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Anita Sarkeesian

American blogger

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Oct 30, 2025
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What were the political affiliations of David DePape, the suspect in the Paul Pelosi attack?

David DePape identified his politics as moving from the left toward the and was repeatedly drawn into that investigators and reporting link to his conduct in the Paul Pelosi attack . Reporting across ...

Oct 24, 2025
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gamergate

Gamergate began in 2014 as an online harassment campaign that targeted women in the video game industry and quickly expanded into a broader culture-war flashpoint, framed by some participants as a cri...

Oct 24, 2025
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Zoe quinn ruined fine young capitalitsts from the inside

The claim "Zoe Quinn ruined fine young capitalitsts from the inside" is not supported by the available evidence: contemporary reporting and subsequent analysis portray Zoe Quinn primarily as a during ...

Nov 4, 2025

How did the gaming community's perception of GamerGate evolve over time, from 2014 to the present day?

GamerGate began in 2014 as an online harassment campaign targeting women in games and quickly shifted in public perception from a narrow "ethics in games journalism" dispute to a watershed moment expo...

Nov 4, 2025

What were the key events that led to the start of GamerGate in 2014?

The immediate spark for Gamergate in 2014 was a personal blog post by Eron Gjoni about his relationship with developer that was amplified into accusations of corrupt ethics in games journalism, and th...

Oct 24, 2025

Has Anita Saarkisian played the hitman game?

Anita Sarkeesian has publicly criticized the Hitman series, particularly Hitman: Absolution, for its depiction of violence against women and broader gender tropes, but the sources provided do not esta...

Oct 24, 2025

Is killing female npc's rewarded in the Hitman game?

No credible evidence shows Hitman games reward players specifically for killing female non-player characters (NPCs); the series treats civilian and non-target kills as generally penalized or neutral d...