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Posters from 4chan’s /pol/ board are planning to flood trans-specific Tumblr tags with transphobic abuse, slurs, and gore to trigger suicidal ideation. Everyone should exercise extreme caution when browsing these tags:

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It’s possible that this flooding will extend into other related tags, and that abusers will attempt to harass people more directly. You may want to consider disabling anonymous asks and submissions, shoring up your security, and taking steps to mitigate doxxing.

Take care of yourselves, everyone. 

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kaniehtiio:

For thousands of years, we told stories from one generation to the next. Our stories help us to understand how the world is ordered and our place within it. But what good are old stories if the wisdom they contain is not shared?

In Never Alone, players take on the roles of Nuna, a young Iñupiaq girl and an Arctic fox, in an atmospheric puzzle platformer that combines traditional folklore, stories, settings, and characters handed down over many generations by Alaska Native people whose roots and heritage date back millennia. 

Featuring imagery and themes drawn directly from Iñupiat and other Alaska Native cultures, Never Alone features striking visuals, emphasizes the sensibilities and perspective of these indigenous Arctic people and requires players to work cooperatively to succeed in challenging and harsh environments. [x]

Can we also talk about how this is being created by the first indigenous game company in the US?

I saw the dev session at Eurogamer and the story of the studio is absolutely amazing. They had the most beautiful photo of one of the most respected storytellers, a woman in her eighties, utterly delighted by the game, controller in hands.

Definitely pick this up and support the wonderful people behind this game.

This is the type of game I’ve been waiting forever for. 

I want it

I’ve posted about Never Alone previously; I wanted to point out that it is being released on November 18, 2014.

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PSA: if you don’t want people finding you through your email on tumblr:

tenderagender:

tenderagender:

go here and it’s the first option

it’s always been an option that i’ve always had turned off, i think the new update just made it easier to find someone if that option isn’t disabled

for people who can’t click through, here’s a manual link:

https://www.tumblr.com/settings/account

i’m serious. don’t ignore this. there are people who are worried their abusers can find them now, and this can give them more protection.

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"Operation Firefly" is GamerGate’s latest attempt at sustaining and proliferating their hate campaign. Described on 8chan with typical self-aggrandizing, pseudomilitary bluster ("We’re going into Normandy and we need your help"), GamerGate supporters intend to create Tumblr accounts, sing GG’s praises, and recruit converts on this new platform, as “Twitter’s 140 character limit makes it difficult to have a meaningful conversation”.

Because it’s totally the character limit that’s the problem, not the fact that their arguments have been a transparent attempt to legitimize harassment since Day One.

Their call to action and their operations manual demonstrate remarkable disdain for Tumblr’s userbase, which are addressed like gullible children. "A normal tumblr user won’t read this shit," they scoff. "Find concise ways of presenting your argument." Content producers are encouraged to “analyze tumblr” and emulate its culture, spinning GamerGate’s oft-defensive, oft-sexist, oft-racist material into something  “informative whilst being inviting or friendly”; “homely or nostalgic”.

No, don’t acknowledge the fact that GamerGate singles out and attacks people, particularly women! "Only bring names up factually, don’t address the person as a cause, address their actions as a symptom of something worse."

No, GamerGate isn’t about duping innocent people into supporting their bullshit accusations! "Identifying and explaining the consequences of corruption is the most important factor in convincing an impartial faction. And I mean fucking legitimate consequences, mid to long term consequences. Nothing that will make you seem delusional or seem unfounded."

No, GamerGate isn’t a movement! It’s not even a consumer revolt! That phase wore off! We’re past that now! "Like all other ‘Gates’ before it, Gamergate is an event- namely a scandal. GG uncovered irrefutable evidence of corruption in gaming journalism."

Never mind that no such evidence exists! That doesn’t actually matter! "The media organizations involved, instead of addressing those legitimate concerns and firing those involved, went on a monthlong rampage against their readers claiming that ‘Gamers were Dead’". Never mind that those articles were addressing the fact that we don’t have to accommodate the toxic elements within gaming subculture, when we’re coming to embrace a diverse audience! GamerGate takes offense to that, for some reason!

And remember, kids! "Have some fucking manners."

Fuck off, GamerGate. We already know who you are, we know what you represent. You’re the worst of our subculture, rallied under a single banner. Your “movement” is garbage. Everyone knows it.

Sources:

The live thread on 8chan, and a saved copy on archive.today. (Tread carefully, 8chan is disgusting beyond belief.)

“Operation Firefly" call to action, and a saved copy.

“How GamerGate Will Win Tumblr”; a saved copy.

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Taking on Tumblr is a bold move. It’s the opposition’s home base. Comparisons to D-Day are not out of order. Contrary to popular belief, we’re not there to convince the opposition. Sending a message to fence-sitters and trying to get neutrals on our side should be and is the top priority. The first order of business is to take control of the #Gamergate hashtag and fill it with facts, information and informative photos. There is plenty of room for personal stories.

