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RT @ZackFord: @totovader Portraying women as nothing more than sexual objects degrades them. That's @femfreq's whole point.

RT @codinghorror: What If We Could Weaponize Empathy? http://t.co/lLfEte2xhz

@swev Perhaps they got drowned out in the rape/death threats?

@swev I apologize, you have not explicitly defended it. But "don't make speeches" sounds an awful lot like "sit down and shut up" in context

RT @freebsdgirl: In case it gets deleted. Wow. http://t.co/aHCdUYoZXK

@swev Except that the response she has gotten has not been "actually, if you look at this evidence", rather "you shut up and die"

@swev 2/2 the impact on greater society that perpetuating oppressive views of women has.

@swev The positive change is that the discussion is being had - and more diverse games are being made and more people are understanding 1/2

@swev 3/2 when women are called “whores”, opponents are “fags”, etc

@swev 2/2 how can you defend this treatment as protecting a safe place for minorities? Cont’d…

@swev I’m sorry you’ve been unfairly lumped in with the awful people harassing and threatening women. Minirities do need safe places but 1/2

@swev that “freedom from social control” has spawned a view of women that comes from an insular culture. Sunshine is the best disinfectant.

@dedricuth They started by pointing out the pre-existing treatment of women in games and in gaming. Any over-generalized response came later

My 67yo neighbor is out taking a chainsaw to her trees, while I sit at a computer and type words.

Note to self: do not keep twitter analytics open while defending harassment victims. It's not about you.

RT @femfreq: Useful vocabulary terms for the less obvious harassment tactics used against women online. Via http://t.co/KggLqIlgtv http://t…

RT @Blackamazon: I also invite a lot of these women in tech writers to stop pretending "women"=white

I'm just followed @TheQuinnspiracy's, @femfreq's and @freebsdgirl's mentions for the last hour and I'm exhausted. You women are so brave.

@swev @femfreq How does Anita pointing out the treatment of women in games threaten your safe space? Does it depend on that treatment?

@swev Firstly by trying to silence the criticism. If the criticism is invalid, it will fail. If it's valid, it will change society. 2/2