The Legacy of Anita's Tropes Versus Women

On April 27, 2017 Anita Sarkeesian of Feminist Frequency released her final video in her Tropes vs. Women series. Now that Ms. Sarkeesian has moved on to a new venture, this is a good time to contextualize how her series fits into the historical picture of media criticism.
It is time to look at the impact of Anita’s work as it relates to art, entertainment, and society.
It’s time to look at the LEGACY OF TROPES VS. WOMEN.
Music clips:
"You're So Vain" - Carly Simon
"Oogie Boogie's Song" - Nightmare Before Christmas
"Stranger Things Theme" - Stranger Things
"We're not Gonna Take it" - Twisted Sister
"Toccata" - Bach
"Evil Incarnate" - Doom Soundtrack
"Witch Hunt" - RUSH
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[@TroyLeavitt]

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[@kyros905]

Troy Leavitt I still can't watch It D=

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[@toni.542]

Troy Leavitt are you sure feminists didnt take it down i still cant watch it. But im sure the video is lit EDIT: nvm now it works

[@commissarrobertson4779]

Troy Leavitt why aren't you making documentaries you seem fit for it

[@GabdaRocur]

Thank you Troy, it is sad that you cannot monetize with what you created, your videos are amazing.

[@Lordradost]

As many musicians of the 80's commented; " the best thing that ever happened to us, was the "Parental Advisory" sticker. Every kid was looking for an album with that sticker..."

[@hanro50]

Kids are natural rule breakers. GTA was intentionally creating outrage and Jack Thomson fell for it hook line and sinker. Same thing Doom Ethereal is doing atm.

[@captainthraxsablescales1175]

So....she claims to hate the damsel in distress trope. yet she is personifying it

[@johnmeyers6703]

Thrax Sablescales, that's what we like to call that, irony

[@AnalyticalReckoner]

Actually it's called hypocrisy.

[@williamgray9088]

John Myers Other guy has it right. It's straight-up hypocrisy the likes of which only a fake feminist could so shamelessly use on a regular basis.

[@frealms]

Anita being hypocritical? Never.

[@weelzneal4768]

omg the ironying

[@MarcAlcatraz]

how can Anita seriously think that 100% of her critics are harassers? like not one of them are seen as actual critics? ISNT THAT CONVENIENT

[@openSUSE5]

It's 2017. It's now acceptable to slur and label anyone who disagrees with you with any convenient label of your choosing! Top picks include: Nazi, racist, sexist, harraser, human garbage, and many more!

[@ironmikebugner]

Very convenient. Now if there's any valid criticism against her, she can't hear it.

[@panzerjagertigerpelefant]

You remember those authoritarian nations that executed all dissenters (some of which exist even today)? She's similiar to that, unwelcoming of all criticism, negative or constructive, but all she can do with her meagre 'authority' unlike those nations, is call people names and make a room full of people laugh at the dissenters. Real classy. SJW's are supposed to protect free speech right? It seems not asking as it suits their side of the narrative.

[@pleaseclap3335]

I'm a woman and I've been playing video games since I was a kid. My older brothers got me into SNES, PlayStation, and Nintendo 64. I've never felt "discriminated" against by fellow gamers. Only *trolls* who like to talk crap to *everyone* no matter your gender or race or whatever else. In fact, I've made good friends because of gaming, and I've bonded with my brothers and with friends through gaming. I felt the need to type this comment to say, Anita does not speak for me. I'd go as far as to say Anita doesn't speak for most of us (female gamers). I'd bet you a vintage Nintendo 64 system that Anita never played video games before she decided to attack the gaming industry/male gamers.

[@pleaseclap3335]

The Ranger - I don't understand it either... they must have gold medals in mental gymnastics. Anita also says video games are sexist because sometimes they portray women with big breasts/big butts or other "unrealistic body standards" (more feminist buzzwords) ... First off, some women like seeing that. Second, video games also portray men with 6 pack abs or huge muscles in general, but I don't hear any feminists complaining about that. I don't care either way but that's a huge double standard.

[@aliekexie8467]

The Ranger, easy you have to make yourself to look like the victim and cherry pick everything to get those shekels.

[@LinkMarioSamus]

Because the targets of Gamergate were disproportionately female, even though there were plenty of women supporting Gamergate. Amazing.

[@redseagaming7832]

Please Clap I can perfectly understand your position I've gotten my mom and my sister into video games we all play games together my mom sometimes asks me for help when she enters a tough area in Dark Souls and I help her out my sister even comes to me and asked how do I get a certain material in Kingdom Hearts 2 (her favorite game) I help her out to. see video gamers are not excluding women it's just a small minority feels left out. These feminists are just really jealous that men enjoy video games more than women so they believe if they destroy video games they will destroy the man. I'm saying girls can play video games just as well as men but I hate it how Anita sarkeesian has been one-sided.

