"Gamergate seems to have ratcheted up his obsession with [Sarkeesian]," said Alexander, who herself has been the target of Gamergate's ire as a result of a Gamasutra article she wrote that harshly criticized gaming's consumer culture. "Or with insisting games are for men."

No offense, friend, but if you're a "feminist," you probably shouldn't ally yourself or advocate for ThunderFoot who is an outspoken and virulent opponent of feminism. He's also kind of a shitty person, but that's besides the point.

Islam is a religion. ISIS is a terrorist group. GamersGate is a disorganized movement. They are not at all the same.

If you still ally yourself with GamerGate at this point, the problem is you. You are the problem.

That's something we had quite a few discussions about as I reported this story, which, as you can see, took a whole lot of time. Ultimately, Stephen and I decided that the benefits of this story are to shine a spotlight on A) just one of many, many people that critics like Anita Sarkeesian deal with on daily basis,…

What else can people do?

I'm going to have to take a very critical stance towards what you're saying. There's always someone on these articles who makes this point and it always rubs me the wrong way. It's basically a rehashing of the old, and thoroughly debunked idea that bullies secretly hate themselves.

Yeah, fuck white guilt! I mean, let's ignore for a second that this article was written by a black guy, so that we can continue our bitching about white guilt, which is helping black people.

"There are reasons why white gun's rights activists can walk into a Chipotle restaurant with assault rifles and be seen as gauche nuisances while unarmed black men are killed for reaching for their wallets or cell phones, or carrying children's toys."

Hahaha!

My older, adult sister, and I were driving through Texas. My sister had fallen asleep for a while. I had stopped at a Dairy Queen for dinner and she woke up as I pulled in. I went to the bathroom while she waited in line. I got back and walked up to her at the counter, just as this exchange happened.

Honestly, I just think he doesn't get it. The kind of trolling women's websites get are really different than what happens on the sports or news sites. Yeah, Gawker gets trolls — specifically, they have a huge issue with racist trolls right now — but there is a very concerted and specific effort at harassing women in…

Prior to Kinja, I headed the trollpatrol team for Jezebel, as many people here know. We dealt with rape gifs, violent pornography, racism, and harassment regularly, but there was a system in place with which to have it reported and dealt with. Banning didn't usually result in the same person immediately making a new…

Wow, thank you guys so much for writing this. To be honest, the mods have been dealing with this on and off for years. It's never been as bad as this. But back when we had main page abilities, we were able to remove the content alongside authors and tech. It helped protect our readers, our writers, everyone. It's…

Wait, can you clarify that for me? I'm passionately pro-reproductive rights, but at-will abortion even after a fetus is viable outside the womb seems ethically indefensible. Arguing that "abortion should be legal so long as the head hasn't emerged during labor" is a position you won't find many reasonable,…

I'd adore seeing the CPS rationale, but VBAC can be substantially more dangerous than you're giving it credit for, and fucking with safety during childbirth is something I'd leave to devoted homebirthers who're too often surprised to find that good vibes can actually end in maternal and child disability and death. If…