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You will see fewer posts on Kotaku today, because the women on our staff are on strike as part of the “Day Without A Woman” to commemorate International Women’s Day. The strike is one aspect of a day intended to raise awareness about the value women contribute to society and the issues of inequality that they face. We…
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