[@Juichi]

I'm also a woman who has played games her whole life. I have felt discrimination, but I have also had preferential treatment. You get the guys that don't believe you play games, the ones that automatically assume you are terrible at games and the ones that don't want to acknowledge that you like games. On the other end you get the guys that go out of their way to know you because you like games. Sometimes this is nice, but other times it's because they only want to get with you or they don't take your interest serious. I have also dealt with the women who don't understand games and the negative treatment I've seen from them. Then you have the trolls or trash talkers, but those affect everyone. Also, sometimes games have made me feel uncomfortable or made me feel left out by the lack of female characters or the over-sexualization of female characters. In more recent years it has been a lot better than it was in the 90s. I don't think that all games need to have a huge variety nor should it be forced into a game. There will always be games targeted to a certain gender or is a specific type of game that doesn't need to change. I support some of the things of what Anita says, but overall I feel that she is a fraud. What she has done has been a detriment to the women like me who want to see more variety in games. She rarely acknowledges other sides of the arguments and refuses to have a real conversation on the topic. She shuts other people out so that only her views can be heard and no one can challenge her.

[@theDinosorcerer]

I really enjoyed the themeing device in this video. Anita really is just the next successor in a long line of censorship activists.

[@jakjak9797]

theDinosorcerer and like all censorship activists in history, you become a footnote that is largely forgotten other then when the issue you failed to censor and control is talked about on reflection as a thing of the past

[@wgo523]

she never advocated censorship. she even explicitly says that despite flaws, the games she critiques still have value. in every goddamn video.

[@CosmicD]

and they repalce one religion with the other, namely feminism, which is promoting puritycontrol for women on how to behave, preferribly with a hijab

[@jakjak9797]

Billy Overton but she wants those things in her cirques to be changed and altered because she believes they are innately sexist.. she takes things way out of context and nitpicks and exaggerates things for her own ends, just to play into her argument.. all this to imply gamers and game developers are sexist, when the gaming community as I have experienced it is a very open, tolerant and egalitarian group, with huge amounts of women in it that just don't see things the way she does.. she even clearly has stated she didn't start this journey as a gamer and she was very much going into it as a woman on a mission to prove something. you don't have to call a ban on something to want it cencored.. like a film full of explicit material or a piece of music that has lots of swear words, you can cut things out of it to censor it while keeping the rest, but ultimately this only leads to a control of expression that can compromise a creative vision that didn't hurt anyone.. the gaming community is attacked by aggressive liberals and hardline conservatives alike for its content, acting like it corrupts the youth to do awful things when there's never been any credible proof to back such claims, with the vast majority of gamers being above 18.

[@wgo523]

"but she wants those things in her cirques to be changed and altered because she believes they are innately sexist.." whats wrong with that? she could be wrong, but she gives decent enough reasons for why she sees them as negative tropes. this is a GOOD thing, more people should spend time critiquing the status quo. Even if you enjoy it! "all this to imply gamers and game developers are sexist, when the gaming community as I have experienced it is a very open, tolerant and egalitarian group, with huge amounts of women in it that just don't see things the way she does.." hmmm. but the character of individuals is not the target of her criticism, and while maybe anita hasn't been nice to her own critics (can you blame her tho?), good people making games does not invalidate her criticism, or make it pointless. even if anita is close to the worst caricatures of her, her criticism is pretty innocuous. "with huge amounts of women in it that just don't see things the way she does.." This is definitely true. And I'm not saying every argument Anita made is perfect. But the work of criticism is NOT A THREAT to a medium, and is you examine the history of literature and film, cultural criticism of media is VITAL to its health. I really think the hysteria over one feminist making some critical videos being viewed by some gamers as an assault on their identity reveals an immaturity in gaming culture. I do think the blowback to conservatives being hysterical over "games make you violent" has contributed to gamers being hostile to any sort of criticism of their medium. But media DOES shape people and culture. And its a medium dominated by pretty juvenile ideas, a lot of the time.

[@theproplady]

The main difference between Jack Thompson / Tipper Gore and Anita Sarkeesian is that the former were true believers who honestly thought they were helping children. Sarkeesian is clearly running a racket for fame and profit. I'm not sure if that makes her better or worse than the others.

[@jeangentry6656]

I'd say worse- they acted out of an honest desire to protect the youth. She has no such admirable (if misguided) intent.

[@wherethetatosat]

Sarkeesian is worse. She's a hypocrite and is in it for one reason only. Being a professional victim pays her well.

[@minimoYT]

I consider myself a sensitive girl, I can cry easily and will panic under pressure, but this "Women are weaker to online harrassment" is one of the classic forms of misogyny. I'm not sensitive because I'm a girl, I'm sensitive because I am, and even I have a thicker skin than these lunatics.

[@HunterMearo]

The sheer amount of polish, the meta theme and effort in the script in this video only proves that this channel is my, and should be others', favourite channel. Amazing work Troy, keep it up :-)

[@Frdyan]

I would go into why this comment is comically wrong, but time is not something i have a lot of. Count how many times the same video clip is used/how many times a still image covers the only moving part on the screen. He has a decent mic and...that's about it.

