Tropes vs. Women in Video Games

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2016-01-20

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The University of Texas at Dallas

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Poster for a lecture by Anita Sarkeesian, media critic and creator of Feminist Frequency, a video web series. The goal of the lecture was to explain why "the video game industry boasts portrayals of women that are sexually objectified, stereotyped and downright oppressive."

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Sarkeesian, Anita‏ ‎‡d 1983-‏, Sexism, Video games, Tropes (Philosophy), Women in art

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©2014 The University of Texas at Dallas

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