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Tag Archives: Misgonyny
Dismantling The Default: Homophobia, Feminity, Misogyny and The Default in The Gaming “Community””
For a community of outcasts screaming for mainstream legitimacy, the gaming world is remarkably exclusionary: especially towards women and queer gamers. From the aggressively inarticulate teenagers on headsets to the famously putrid comment sections across the gaming blogosphere, homophobia runs … Continue reading
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Patricia Hernandez
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racism
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Sidney Fussell
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