[@TroyLeavitt]

NOTE: the Copyright Music Bots have flagged this video for my use of RUSH. I have filed a dispute under Fair Use. I think it'll be OK upon review, but if you're having difficulty seeing the video that may be why.

[@LouisianaBurns]

Have you heard of the vidcon incident, where Anita called Sargon of Akkad(Carl Benjamin) a garbage human?

[@RogueDragon05]

I approve wholeheartedly of your argument, Sir.

[@TheExFatal]

"This video is not available"

[@Yuudaddy]

Good job I wish that you would have a talk with Sargon or Rags ;]

[@PlumeNoir]

Troy Leavitt. I can still see it. Also, any fan of Rush is good people in my book.

[@justinbotkin]

I always love your level-headed and in depth analysis of this topic. I wrote a paper in college about Jack Thompson and it's crazy seeing the same outrage tactics and shaky studies being used to drive a narrative against an otherwise harmless hobby.

[@sagerider2]

Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Over & over & Over. ad infinitum ad nauseum. Like every other second, christians saying Jesus is COMING! When the bible says, *WHEN you LEAST* expect it. Jesus don't want you freaks looking up his skirt.

[@Zinlain]

@Marilyn Newman Right? Like I am not Christian but I was raised Christian and one of the least ambiguous lines is the bit about "No man may know the hour or day of his return" or some such. Yet I keep hearing about people "predicting" when it will be. It literally goes against the words you CLAIM to believe in. My dad always watched this program, I can't remember the name, but it always ended with "We are entering The End of Days" and did so FOR YEARS! In fact, if they do believe the Bible than anyone saying when it will be has now removed it from the possibility of being that day. They made the J-man reschedule his comeback tour. Moral guardians ruin even things they like! but yeah in a couple of decades once VR has become affordable and more widespread, someone will rise with "studies" about how VR will ruin everything. and I am not even talking about Sci-Fi future full sensory VR I am talking about the headsets we have now.

[@RubberyCat]

"Like a thief in the night", was it not? J is already around, the work may be made one human at the time, one never knows when it is ones own turn. Heh, the so-called "Jehovas Witnesses" has been yelling "Wake up!" for at least decades, yet they are mostly still asleep like the rest of us. Just try to be as decent as you can in general, and you might just be ok. We probably are indeed in "the end of days", except it is not any literal end of days .... and as for post-apocalyptic imagery, just remember that "Apocalypse" originally meant "Revelations" .... ^_^

[@DonCapiche]

I, personally, would like to thank Tipper Gore for her work. If it wasn't for her, I would not have been able to tell, at a glance, what music to listen to. If I saw the "parental advisory" label I knew it was something to listen to. If not for her I would never had gotten into death metal. Thanks tip!

[@129das]

lol that is funny. At least there was a compromise even if was forced.

[@Epicat999]

The parental advisory label helped heavy metal thrive. The youth wanted to rebel, and what's more rebellious than something older folk deem inappropriate?

[@ShadowWolfRising]

funnily enough, that's basically what happened with video games. ESRB happened, they got their rating system............too bad parents for the most part never looked at them, and sense the rating system was in place, let games get away with more shit.

[@Adeon55]

+ShadowWolfRising And shockingly enough, the vast majority of games that Anita bitches about are rated M.

[@Nionivek]

The ESRB is something I kind of support as a rather helpful too for parents and unlike the film and television board they have to do something unheard of! Justify their dang ratings! That is why the ESRB has been far FAR more consistent and less "corrupt" than the others.

[@anantaboga9604]

and may she fade away in obscurity like all the others

[@GoodNeutralEvilChaos]

The Ranger not for family it wouldn't.

[@miconis123]

If something happens she could become a martyr. Just let her go away like all the other discredited idiots

[@StCerberusEngel]

No, she shouldn't fade away. We should remember her well, like all the outrage warriors before her, so that the ones that come after her will fail just as hard.

[@Bryanether]

I really hope Sargon watches this. Awesome and informative as always. The PMRC section really takes me back. I still despise Tipper.

[@PiousMoltar]

He has done, in fact I am only here because Sargon retweeted this video.

[@Bryanether]

PiousMoltar That's awesome. I'm still new to Twitter. I came here because I saw a post about this video. I'm subscribed to both on KZbin. Perhaps it was Sargon's share that got me here. I've now followed Troy on Twitter as well.

[@isletoflangerhans8281]

I thought it was a brilliant political move. She created a positive image for herself among the Christian right, and ultimately the resolution was totally innocuous. Records got a ratings system like movies and even video games have. Not to white knight too hard for Tipper, but she was smart, smarter than Al.

