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Oh they removed the girl

Looks like the the 'article' was removed from the client loader as well. Stuff from October 1st is still there, but this 'article' from November 14th is removed.

 

Maybe you folllowed this story that was causing a little bit of buzz regarding gender representation in and around video games:


"On May 17, 2012, Sarkeesian began a Kickstarter campaign to fund a new series of short videos that would examine gender tropes in video games. The campaign was featured as a campaign of note on the official Kickstarter blog,[11] and reached its funding goal of $6,000 within 24 hours.[12] In June 2012, prominent video game developer Bungie invited Sarkeesian to its offices to present on the creation of female characters in games.[13] The first video, titled "The Damsel in Distress", was released on March 7, 2013.[14]

The project triggered a campaign of sexist harassment that Slate described as an "absolute avalanche of misogynist abuse." Slate wrote that "[e]very access point they could exploit was used to try to get to her ..."[15] The New York Times reported that she was e-mailed images of herself being raped by video game characters.[16] Attempts were made to hack her Twitter and Google accounts, doctored images of her were posted online, negative comments were posted to her YouTube and Facebook pages, and an Internet game was created – Beat Up Anita Sarkeesian – where users could punch her image until the screen turned red.[17] Her Wikipedia article was repeatedly vandalized with images of sex acts.[18] Her website was subjected to denial-of-service attacks, and there were efforts to obtain and distribute her personal contact information.[19] The people behind the campaign awarded each other "Internet points" for the abuse on forums; Sarkeesian argued that they had "gamified" misogyny.[16]

Sarkeesian posted examples of the harassment on her blog, and supporters responded by donating over $150,000 to her project.[17] The situation helped to bring the issue of pervasive sexual harassment in the video game culture to mainstream media attention, with discussions occurring in a range of publications and outlets, including The New York Times, The Guardian and New Statesman.[20] Sarkeesian told the news show 16x9 that online harassment and threats have become the norm for female gamers.[21] She told The New York Times: "The gaming industry is actually in the process of changing. That's a really positive thing, but I think there is a small group of male gamers who feel like gaming belongs to them, and are really terrified of that change happening."[17]"

Foot notes:

11 - Marketos, Cassie (May 21, 2012). "New Projects Are Sci-Fly". Kickstarter.

12 - "Tropes vs Women in Video Games". Kickstarter. Retrieved June 14, 2012.

13 - Petit, Carolyn (June 12, 2012). "From Samus to Lara: An Interview With Anita Sarkeesian of Feminist Frequency". GameSpot.

14 - "The Damsel in Distress" by Feminist Frequency, hosted on Youtube

15 - Marcotte, Amanda (June 13, 2012). "Online Misogyny: Can't Ignore It, Can't Not Ignore It". Slate.com.

16 - Lewis, Helen (December 25, 2012). "Game Theory: Making Room for the Women", The New York Times.

17 - O'Leary, Amy. "In Virtual Play, Sex Harassment Is All Too Real", The New York Times, August 1, 2012.

• Watercutter, Angela (June 14, 2012). "Feminist Take on Games Draws Crude Ridicule, Massive Support". Wired.com.
• For the game, see O'Meara, Sarah (July 6, 2012). "Internet Trolls Up Their Harassment Game With Beat Up Anita Sarkeesian". The Huffington Post.

18 -McHugh, Molly (June 11, 2012). "Kickstarter campaign leads to cyber-bullying". Digital Trends(Digital Trends, Inc.).

• Lewis, Helen (June 12, 2012). "Dear The Internet, This Is Why You Can't Have Anything Nice". New Statesman.
• Sarkeesian, Anita (June 10, 2012). "Harassment via Wikipedia Vandalism", Feminist Frequency.

19 - Totilo, Stephen (July 3, 2012). "She’s Not Hiding From The Hate She’s Getting For Examining Video Games. She’s Exposing It.". Kotaku.

20 - Zerbisias, Anita (January 28, 2013). "Internet trolls an online nightmare for young women", Toronto Star.

• Casey, Paul (December 10, 2012). "Why should Anita Sarkeesian have to work for free in return for misogynistic abuse?", New Statesman.
• Cross, Katherine. (2012). "Why Gaming Culture Allows Abuse... and How We Can Stop It". Bitch. Issue 57. Retrieved February 1, 2013.

21 - Dangerous Game: Tropes vs Women bullying, 16:9, accessed November 4, 2012.



Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Sarkeesian#Kickstarter_campaign.2C_subsequent_harassment