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'''[[Feminist Frequency]]''' is a web video project by Anita Sarkeesian. It is a blog and a series of videos about feminist topics. Sarkeesian is presently working full time to produce videos outlining tropes about women in computer [[gaming]].
[[RailsBridge]] is an organisation founded in 2009 to encourage newcomers, especially women, to join the [[Ruby on Rails]] web programming community. In April 2009, co-founder [[Sarah Allen]] attended a Ruby on Rails meetup where she was one of two women attending, and shortly thereafter a Ruby conference with 3% women attendees. She and [[Sarah Mei]] talked and calculated that if they taught 10–20 women Ruby each month, a 10% retention rate would still result in 20 new women joining the community each year.
 
   
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In 2012, Sarkeesian raised nearly $159000 to fund her her video gaming tropes project, via a Kickstarter campaign called "Tropes vs. Women in Video Games", also known as the "Feminist Frequency Kickstarter". Sarkeesian's Kickstarter [[Feminist Frequency Kickstarter backlash|attracted widespread harassment]] including portrayals of physical violence against her.
RailsBridge's activities include [[mentoring]], Rails training for women and code sprints. Railsbridge now has many [http://workshops.railsbridge.org/railsbridge-chapters/ chapters], including San Francisco, Boston, NYC and Montreal. As of June 2013, events are planned for cities including Austin, Cape Town and Madison.
 
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The Feminist Frequency [http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLn4ob_5_ttEaA_vc8F3fjzE62esf9yP61 Tropes vs women in video games] videos to date are: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6p5AZp7r_Q Damsel in distress]; [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toa_vH6xGqs Damsel in distress part 2]; [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjImnqH_KwM Damsel in distress part 3]; and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYqYLfm1rWA Ms. male character].
   
 
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Anita Sarkeesian, by Susanne Nilsson, CC BY-SA

Feminist Frequency is a web video project by Anita Sarkeesian. It is a blog and a series of videos about feminist topics. Sarkeesian is presently working full time to produce videos outlining tropes about women in computer gaming.

In 2012, Sarkeesian raised nearly $159000 to fund her her video gaming tropes project, via a Kickstarter campaign called "Tropes vs. Women in Video Games", also known as the "Feminist Frequency Kickstarter". Sarkeesian's Kickstarter attracted widespread harassment including portrayals of physical violence against her.

The Feminist Frequency Tropes vs women in video games videos to date are: Damsel in distress; Damsel in distress part 2; Damsel in distress part 3; and Ms. male character.


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