[@Adeon55]

+Islet of Langerhans Moral outrage over entertainment / art is, and will always be, cancer. It doesn't matter which side it's from. And when you say "the resolution was totally innocuous", yeah, that's because intelligent people spoke out against it, to support free expression. Something you appear to have a weak conviction in, if you admire Tipper Gore. Read the last quote in this video again, and pay attention this time.

[@galwitprifor001]

You know you done goofed when the John Denver tells you to stop.

[@DreamChasersInc]

Really? THIS is what people are trying to get this dude fired for?

[@phillycheesetake]

Anita is pathetic, and the people who follow her are even more pathetic.

[@nightpain1349]

Subbing as fight back against cancel culture, I wish you all the best dude

[@no1bandfan]

How are my fellow Garbage Humans doing!!!!!

[@buffgarfield414]

I'm here my brother

[@jeangentry6656]

no1bandfan im good (sleepy thou)

[@williamforbes6919]

no1bandfan "Glad we have a new moniker" is how I'm doing! I was pretty happy with Shitlord, but Garbage Human is just so much more personalized now.

[@flair541]

I don't wanna go to work today. But it's too late to call in.

[@sagerider2]

no1bandfan, I'm doing fine, FGH. we should make that a meme. LOL

[@LaurentiuBadea]

Anita made her Feminist Frequency to talk about tropes vs women and damsels in distres, ended up becoming both herself.

[@heatmizer5711]

Not sure if it was intentional, but the "big boss" music when Anita's picture was posted was classic.

[@sbeast64]

She's playing the Damsel in Distress™ even though she has condemned female stereotypes in video games. Sorry Anita, the fucks I give are in another castle.

[@jeangentry6656]

Sbeast haha! 😃

[@sagerider2]

And it has a drawbridge & a moat & a sea monster & a dragon guarding it. Good luck on getting through.

[@No-XIV-Xion]

Sbeast Beat comment xD

[@Kabodanki]

Bravo

[@SalvoCristopher]

Sbeast I think she is a walking stereotypical sexist example to what she says. If only someone can expose it. Oh wait we do. It's just the liberal news don't give a damn

[@matth5030]

I can't believe the makers of Vidcon actually apologised to her while backing up her "Sargon is an harasser" rhetoric. She even bullied Boogie. She's far more dangerous than the other people on the list. Then again, the biggest idiots usually are.

[@redseagaming7832]

Matt H because I need a sarkisian head become popular to a point where if you win against Anita sarkeesian she could ruin your career that's how bad it was a person gains power when good people do nothing. #Gamergate

[@JenoPaciano]

Free Speech sometimes takes ugly forms. Anita proves that the alternative is uglier.

[@juarka2]

feminists and liberals are ugly

[@edselo9264]

juarka2 True

[@ratmfan1990]

Wowie zowie she did sooooo much! Lol Two characters with paper thin personalities, that's so gooood. /endSarcasm.

[@smugalice6206]

Satanicoaldo Aldo Because people can't come up with diverse characters on their own; they need Saint Anita to bestow divine inspiration upon the heathen masses.

[@DougUnfunny]

where is Anita Tropes vs women in Rap music videos series? clearly rap artist have been using real flesh and blood women as objects for years and she does not have a problem with that.

[@IBESMusic94]

Doug Unfunny Because rap is "black" music and she doesn't want be called racist

[@alphonsofrett2757]

Doug Unfunny Anita Saekreeen did have a problem with rap music but she didn't get 1000000 dollars for it

[@ChucksSEADnDEAD]

+Brian Padilla yeap, rap was a big problem to the puritans until it became "problematic" to criticize any culture that relates to non-whites. +Alphonso Frett correct, I seem to remember she criticized My Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye

[@snuffeldjuret]

Well, maybe she doesn't love rap music like she loves video games ;)

[@joethehero2]

@@snuffeldjuret But she doesn't love video games. She doesn't even LIKE video games.

[@Spore9996]

My only beef is: why did you sully a perfectly good Rogue Legacy character with Her Bitchiness's face?

[@magmos6346]

Not Troy, but Rogue Legacy has those legacy paintings that shows what your character is descended from. With this video, it helps to hammer in just where Anita's arguments and stances began.

[@Spore9996]

Hah! It's true, but I still have my own issues about associating Anita with anything positive.

[@hundvd_7]

He didn't. The Game Grumps did. You can see in the description that that's where the BG is from

[@MohawkJonIs1311]

"Supporters say that Sarkesian can't be held responsible for the actions of others." Anita has recently said, "A lot of y'all claim that an influence has no control over their fans and cannot be held responsible for what their fans do. This is inaccurate." (2/13/21 tweet) Just thought that was important enough to post 3 years later. Would love to see more political vids but understand that career > commentary on YT.

[@triggerhippy2826]

"balanced feminist perspective" that's a major contradiction in terms right there

[@grefsteel3989]

You oxymoron!

[@johnnygreenface4195]

Trigger Hippy The cold fire

[@RubberyCat]

Nah, that's not any contradiction. "Cultural Marxist" is a contradiction, while claiming Anita Sarkeesian is a feminist, or claiming she has a balanced perspective on anything is merely ludicrous.

