Gamergate: Rise of the Undead Trolls

Loud misogyny in gaming is widespread, despite the fact that 48% of gamers are female.

(Original post by Glen Hunter.)

Before I begin, I’m gonna be straight up and say, publicly for the first time on my blog (outside of poetry or spoken word)

I am gender fluid:

“Gender Fluid is a gender identity best described as a dynamic mix of boy and girl. A person who is Gender Fluid may always feel like a mix of the two traditional genders, but may feel more boy some days, and more girl other days.
Being Gender Fluid has nothing to do with which set of genitalia one has, nor their sexual orientation.

‘No, I’m not a boy, and I’m not a girl either. I am gender fluid’.” (Urban Dictionary)

Now, there has been a TON of articles on GamerGate, so I want to avoid covering old ground as much as possible and just keep this down to my recent experience on Left4Dead2 on Steam.

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