From what I understand, she did have to deal with sexism in terms of hate mail before she ever started writing articles about sexism in gaming. Being famous, at least withing her field, and having her e-mail address easily available on the internet where people have anonymity makes her more susceptible to sexist…

When she started writing she didn't make an issue out of it. But she started getting hate mail for being a female without drawing attention to it. It was because of this that she started talking about sexism. Maybe it wasn't an issue for you before attention was drawn to it, but for some it clearly was.

That doesn't answer my question or frankly explain anything about what you've said. But anyway I don't think you realize where she's coming from. She was a gaming journalist writing about a variety of subjects, not in any way focusing on gender issues and once people started realizing she was a female she started…

Yes she wants to be treated as equal, and not be pigeonholed as a gender issues writer.

Being hostile to someone for their actions of being sexist and immature is not equal to hostility against someone for being born a girl or asking for respect.

how does this relate to the article? Where is the author perpetuating the idea that women are sex objects?

For one thing she wants you not to do what you just did and respond to her individual words as though they represent women in general.

She doesn't want to hide that she's female, just for that not to be her biggest defining characteristic, to be referred to as Leigh Alexander, gaming journalist, not Leigh Alexander, female gaming journalist.

You sound like you didn't read the article because she isn't complaining about the things you're talking about. In fact she has written in the past that she isn't offended by sexualized female characters that other females have complained about. Like, she picked Bayonetta as her game of the year last year and got a…

No she is not upset about not having content for her. She would probably tell you that she is part of the core audience for something like Bioshock, even though you play as a man, because she is fascinated by the sociological themes in it, which are not directed at any gender.

Can you really read through all the sexist comments on here and believe that a different tone would have made the sexism disappear?

She is tired of people asking her questions who would treat it as a definitive answer to a question about "is this portrayal of women ok or not." She can not answer that she can only say whether she is personally offended and doesn't want to be treated as a spokesperson for all women. She is also frustrated because…

Why does being aware of her gender make it "an issue" for you? What you are suggesting about her not making her gender known is to hide it, never write a bio or post a photo about herself. People should be able to be aware of her gender and not have any issues with it.

This article is not really about "the system." There may be an element of that but it's largely directed at gaming culture, and the type of people who read articles on Kotaku. Where better to speak to those people than an article on Kotaku.

She doesn't expect people to not notice her gender, she just doesn't want it to be her greatest defining characteristic.

You must not read very many of her articles, or don't notice when she's the author of one that's not about gender issues, because she does write about a variety of things if you pay attention.

She doesn't try to drive this point home. As she was talking about at the start of the article she does a lot of work and writing that has nothing to do with gender issues. But despite her best efforts she is disproportionally being asked about gender issues even though she is interested in many other topics, and…

You did miss the point. She pretty much didn't say anything about the content in the games themselves, she is talking about gaming culture and how she is treated within it.

I 2nd what Nivenus says. Leigh has actually written that she is not offended by female game characters like Ivy from Soul Calibur or Bayonetta, that some complain are sexist. She is complaining about how she and other females are treated in gaming culture.

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