[@Sorain1]

Not in my view. A balanced perspective would say "Western Civilization is doing pretty good at the moment, war's mostly won there. Now the middle east and Africa on the other hand? That needs some work." We need to remember that at one point, things were bad here, compared to now. It's simply too bad that some individuals and groups can't acknowledge a victory and move to new battlefields, instead trying to somehow win beyond 100%.

[@panzerjagertigerpelefant]

@@RubberyCat For a second there, you made me dislike your comment, then it made me laugh pretty hard. Good comment.

[@jonhall152]

This is - without a doubt - the most comprehensive and by far the best Sarkeesian takedown on KZbin. Subscribed!

[@Dragonblaster1]

Anita loves to make gnostic-sounding, faux-profound and groundless claims with absolutely no indication of how she knows these things. My favourite is basically, that the less likely you think you are to act out game violence in real life, the more likely you are to do so. So, basically, only if you absolutely _know with certitude_ that you _will_ act out video game violence can you be sure you _won't._ And that's gibberish. It's a shallow soundbite with no academic citations, but with a paper-thin thin veneer of platitudinous plausibility.

[@Phredreeke]

15:15 LMAO shoe0nhead

[@BlazeHeartPanther]

(Insert pic of Armored Skeptic here)

[@ManticoreSigma]

YES! Someone else recognized her! ;)

[@freaknr1]

Sadly, nothing substantial has changed in the 3 years since this was uploaded, but there does seem to be a growing grassroot of people who see Anita for the scam-artist she is. Hopefully she will have gone the same way as Jack in another 3 years.

[@pointlessgimmickyusername9196]

"Anita just wants to start discussion and dialogue..." Oh shit!!! My sides!!!

[@deadmeme8011]

Somali Pirate who pirated your username You really are everywhere.

[@JTriggerVideos]

This is something I've tried to explain about Anita for years, but you actually took the time to go into detail about it. Outrage culture is not a modern issue, we've been defeating it for years and it won't be any different now. Just shared your video. This needs a bigger audience.

[@MutantBamHammer]

"So did you ever have a discussion with one of your critics?" "Those weren't critics, those were harassars." Yet again, it has to be pointed out: not everyone who talks about Sarkeesian or her ideas is a harasser. You can't just shove every one disputing your claims into that category as if there is no such thing as a legitamate critic.

[@ViciousChan]

I will now buy your game. I've never even read a Harry Potter book, but anything to stop the idiots from ruining society. Goodluck.

[@MisterMonsterMan]

Another great video Troy. You knock these out of the park consistently.

[@KewlImp]

great idea, I love how on point the music and game play matched the theme

[@spacegirl226]

I was a donor to Tropes vs Women before I knew much about Anita. Then GamerGate hit, and I realized I was wrong and knew I'd never see my donation produce any videos because Anita was too busy crying about "muh harassment." As a donor to her Kickstarter, I tweeted her and asked if we would ever see those videos. I wasn't rude, but I wanted what I paid for, even if, by that point, I disagreed with her. She blocked me. To see her "whatever, dude" Sargon isn't surprising when she calls any form of criticism "harassment." Her ideas don't stand up to scrutiny, so she can't discuss them with someone who has two brain cells to rub together. She couldn't talk her way out of a paper bag. If Sargon (and I don't care for him) makes videos saying the same old shit, what does that mean about Anita who does the same herself? Anita, you need to get out of your safe space, put on your big girl panties, and grow up.

[@sagerider2]

Don't be silly, not going to happen. She's got a bunch of idiots supporting her in the style she feels she should be accustomed too.

[@Anon9729X]

"Everyone who disagree's with me is a harasser " Anita 😡

[@jameshegedus5566]

Damm, Another great video. You continue to raise the bar on what I call "critique videos". Yours are well thought out, well produced, sourced & all around enjoyable to watch. I wish that you had wider distribution. For example, every high school student in the world!. Keep up the good work.

[@thereplyguyreviews]

Hands down one of THE BEST videos roughly documenting Anita's history and her place among others like her. Informative, somewhat biased but with solid backing, and worth watching in my honest opinion for everyone. And we must reiterate, we don't dislike or hate Anita for being a woman, but because what she is doing isn't right, she doesn't honestly believe in what she is doing, and she is playing the professional victim to earn a paycheck.

[@BeansproutPost]

Today I learned video games are protected under free speech. I can't wait to tell everyone.

[@furchtegottgellert4865]

Who collaborated with one of her biggest supporters in Germany recently? Troy Leavitt. Well done.

[@furchtegottgellert4865]

And I don't forget under that video, I tried to 'spark a discussion' without requesting any terms. Cool shit, isn't it?

