orangerful: (gamer girl // faeriesfolly)
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About to go play some MLB The Show on the PS3 with [livejournal.com profile] maybedeadcat but wanted to pass on this awesome article about marketing and gender that was in the ECA Newsletter today:

Why Marketers Fear the Female Geek.

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Date: 2014-01-07 03:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rhoda-rants.livejournal.com
Oooh. Very eye-opening. Have you shown this to [livejournal.com profile] jimhines? He's always posting really cool stuff about sexism and other types of bigotry in geek culture.

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Date: 2014-01-08 02:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ekaterin24.livejournal.com
Something for me to think about too. I'm not a gamer, but as a science fiction fan and an SF con attender, I encounter this sort of subtle (and sometimes not so subtle) sexism. Now I have a better idea of what to watch for.

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