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[cynassa]

Obligatory 'first post' and 'hope I'm not double-posting' comments go here.

I'm just posting a link to shakesville's post 'Today in Misogyny: Geek Culture Edition'
TW: Rape, rape culture, trans phobia and trans misogyny

For the linkphobic, the article discusses three topics (with further links to other articles):

Comments

[mythrai]

shakesville tho

i'm really peeved at the inclusion of rape in the Tomb Raider game, and the subsequent backpedalling as a "microaggression". 1 in 4 women are sexually assaulted or abused, i don't think that qualifies as micro in any sense of the word, nor does it reassure women gamers who are survivors or not that the gaming industry (or the world at large) gives two fucks about their feelings

[cynassa]

Is there something wrong with shakesville? I've just come across it very recently so I don't know.

i don't think that qualifies as micro- yeah, put in the right perspective- calling it micro is pretty insulting.

[mythrai]

i don't particularly care for the style of writing - as I mentioned, the micro-aggression thing is a huge pet peeve of mine, and some of their trigger warnings seem to get more and more bloated as time goes on. Some things like assault, self-injury, child abuse, the usual stuff is fine and important but stuff like trigger warning for female objectified bodies really rubs me the wrong way. it's like the writers either greatly over- or under-exaggerate the problems in the media they're critiquing

[sool]

i know its a sf_d grudge post but this & the comments articulated a lot of the problems i had with shakesville

http://sf-drama.livejournal.com/3340657.html#comments

[adaadore]

"I'm really interested in whether anyone here has played Tomb Raider (I expect alot of you have) and whether you're planning on buying the latest one?"*Raises hand

[adaadore]

*continuing previous post*

IMO with this reboot of the franchise they're further displaying their discomfort over having a female character who kills outside of anything less than an extreme situation. So they keep piling on and piling on because they (subconsciously?) aren't willing to consider any other ways to develop Lara and her story.

Like I said above, this is only part of what they did wrong. But I think it's a key aspect of their serious issues when it comes to writing female characters.

We've only seen fractions of the game and I (REALLY) hope that the final and complete product proves me wrong. But I'm both curious and concerned over how the Lara we've seen so far becomes the kind of person who will realistically choose to be a full-time adventurer. And even if the last portion of the game gives me back the proactive Croft I loved, IMO nothing can justify having an attempted rape thrown into the story in this manner.

Also this (suitable for work) comic strip captures the issue pretty well I think: Reply