[@furchtegottgellert4865]

Wasn't even only about AnitaPita but also the whole GG and the leaks of Zoe Quinn's CON. A plattform used to bully critiques. heatst.com/tech/gaming-press-ignores-shocking-new-revelations-in-gamergate/ HoneyBadgers made a good podcast with some paradox devs and Ian. GameStar not even mentioned those stuff once, only defended the witches and silenced whoever dared to comment in that direction.

[@malukaspeer3743]

Evil or uninformed Troy Leavitt. Maybe he better reinvites that German excuse for a journalist. Maybe GS wants to explain something.

[@malukaspeer3743]

We are kidding, of course uninformed, that's the German privilege of being hard be called out for their bullshit behavior. But they should be, because they own a strong nearly monopoly position in the German gaming press and could use some cannon balls at their bow/Bug. Not because I have a huge grudge against them, but because they influence young boys.

[@furchtegottgellert4865]

Or paying someone to remove those nice links to good podcasts. Oh, and my mistake, it is the StarDock CEO not a Paradox guy.

[@danutmh]

The truth, Anita, is that you're here because you wanted to feel like something you're not: a hero. -John Konrad

[@biggusdickus841]

When "Evil Incarnate" started playing with Anita's photo appearing on the screen I honestly chuckled.

[@EdwardHowton]

This kind of thing is why journalism is dead. "Who is stalking your children for Satan?" The first question you should be asking isn't how many communists are in the White House, but *ARE THERE.* "Does Satan exist?" is the first question that should be asked, and until he can show up in court and testify on his own behalf anyone reasonable would opt out. So no, Crazy Cat Lady Pulling, your kid didn't off himself because of a game. I might suggest that his nutbar mom might've driven him to it if I wanted to be unkind, though. "Does D&D induct people into witchcraft or the occult?" Any journalist worthy of the title would have gotten one of the D&D books and looked at the rules. Roll dice. Check number against other number. Decide outcome. WOW SUCH AN INCREDIBLE MAGIC SPELL THIS DEFINITELY IS GOING TO DEMONIFY MY POKEYMANS! I know, I know, "it was a different time". It's really not, though; we still have witch hunts today. They're just called Gamergaters or misogynists or MRAs instead. We need journalists. We need people to stop being so blind stupid. We need people who can _think_ for half a freaking second before buying whatever some loudmouth is selling. Thanks for doing these kinds of videos, Mr. Leavitt.

[@openSUSE5]

They will never ask whether Satan exists in the first place for the same reason they won't ask if the patriarchy exists in the first place. Skepticism is contrary to making a narrative and publishing that.

[@Wingedmagician]

How did I not know about this channel oh my god

[@Darko113]

"People fear what they don't understand, and hate what they can't conquer"

[@rakedos9057]

As soon as the first description end, I knew that there would be some DnD somewhere in the video ;p Stranger thing for DnD presentation, nice! :)

[@shanedk]

You should also have mentioned Bill Clinton's "V-chip" when you were covering Tipper's censorship of movies. That's why we have to put up with this big stupid "TV-14" (or whatever) graphic covering almost a quarter of the screen every time a show comes on.

[@dechha1981]

so, to her, there is no difference between criticism and harassment. Doesn’t that mean she harrases videogames?

[@brut3maniatis]

Regarding F Wertham's works, he actually renounced it during the final years of his life, claiming that he was wrong after observing that kids who he thought have ruined their lives by comic books actually turned into normal adults. but I do not think Anita would do the same

[@kanemason9558]

Cheers for making and sharing this video Troy. Really good mate.

[@DarnisArt]

Her brand of censorship is the most insidious, she wants to establish a moral code of her own virtues, and impress it onto game developers through self censorship, you've probably seen countless instances of these very same people attacking devs and forcing them to change aspects of games in development.

[@openSUSE5]

I guess the good thing is that with no legal repercussions for creating "sexist" content, a capitalist economic system, and a market demand for the things she complains against, there's no way the self-censorship would last more than a few years at best. It's still astounding the impact these handful of perpetually outraged morons can have, however.

[@CrysResan]

"Reputed" virtues. Post modest have no moral compass. Whatever they need to do to get power is what they do.

[@Juichi]

I don't think it's wrong to want something more out of games from developers, but when that someone isn't a real gamer trying to dictate what all games should be (and not acknowledging that there should be a variety of games) then it is a problem.

[@TheControlBlue]

In the end, those types of individuals are the best friends of Politicians who would want nothing less than entirely CONTROL what they would allow us to do and experience in our lives.

[@redseagaming7832]

TheControlBlue it's what happened during the McCarthy era in Hollywood the people that started the studios in the first place were Jewish and they made the best movies of all time and guess what anti-semites weeded out all the Jews and now today Hollywood is a shell of what it was 80 years ago. The Jews made the Hollywood film industry they were discriminated against in the early 1900s and couldn't get a job so they decided to make movies and they were forced to move to California because of Thomas Edison and they made the classic Studio as we all know in love today. 20th Century Fox, Universal Studios, Warner Brothers, MGM. all these companies were founded by Jewish people and they were the first to see what Hitler was before World War II happened. but they were told to keep quiet by Joseph Kennedy and other anti-semites and when the McCarthy era came it was the anti-semites opportunity to weed out the Jews that started the studios in the first place. But today we have something the Jews of Hollywood didn't have social media. Dr. Wortham would have failed Because if there was social media he would have failed to if social media existed during mrs. Gore's anti time music thing I think it would have gone more in the music bands favor instead of her. Thanks to social media we have a defense against lies.