Remember, Tumblr LOVES personal experience. If you want to share stories of bullying and harassment, then the hashtag is THE place to do it. A major effort will be spent on pushing our female and minority voices to the forefront via #notyourshield. the goal is to discredit and debunk the narrative and shut it off at the source. Have a large folder of evidence, along with the simplified image macros ready to share. The efforts will not only be focused on our hashtag however. A major failing of the current movement was limiting it to #Gamergate. In order to be effective, you must hijack popular hashtags to spread the message and build interest. A site-specific “Gamergate for Tumblr Users” image should be created and reblogged. Focus on keeping the tag clean, while offering sound rebuttals and dismissals to any Anti-Gamergate posts. The tag is our beachhead. We must maintain control over it at all costs. Report any off topic posts and spam.

Tumblr is a different place than what you’re used to, so take time to lurk if you must.
You need to be seen as the victim there in order to gain sympathy and support.
Gamergate’s guide for astroturfing Tumblr. (via newsmary)
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An Open Letter To People Calling For “Neutrality”

ohdeargodbees:

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Hi [Insert “The Truth Is Somewhere In The Middle” Advocate’s Name Here],

I am writing this letter in good faith and hoping that you can see it as such. Obviously, I can’t speak for everyone with this stance, but I want to let you know why people like me, who you deem “anti-gg”, may not be so eager to accept a chance to debate or publicly speak with you directly to defend our views. Especially if you make your request public.

You may not understand the nature and current context surrounding GamerGate, especially if you’re a late-comer, so let me get you up to speed on what you’re asking of someone before you think that we’re simply afraid of debate or being “called out on bullshit”. People who have been targeted by GamerGate (I am not going to call them “anti-gg” because that is a nonsense term created by GamerGate to falsely paint this as two equal groups when in reality it is a mob calling themselves a movement and the targets of their scorn. There is no organization or movement that runs counter to it, just individuals who condemn their actions) are under constant watch. There are bots collecting everything we say, and people who camp out watching everything we do, waiting for a slip-up or something that can be twisted and used against us. Deleting anything for reasons of phrasing or even typos has become impossible - everything is instantly archived and passed around. Beyond that, any perceived slip up or misstep can instantly become fuel for the group to go after not just us, but our families, colleagues, employers, and friends. The environment is too charged, ruthless, and toxic against those who would defend their stances to reasonably expect that you’re making a simple request when you ask for a dialog. Without fail, I have watched every critic of GamerGate end up harassed at the least, and had their families targeted and terrorized at worst. The stakes on those being asked to speak out or defend themselves are exceedingly high, and we all know it. We’ve all been watching, and we are *scared*, not just for ourselves but for the people we love.

It’s not just the environment, either. The simple fact of the matter is that GamerGate is *not* about games journalism, and even if it was, their targets are disproportionately powerless in the industry, disproportionately female or feminist, and disproportionately *not games journalists*. Their methods are centered on destroying the livelihoods, safety, voices, and mental health of who they oppose, and that’s the primary progress they’ve been able to make thusfar. And as a personal note, I’ve watched this evolve out of a specific (successful) attempt to destroy my life, knowingly given to people who wanted to do just that. Weeks before GamerGate had a name, it was purely about finding myself and those I love and hurting us - the false veneer of ethics came to retroactively justify the harassment, recruit more neutral people to the cause for the use of whitewashing the hatred, and vent pent up frustrations with the industry. None of this is reasonable. None of this is a simple matter of difference of opinion, no matter how many well-meaning people still associate with the group thinking that the destruction of the lives of GamerGate targets are somehow not a big enough deal to leave, for whatever reason.

So in this environment, when you, well-meaning person who wants to have a conversation, request that people on “the other side” defend their positions, what you’re asking them is to defend their right to exist in the industry without having it ruin their lives. When you do so publicly, you draw the attention of those obsessed with proving them worthy of this destruction, looking to take whatever is said and twist it to perpetuate an environment of fear and violence. It is impossible to actually have that conversation - I’ve tried it. Every time I’ve tried to answer specific allegations, the answers are immediately talked over and new allegations get thrown in my face until they run out of them and resort to simply calling me a whore. Most of my day is spent dealing with the extensive damage and fallout caused by GamerGate - I had to leave an industry function to go have a panic attack shortly before writing this. I’m looking at having to potentially spend years going to court dates, I have to relocate, and I have to help my partner find a new job. You have nothing to lose by asking and they risk their family’s safety by answering. Threads on 8chan and Kotaku in Action spring up around them, their twitter mentions become an untenable hellhole that would make a youtube comment thread blush, and they now have to worry about how long until they get doxed.

Think I’m being hyperbolic? Look at what happened to Phil Fish when he stood up for me. Look at what happened to Brianna Wu when she made a meme mocking GamerGate. Look at the anonymous person that had to explain to their children what to do in case they got a SWAT team called into their house.

Look at what will happen to me after I post this letter.

