Why Are You So Angry? Part 1: A Short History of Anita Sarkeesian

Why HN readers recommended it

HN recommends the series as a nuanced analysis of online harassment, defensiveness, and gaming culture conflict.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Innuendo Studios

Topic

gamergate and online harassment

Format

commentary

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

7

HN mentions in dataset

7

Recommendation years in dataset

2015–2022

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From the original HN conversations

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• Invariably such refutations fixate on the specific examples chosen by Sarkeesian and go on to make flawed arguments like e.g. (paraphrasing): > Violence against women in XYZ is not problem because XYZ also features violence against men! Which is completely besides the point and ignores …

• This video series does a pretty amazing job in describing those two groups and their motivations (the harassers, and those caught up with them): [VIDEO]

• GamerGate was orchestrated by misogynistic racists on 4chan's /pol/ board. They used "ethics in journalism" as a deliberate excuse to rile people up, and tricked a large crowd of gamers into buying that excuse and thus providing them with cover and additional power. Ultimately it …