogs/yourcommunity/2014/10/stopgamergate2014-the-internet-has-had-enough-of-gamergate.html

(good summary from cbc)



Natasha Lennard, "The Dangers of Letting Monsters Pass as Internet Trolls"
https://news.vice.com/article/the-danger-of-letting-monsters-pass-as-internet-trolls

OLAASM (Occupy Los Angeles/Anti-Social Media)
"At the Intersection of Gamergate & Weevgate, Abusers & Their Knowing
Apologists"
http://olaasm.wordpress.com/2014/10/12/at-the-intersection-of-gamergate-weevgate-abusers-their-knowing-apologists/

which is in part a follow-up and response to the responses to the earlier
"The Blankest Canvas: On Art, Opportunism, Erasure, and Whiteness"
http://olaasm.wordpress.com/2014/10/07/the-blankest-canvas-on-art-opportunism-erasure-repainting-with-whiteness/

All the best

Amparo Lasén
Dpto Sociología I
UCM
@Amparo
www.sociologiaordinaria.com
http://ucm.academia.edu/AmparoLasén



2014-10-23 14:54 GMT+02:00 Burcu Bakioglu <bbakiogl at gmail.com>:

> Hi all,
> I've been asked to give a brief presentation on the #gamergate scandal that
> erupted last month. I casually read up on it but I want to be a bit more
> thorough as you can imagine. I was wondering if you would share some of the
> links you may have come across.
>
> Kind regards.
>
> --
> Thanks,
>
> Burcu S. Bakioglu, Ph.D.
> Postdoctoral Fellow in New Media
> Lawrence University
>
> http://www.palefirer.com
>
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