There are certainly millennial women who won’t call themselves feminists, to be sure, but there are plenty of millennial women who do (I’m a millennial, as are most of the people I know). I think it’s really about the word itself — most people tend to assume, because it’s not “equalist” or whatever, that it means…

Are you calling me a nerd? I can’t believe you could be so insensitive. Just kidding, I’m totally a nerd.

Oh good lord, dude, that article is super silly and reductive. The guy says third-wave feminism is the problem and then goes on to collect all these quotes from Valerie Solanas and Germaine Greer and Andrea Dworkin, who are decidedly not third-wave feminists. And does he think any of those women are followed by modern…

The Code of Conduct you referred to...I think it’s just plain common sense that it goes too far, and I think the vast majority of liberals and feminists like myself would agree. We don’t really need GG shining a light on an extreme outlier case of “PC gone too far” to realize it needs revision.

I get what you’re saying, I really do. There have been times where I’ve seen members of fandoms for works that I really, really love (Steven Universe and Undertale, I’m looking at you) that made me genuinely cringey - not because I think they’re wrong, per say, but because their tone and argumentation actively hurt…

Well, about this splinter group. Was it strictly about gaming journalism and directly related issues, or did some more of that culture war stuff seep in?

The first time that I heard those words was when I was taking an LGBT Literature class in college. I’m going to go ahead and assume that willingly seeking out such a class probably classifies me as an SJW by your barometer, so this conversation can only go downhill fast.

Okay, so if you associate yourself with GG because ethics in gaming journalism is so important to you, then why do GGers so often fixate on issues that are totally unrelated, or just tenuously related, to gaming journalism?

Eh, well, I’m going to believe the author of this article when he says he and his family have gotten threats. Let me ask you this, given your experience in whatever circles you run in, do you think it’s plausible that some individuals in those circles could instigate threats or harassment?

Holy crap! This article was a huge eyeopener. I had no idea that people talk shit about each other on the internet. I thought it was just for cat videos and bashing movies that nobody has seen yet. Hmmmm.... I wonder what else is on this internet thing..... Porn maybe?

“This is where things become dicey, because it means that some people make money by covering the embarrassing, potentially untrue private details of other people”

Like what Gawker does?

Folks really need to stop bitching about this kind of thing. Don’t like your hours? Get a new job! And you’re arguing for what YOU think is a fair salary, and if they are indeed salary instead of hourly, they don’t NEED to be compensated for overtime. There’s no such thing as overtime when you’re salary; there’s just…

There is one sticking point where I’m inclined to agree: how employees know (or ought to know) the amount of time and work that’s attached to their salary before signing a contract.

You should really not let this stuff get to you. People who feel they are fighting for progressive issues but who are occasionally annoying about it are ultimately harmless, and the world has far, far bigger fish to fry. And trust me, I know what it’s like to have some hypersensitive nutjob jump on me for not agreeing…

Oh shut up, really, just shut up now. You work for Gawker Media, have a little self awareness. Yes, this is internet shaming by the mob. It’s one thing to call someone out (because you should be accountable for the words you say in public), it’s another thing to do it from gawker media, the site that just got sued…

I could be more knowledgeable about the child porn enthusiast community by lurking at kiddie porn sites, but that don’t mean I want to do it.

Holy crap. This is well written and what I would have wanted to say.

exactly, the only reason that the author is getting harassed (if you are, police will tell you to NEVER say that, so keep that in mind) is because there are just large gaps in the coverage, serious lack of facts and biased view of the presented evidence. The blogger himself is also responsible for her downfall. When…

I like your comment because it’s a lot more nuanced than most of the other comments on the topic.

I frequent kiwifarms and I followed Allison’s thread with great interest. I don’t care about video games and I really don’t follow much of the news surrounding them. I come from the perspective of an outsider.

I never…

I stumbled upon Kiwi Farms too when I did some digging on this whole situation, and quite frankly I’m surprised that they aren’t talked about more in this whole turn of events. They really seem to not have a side, and actually take joy in the fact that the media is largely blaming the GG side for this, when they are…