It started with her as an obnoxious Feminist who had been indoctrinated by "systems" to see everything as sexist, racist and homophobic, and she had to point it all out. That's her self described background and that's how she came into this as a "journalist".
Gamer Gate happened, wherein reviewers of video games (claiming to be journalists) were being clearly paid off by companies making games, leading to glowing reviews for horrible games. People were becoming less and less trusting of this review industry. This was getting a lot of attention and this is when Sarkeesian jumped in with her series about misogyny in video games. She has admitted in the past that video games didn't interest her much, and then later tried an about face on that, but it is pretty obvious if you watch her series that she started with very little knowledge about the industry. She did very little research, and in many cases doesn't seem to have played the games at all, as she used other people's footage of gameplay (without crediting the source and often without their consent), and despite having raised money from her supporters to do her research, which you would think would include buying and playing the games.
The most notorious example of her being completely misinformed about a game is her review of "Hitman", which she dresses up as a game that encourages you to kill women (when the game actually urges and rewards you to do the opposite, and protect them, while encouraging you to kill men). Another good example is her reviews or games like the Grand Theft Auto series and other series in which she complains that you can mow down women with guns, cars, etc.... neglecting to inform you that you can do the same to men and that men are usually the actual targets.
Of course a lot of stuff in video games IS sexist, but she didn't point just that out. She twisted and fabricated, to the point that a lot of gamers got offended by her. That may have been serendipity for her, or it may have been her plan. I don't know. But she certainly profited off of her newfound notoriety, doing paid speeches and continuing her "project" with funding from people who knew no better, thinking that they were encouraging a victim of horrid misogyny to fight back against the Man.
As a professional troll, she complained about the crazies targeting her with threats etc, as all prominent controversial public figures are (everyone from Jordan Peterson to Ben Shapiro to Sargon himself) and went on talk shows selling her victimhood. She did that now famous/infamous appearance as a panelist at a conference in which she interrupted it to call Sargon, a sharp critic of hers who was sitting silently in the front row, a "garbage human" and to rant and spew venom at him. She then rode the wave of hate she received in response to that as well.
That's really all there is or ever was to Sarkeesian. She is a waste of your time, and she has since faded considerably from fame.
Gamer Gate happened, wherein reviewers of video games (claiming to be journalists) were being clearly paid off by companies making games, leading to glowing reviews for horrible games. People were becoming less and less trusting of this review industry. This was getting a lot of attention and this is when Sarkeesian jumped in with her series about misogyny in video games. She has admitted in the past that video games didn't interest her much, and then later tried an about face on that, but it is pretty obvious if you watch her series that she started with very little knowledge about the industry. She did very little research, and in many cases doesn't seem to have played the games at all, as she used other people's footage of gameplay (without crediting the source and often without their consent), and despite having raised money from her supporters to do her research, which you would think would include buying and playing the games.
The most notorious example of her being completely misinformed about a game is her review of "Hitman", which she dresses up as a game that encourages you to kill women (when the game actually urges and rewards you to do the opposite, and protect them, while encouraging you to kill men). Another good example is her reviews or games like the Grand Theft Auto series and other series in which she complains that you can mow down women with guns, cars, etc.... neglecting to inform you that you can do the same to men and that men are usually the actual targets.
Of course a lot of stuff in video games IS sexist, but she didn't point just that out. She twisted and fabricated, to the point that a lot of gamers got offended by her. That may have been serendipity for her, or it may have been her plan. I don't know. But she certainly profited off of her newfound notoriety, doing paid speeches and continuing her "project" with funding from people who knew no better, thinking that they were encouraging a victim of horrid misogyny to fight back against the Man.
As a professional troll, she complained about the crazies targeting her with threats etc, as all prominent controversial public figures are (everyone from Jordan Peterson to Ben Shapiro to Sargon himself) and went on talk shows selling her victimhood. She did that now famous/infamous appearance as a panelist at a conference in which she interrupted it to call Sargon, a sharp critic of hers who was sitting silently in the front row, a "garbage human" and to rant and spew venom at him. She then rode the wave of hate she received in response to that as well.
That's really all there is or ever was to Sarkeesian. She is a waste of your time, and she has since faded considerably from fame.
Should melanin be a exemption from vitriolic response to attempting to change the nature of other people's hobbies? Why? If she cannot handle the vitriolic reaction; she should find another line of work. Said reaction comes with the territory.
