Gamergate
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Gamergate or GamerGate was a loosely organized misogynistic online harassment campaign motivated by a right-wing backlash against feminism, diversity, and progressivism in video game culture. It was c
Game developer Zoë Quinn was the initial target of the harassment campaign.
Feminist media critic Anita Sarkeesian received rape and death threats after releasing a video in her Tropes vs. Women in Video Games series.
Video game developer Brianna Wu suffered Gamergate-related harassment beginning in October 2014.
4chan users designed the character Vivian James to be used in the winning entry of TFYC's game design competition; her striped sweatshirt is a reference to a visual rape joke that became a viral 4chan meme.
Milo Yiannopoulos
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Milo Yiannopoulos is a British far-right conspiratorial political commentator, known for his opposition to Islam, feminism, and social justice. He is a former editor of Breitbart News, an American far
Gamergate
…was coined by the actor Adam Baldwin on August 27, 2014, whose nearly 190,000 Twitter followers helped the spread of the hashtag. Right-wing journalist Milo Yiannopoulos popularized the hashtag on Breitbart News, becoming one of the most prominent voices of Gamergate and the antifeminist movement more broadly. Harassment…
Yiannopoulos in 2016
Yiannopoulos speaking in Berlin in 2014
Property damage in Sproul Plaza resulting from the 2017 protest
Yiannopoulos during a speech in London, 2013