Most guys are so super awesome. When I give talks, at least 2/3 of the audience is men and they're right into the presentations. But there's always that one asshole who emails me or comes up afterwards with the "where did you get this material? I don't remember reading anything about the food served at Viking markets"…

Oh man, and the 1 star reviews on Amazon are even worse:

MATA HARI MONTHLY

That's the problem with being a woman who studies history (and why I quit being a history major). Male "historians" (*cough* George Will *cough*) can plagiarize, make shit up, etc. and they're a hero. Female historians open their mouths and there are twenty men yelling "I WANT TO SEE THE PRIMARY DOCUMENTATION".

I already had this book on my to-read list, but after reading the author's response letter, it's been bumped way up the list.

Wow, that letter is pure poetry. What a great way to handle a sexist asshole who reviews books based on the gender of the author and not the content of the books themselves.

I think it has something to do with visible, obvious, and continuing repercussions. Of course the world would be a different place without the Roman or Egyptian empires, but I have no idea if my ancestors were slaves who built castles in Poland or pyramids in Egypt. I probably have relatives who were fucked over in…

with the ease of a hummingbird relishing a pastoral bloom.

You don't remember the part in gone with the wind when scarlett o'hara made a leopard print mini skirt out of her curtains? pft.

This!! Why do people insist I brush my teeth with warm water? I know a number of people who swear it's How You're Supposed To Do It, and I'm just not having it.

Less boobs in their AAA games to fap to. Also, "feminazis", of course. And very possibly also their mum.

A world in which their status as white males doesn't afford them the right to terrorize and harass women and people of color for the crime of being women and people of color without facing any consequences for it.

"A lot of these people complain about how they can't just enjoy games anymore."

Which is crazy, because why couldn't they just enjoy the fun aspects of the game while ignoring any socio-political messages it might have as they argue they've always done?

They're afraid that they will be exposed to themselves as losers unfit to participate with the rest of society on a basic level of compassion and emotional maturity.

Not being allowed to treat women as chattel that they're entitled to fuck.

Don't forget razors, a job, healthy eating (which is 100% more effective than cardio), and not wearing a trilby....

What they're so terrified of — their nightmare scenario — is that AAA studios might start also making games other than shooters featuring straight white male protagonists.

They're afraid of women for sure but deeper down lies a fear of losing their privilege.

A lot of things.

sunlight, women, cardio...