[@SirBlitzkrieg]

Dear god, I don't think you could have chosen a better track to introduce Anita. Well done.

[@Stoneth]

And Ms. Anita takes her rightful place alongside Jack Thompson and Fredric Wertham. I'm so proud that I think I might shed a tear.

[@ExperimentalGamer81]

Anita only "seeks to spark discussion". Troy discussed it. Look what they did to him.

[@Jabbadoor2]

Did you get a new mic? You sound different. :-) That said, I rarely experience watching anything about Anita and feel like I heard something new or gave me something to think about. This video did. The way you present her predecessors short and clear in advance, and then not only debunking her defenders, but at the same time pointing out that she are even less qualified, than the people before her, makes it so even though nothing new is presented to me, I see the larger picture and notice details I hadn't noticed before. And it's good to see you are improving your video making skills :-) Although, thanks to you, I will never be able to enjoy rogue legacy ever again. :-p And also, thanks for still speaking up. I know it's not the safest carree choice. As lifelong gamer it's comforting to hear this stuff from a 'real' game dev. It gives hope, that one day I will be able to sit down, relax and play a game again, without getting pulled back to reality thanks to some forcefed idendity politics. Again, Thank you very much.

[@olthdorimirth6055]

Troy, you know what I realized. These radicals judged your content for what a third party had said and not by what your content was made up of. Your dissections and analysis are actually quite great.

[@heatmizer5711]

I really enjoyed the background / historical context. Thank you. Very interesting listen

[@MillywiggZ]

Colour me surprised when I went to subscribe but I already was. Are you ok KZbin? Something not working ... or working correctly? 🤔

[@InternetMameluq]

Lol. D&D... I forgot about that. You inspired me to name my religion in Civ somehting silly, this time KNEEL BEFORE ZOD

[@TroyLeavitt]

Now that's a religion I can get behind!

[@mel0_archive498]

Now I want to start a Civ V campaign and name my peoples' religion "Feminism". They'll be an expansionist power, creating holy warriors and running a near-constant inquisition.

[@StolenEyesX]

Having read some of the comments, I can't wait to watch it... 😊

[@JFJD]

Stolen Eyes Was it all you were hoping for?

[@StolenEyesX]

JFJD Still unavailable for some reason... Might be a UK copyright thing...

[@spambaconeggspamspam]

This is a very well made analysis of Anita's actions in relation to videogames. Well done!

[@facetydread5976]

social justice, feminism, censorship, it's all the same to me. just fragile people seeking control over what they themselves could never produce.

[@redseagaming7832]

Ghost Facety the early days of the video game industry there were female Developers but now today the most common female faces of video games are the ones that seek to destroy it namely Zoe Quinn and Anita sarkeesian and countless others.

[@NelsonDemifur]

I wondered why Rogue Legacy was playing in the background. But while watching, I understood why. And thanks to the mindset of the third wave, I can't call myself a feminist because it has become toxic.

[@fhjdghcfhc1936]

Nelson Demifur I'm not familiar with the game so it went over my head.

[@Vladdie777]

Well said Troy Leavitt, a perfect summary of her legacy.

[@JAFFAWIRE]

Wow, I can't get over the funky style of this video. Will check out more.

[@AtticusMJ]

Witch hunts never end

[@Rikalonius]

Damn you, I was forced to go listen to She-Bop because I haven't heard it in years.

[@ThePumpkinNymph]

I love how you added the Stranger Things theme at the beginning of the D&D part.

[@templargfx]

I like how the CCA didn't have a ruling in there that stated "Men must be drawn realistically and not exaggerated"

[@Frogthroat1]

Female gamers are harassed when playing online games? I am a man and I have been called a homosexual in CS by someone who allegedly have had sexual encounters with my mother. And I don't even play CS!

[@openSUSE5]

Sir, you'll be happy to know that I have scheduled a meeting with the United Nations next week to hear about online homophobia and objectification of mothers so you can talk about all the pain and suffering you've had on the interwebs.

[@Juichi]

This happens to both sides..although women do get the added bonus of being asked for naked pics. -_-;

[@Sunhawk7ajj]

Thanks, Im a woman of color and an RPG gamer, I cannot stand her

[@cecilofchristmaspast4186]

It's always amazing that most people taking down Anita's garbage videos are more thought out, presented and researched than hers.

[@benjaminste]

Wow... this series is by far the best one I have seen at presenting the other side relating to Anita's arguments. I'm so glad this series was made.