This is not a debate with two sides. It never will be. It makes it really hard to have a conversation about anything when it feels like one side has a gun under the table. Even if the gun isn’t yours, even though you don’t condone it, it’s there all the same. Treating it as though it were a mere matter of difference of opinion when one group has been relentlessly ruining lives and trying to cover it up, and the other is made up of people targeted by that group, treating them equally is NOT fairness. It is NOT balance. It is falsely seeking the Golden Mean for the Golden Mean’s sake, while discarding the spirit of fairness it represents by asking victims of a group attacking them for weeks or months to defend their right to live their lives without that. Even if every single false justification that GamerGate has given for their existence was true, even if I was the Machiavellian hellbeast they make me out to be, no one deserves to be GamerGate’s target. No one deserves to have their real lives ruined over video games.

Someone punching you in the face isn’t a dialog, and it’s not something you should be called upon to prove yourself undeserving of. Beyond that, you cannot reason someone out of a position they didn’t reason themselves into in the first place. I appreciate the noble intention of attempting to build a bridge, but maybe consider why some of us have been forced to live behind a moat.

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Standing up to Gamergate Bullies

spacekatgal:

As a software engineer, I don’t like broad, never-ending goals. I like to focus on smaller, attainable goals. In that vein, I’m ready to announce something. I am in the process of setting up a legal defense fund for women targeted by Gamergate.

One of the biggest ways Gamergate operates is character assassination. Well, we have laws protecting you against that. I’m not a lawyer, but the fund will pay lawyers to find cases on libel and defamation and prosecute them in civil court. These cases might be mine, or they might be other women targeted by Gamergate. It will be cases the legal team feels they can win.

Sadly, fighting back is all these bullies understand. I’m in the process of making sure the fund complies with our legal and tax structure. My suggestion to anyone in Gamergate is to think very carefully about saying something libelous or defamatory about the women you target.

If you are a lawyer that specializes in these kinds of cases, or you know one, please do not hesitate to email me at brianna@giantspacekat.com.

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Content Warning: Ableism in Dreamfall Chapters

Red Thread Games’ Dreamfall Chapters is an episodic adventure split between parallel universes: the fantasy world of Arcadia, and the dystopian future of Stark. Taking the role of political activist Zoë Castillo, players can work with a foul-mouthed criminal leader named Mira - and witness a scene where she lashes out at her longtime friend and employee, a silent tech specialist named Wit. Though it’s described in-game as part of a dysfunctional-but-loving relationship, players should be warned that Mira’s outburst is steeped in ableism, including slurs. Scene transcript and further details under the cut.

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karrius:

I’m making this it’s own post - GamerGaters, your “Operation Baby Seal” is helping to spread white supremacist propaganda blaming Michael Brown for his own murder.

The operation Baby Seal is linked here: https://tidy.cc/pVxQlC5D

One of the lines on the operation, repeated twice, is here:

  • Employee Adam Weinstein called for theft from Darren Wilson: https://archive.today/tW7uN

The link given on this line leads to a post that says for who wrote it: SEPTEMBER 9, 2014 BY CHARLES C. JOHNSON 

That post also contains these two paragraphs trying to push a biased, disgusting view:

Both Salon and Gawker have written hit pieces on Gotnews.com’s editor-in-chief Charles C. Johnson for daring to publish material that ended the gentle giant narrative of Michael Brown.

Put simply, these people are bullies. It’s time to stop them. They make the Internet a worse place by making it difficult for independent researchers to present the truth.

Charles C Johnson is a super racist shit head, as shown here:

http://www.politicususa.com/2014/09/03/conservative-myth-busted-michael-brown-clean-juvenile-record.html

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/43853_Blogger_Chuck_C._Johnson_Hypes_White_Nationalist_Website_-_Again

http://www.salon.com/2014/09/05/this_michael_brown_character_smearing_is_particularly_awful/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

This link, linked in the operation, is trying to claim people are “bullying” him because they called him out on DIRECT LIES against Michael Brown. I am not denying that yes, in that link he is showing a Gawker person arguing for something illegal. But the link is ALSO full of racist BS by a guy who is cool with white supremacism. So why use it, when you can just link to the twitter post in question, or even just yank the image from that site and not link to the rest, instead?

Do GG people not click the links that they’re sent, or did they not notice that this link contained an extremely biased, nasty, racist spin on things? Or, worse still, do they all agree with the asshole who claimed the only reason I cared about this was because of “white guilt” ? If you want to continue with this operation, don’t you feel you have a moral and ethical obligation to inform people that you are, in part, helping to pass around white supremacist media that lies about Michael Brown and… you know, STOP doing that?

Or do black lives matter less than a few points on a Bayonetta review score to all of you?

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sylvies-swamp:

My friend cypheroftyr has recently started the wonderful project I Need Diverse Games. It all began with a hashtag on twitter out of frustration, which then turned into inspiration and an opportunity for every gamer who values diversity to speak their mind. Because the video game industry (as well as pretty much any other medium) still doesn’t depict the richness of humankind sufficiently. If you want to know more, look here:
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sylvies-swamp:

My friend cypheroftyr has recently started the wonderful project I Need Diverse Games. It all began with a hashtag on twitter out of frustration, which then turned into inspiration and an opportunity for every gamer who values diversity to speak their mind. Because the video game industry (as well as pretty much any other medium) still doesn’t depict the richness of humankind sufficiently. If you want to know more, look here:

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