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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.

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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+'''[[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]].
-'''[[WisCon]]''' bills itself as the world's leading feminist [[Science Fiction Fandom|science fiction]] convention. In addition to being a feminist science fiction convention, it takes up issues such as class, race, sexual orientation, global society (especially linguistics) and gender identification.
+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.
-Unlike most conventions, WisCon's demographics break down closer to 50/50 female-to-male con-goers with various people identifying outside the binary genders, and a signifcant portion of the attendants are minorities.
+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].
-WisCon was first held in 1977. WisCon 36 is scheduled for May 25–28, 2012. [[WisCon|Read more.]]
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-[[Resources for allies|For allies]] | [[Nonsexist language]] | [[:Category:Books|Bibliography]] | [[:Category:Research|Research]] | [[Conference anti-harassment]] | [[:Category:Resources|more….]]
+[[Resources for allies|For allies]] | [[Guide for foul-mouthed feminists]] | [[Promotion to women]] | [[Creeper Move cards]] | [[Websites that identify harassers]] | [[:Category:Resources|more….]]
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-[[Anita Borg Institute]] | [[RailsBridge]] | [[LinuxChix and Haecksen miniconferences|Haecksen miniconfs]] | [[Organization for Transformative Works]] | [[AdaCamp]] | [[:Category:Organizations|more organizations]] and [[:Category:Events|more events…]]
+[[AdaCamp]] | [[Women & Mozilla (WoMoz)|WoMoz]] | [[WikiWomenCamp 2012]] | [[Anarchafeminist Hackerhive]] | [[Girl Geek Dinners]] | [[:Category:Organizations|more organizations]] and [[:Category:Events|more events…]]
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-[[Robogals]] | [[Go Girl, Go for IT]] | [[Digital Divas]] | [[So you think you can Engineer?]] | [[Girls' Programming Network]] | [[:Category:Young women's organizations|more organizations]] and [[:Category:Young women's events|more events…]]
+[[Go Girl, Go for IT]] | [[Digital Divas]] | [[So you think you can Engineer?]] | [[Girls' Programming Network]] | [[MIT Women's Initiative]] | [[:Category:Young women's organizations|more organizations]] and [[:Category:Young women's events|more events…]]
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+[[Free sexism consulting]] | [[Splaining]] | [[White Knighting]] | [[Slut shaming]] | [[Physical violence]] | [[:Category:Issues|more…]]
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-[[Timeline of incidents]] | [[Open Source Boob Project]] | [[A Rape in Cyberspace]] | [[Julian Assange arrest]] | [[Kathy Sierra incident]] | [[:Category:Incidents|more…]]
+[[Timeline of incidents]] | [[René and Readercon]] | [[0xB16B00B5/BIGBOOBS Constant in Microsoft Hyper-V|BIGBOOBS constant]] | [[Feminist Frequency Kickstarter backlash|Feminist Frequency Kickstarter]] | [[PyCon 2013 forking and dongles incident|Forking and dongles incident]] | [[:Category:Incidents|more…]]
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+* [[Geek feminist contributions to open source]] might be more extensive than you knew
+* [[Resources for therapists]] -- help explain sexism in geek culture to your therapist
+* [[Breastfeeding and infant care support]] is an important thing to consider for your geek events and spaces
+* [[How to find supportive workplaces]] -- tips for jobhunting while feminist.
+More at [[Meta:Find out more|find out more]]
-* The [[Society of Women Engineers]] is a professional engineering society with the stated mission "to stimulate women to achieve full potential in careers as engineers and leaders."
-* [[Queen bee syndrome]] is the notion that women who have achieved power in a misogynistic culture don't necessarily help other women do the same.
-* The Oatmeal [[Oatmeal gaming girl comic|made a comic]] which portrayed women's experiences in [[Gaming]] as unfairly positive. The artist apologised in a followup post.
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