[@crofty13001]

some constructive feedback. 10 minutes 40 seconds is way too long before you finally get to the meat of your video. Maybe worth summarizing these points first and then re-addressing them in detail as you go through your points. Just an idea.

[@Dekunutcase]

The saddest part to me is that I do believe that there are tropes that we use as a society just because they have always been used. Some of these are negative towards women and some are negative towards men. She could have made good points and had a discussion, but instead, she mutes her comment section, takes her own points too far, cherry picks and just plain doesn't care for a discourse. She's a hypocrite.

[@openSUSE5]

That would actually make for some interesting content. Examining tropes throughout history, religion and mythology as well as modern media. But doing this through a neutral lens instead of pushing an ideology.

[@Juichi]

This is exactly how I feel. These are things we could examine, but she's not having a conversation on these things. We could create a YT channel on this, if there's not one. With different view points of course.

[@Dekunutcase]

+Juichi That would be interesting. If you decide to pursue this, let me know. +openSUSE5 Something you might be interested in is Trope Talk from the channel Overly Sarcastic Productions. I've been watching those lately and they are informative and fun to watch.

[@acex1138]

Very well researched, thought out and spoken. It's good to see discussion, reason and logic applied to this.

[@fireblade2681]

I'm pretty sure the parental advisory label has the opposite of the intended effect. Teenagers are usually looking to rebel and find their own identity. When I was a teenager if a cd had a parental advisory label on it, it gave it an extra appeal of being taboo, forbidden, rebellious etc. There are numerous examples of policies, doctrines etc where policies are put in place which have the opposite of the intended effect because they come at it from a dogmatic angle instead of understanding the psychology of people and what influences people to make the choices that they make.

[@greenmedic88]

You went all out on this one Troy. Comprehensive, well-researched, clean production. You maybe went a little over the top with the Boss music for Anita, but I'll admit I laughed. Only time will tell how her footnote will read 10-20 years from now.

[@TroyLeavitt]

Thanks Daniel. And yes, I overproduced this one, but it was kinda fun to do!

[@cheyrasmussen264]

Really loving your videos, Troy. Just found your channel today, it's all really informative and you have a great voice.

[@grxryder]

Troy, thank you for helping to ease my worries about the neo-puritan named Anita. The case you've laid out has shown that we may just weather this outrage and in the end the industry will proceed forward. This is comforting as the game industry is my aimed for industry once I complete my associates degree in Animation and Design

[@OldManMcLoyf]

Very well made video Troy!

[@timbang9179]

Anita doesn't want Damsel in Distress concept in entertainment while she 1) Easily intimidated by simply detected a garbage human (Vidcon) 2) Fully rely on protection by hiring men (In her public speaking) 3) Pose as victim in every way (When on a "forum") 4) Doesn't face her detractors and automatically consider as trolls 5) Rely on a writings for her speech

[@BruceWayne-gv9zs]

I'm glad you see her for what she is. A moral guardian, rather than a critical theorist.

[@williamgray9088]

Well done! Good job on being objective. I liked how you included sufficient information that, despite being easily acessible, didn't give off the stench of an attack disguised by filler info. It's kinda hard not to attack stupidity, so I think most people do it unconsciously.

[@isawarenshi]

I don't even need to finish your video to thumb up it. You sir are a hero!

[@bobbybee2975]

I love the Rush sample in the first transition, good call.

[@caleblydick7510]

Wow, has it really been 2 months since your last video? Man time flys by fast

[@zeroapplause]

I will forever love that UN report. It made me realize that no matter where you are or where you go, if all you do is feed bullshit claims that nobody double checks/is accepted at face value, you'll eventually be caught when it hurts most. Also taught me that just because something reaches a high level it doesn't mean that it's any better than high school drivel. A night I'll never forget.

[@pewpewresearch5512]

Will spread across social media platforms, good work!

[@brunocar02]

Great video man, well sourced and well timed :P

[@stoonersan2707]

Thanks for this video man. I was only a child when the pmrc was doing their thing, glad to see someone take the time to organize all this information in an easy to understand timeline and give context to the events. Also I don't see Anita as a feminist, she might say the words but I see her as an opportunist more than anything else.

[@minervainjuly8167]

Vicious circle, isn't it - if people didn't give her any attention, if she wasn't so ardently criticized, called out on being a con and "harassed", she's have a lot less platform. Irony.

[@loveusbugus]

I love the use of Rogue Legacy as a framing device! Fantastic video!

[@darfjono]

love me some rush. beautiful editing there. great video, mr. leavitt.

[@lowearthsurfer]

this looked like a lot of work and research was put into this video. good on you troy, here's a sub !

[@Sibster45678]

Very well put together, Troy. I'm so glad I decided to subscribe to your channel when I saw your "A Developer's thoughts on Gamergate" video.

[@JoneseyTheCat18]

Amazing work, my friend. Thanks for making this.