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    This is Why Criticizing Anita Sarkheesian is Irrelevant and Pointless

    Why is it that people call what she said bullshit and passive aggressive when there are so many other statements about the same conference that draw similar criticism? Ive seen so many articles the past few days on how bored journalists were with all the shooter, sports, and car games...
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    This is Why Criticizing Anita Sarkheesian is Irrelevant and Pointless

    When she says context matters in the second quote she's talking about a different form of context than in the first. The first quote is about the narrative context. See that she mentions "fictional narrative" in the first quote; it means the context within the actual story; example, the reason...
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    This is Why Criticizing Anita Sarkheesian is Irrelevant and Pointless

    She was, she posted several tweets about the reveals that had female protagonists as well as the conferences that had a female presence. Here are some examples from her twitter I am absolutely thrilled about the Mirror's Edge 2 announcement! The original game is one of my all time...
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    This is Why Criticizing Anita Sarkheesian is Irrelevant and Pointless

    The two quotes you provided dont actually contradict each other at all, so I dont see how saying one after the other would a retreat from a previous stance or opinion, considering that her stance and opinion havent really changed. The first IS meant to be a dismissal of context, that's the...
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    This is Why Criticizing Anita Sarkheesian is Irrelevant and Pointless

    Yes what she does provokes a response, but so does anyone who speaks out publicly against something; when you do this, you have to be prepared for a negative response, its just bound to happen. If anything she was provoking Microsoft and its employees for the purpose of change, and you cant...
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    This is Why Criticizing Anita Sarkheesian is Irrelevant and Pointless

    Im not sure if anyone has mentioned these articles (if so I apologize for the re post) When I saw this forum post it seemed like great timing since I had recently finished reading a great article on the very subject...