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    1. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 6 May 2013

      B/c I tweet about videogames (sometimes ^_^) I have lots of young, male Twitter followers and I feel they should be a part of conversation!

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    2. Ted DiNola ᴠɪʀᴛᴜᴀʟ ʀᴇᴀʟɪsᴛ‏Verified account @esdin 6 May 2013
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      @avantgame It's an important conversation and I find myself trying to engage in as often as possible.

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      Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 6 May 2013
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      @esdin you are awesome. <3

      5:44 PM - 6 May 2013
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        2. Ted DiNola ᴠɪʀᴛᴜᴀʟ ʀᴇᴀʟɪsᴛ‏Verified account @esdin 6 May 2013
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          @avantgame and you are too kind!

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        3. Ted DiNola ᴠɪʀᴛᴜᴀʟ ʀᴇᴀʟɪsᴛ‏Verified account @esdin 6 May 2013
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          @avantgame the biggest issue I have is people thinking that 'white men' are being attacked, as opposed to the culture that gives us such...

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        4. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 6 May 2013
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          @esdin I agree... the sad thing is how many of us are so easily susceptible to believing they are being attacked. it's so easy to foment.

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        5. Ted DiNola ᴠɪʀᴛᴜᴀʟ ʀᴇᴀʟɪsᴛ‏Verified account @esdin 6 May 2013
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          @avantgame I think it's a lack of empathy, and men are particularly raised to be bad at this. We feel hurt and we fight back, without...

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        6. Ted DiNola ᴠɪʀᴛᴜᴀʟ ʀᴇᴀʟɪsᴛ‏Verified account @esdin 6 May 2013
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          @avantgame …attempting to see the reason someone is making a given claim. #grossGeneralization

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        7. Ted DiNola ᴠɪʀᴛᴜᴀʟ ʀᴇᴀʟɪsᴛ‏Verified account @esdin 6 May 2013
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          @avantgame But I know for a fact that this culture is malleable.

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        8. Ted DiNola ᴠɪʀᴛᴜᴀʟ ʀᴇᴀʟɪsᴛ‏Verified account @esdin 6 May 2013
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          @avantgame I'm a member of a hundred-strong IRC group, a tiny group that does real life meet ups and such. We're young men and women...

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        9. Ted DiNola ᴠɪʀᴛᴜᴀʟ ʀᴇᴀʟɪsᴛ‏Verified account @esdin 6 May 2013
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          @avantgame Ranging from the early twenties to the mid thirties. And the culture in there is /fiercely/ intolerant of sexism.

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