Anita Sarkeesian Calls For A “Feminist Army” To Combat The Harassment Of Women Online

Speaking at XOXO Festival, the Feminist Frequency creator revealed the most radical thing you can do to help support women online. Hint: It’s incredibly simple.

Speaking to the crowd at XOXO Festival, Feminist Frequency's Anita Sarkeesian revealed that "one of the most radical things you can do" to help women who have been harassed is to "actually believe women when they talk about their experiences."

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In doing so, her audience was given a small but shocking view into the type of harassment she's experienced in response to her Kickstarter-funded webseries "Tropes vs. Women in Video Games".

The series is part of Sarakeesian's non-profit, educational webshow "Feminist Frequency", and explores the "five common and recurring stereotypes of female characters in video games."


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