Fantasy fiction can be a great place to confront issues like sexism & racism. The work of Ursula Le Guin & Octavia Butler do it beautifully.
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In fact, Witcher 3 is a particularly egregious example of this problem. The game repeatedly uses brutal sexual violence as window dressing.
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If fantasy fiction is serious about addressing oppressions like sexism then the narrative should be focused on struggles around that issue.
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For a more thorough examination of this issue see our Women as Background Decoration videos https://youtu.be/4ZPSrwedvsg https://youtu.be/5i_RPr9DwMA
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@femfreq This kind of "realism" consists of copy+pasted hate speech and tired tropes, rather than actually engaging the subject. -
@AmyDentata@femfreq Nail on the head. There is zero critical value that kind of lazy stuff. -
@AmyDentata@femfreq If anything it's very dangerous in tempting people to look at modern society and say "women have it so much better IRL" -
@Toasticus@femfreq Where in reality, this kind of stuff is a bland repetition of the same crap most women get day-to-day. -
@Toasticus@femfreq For all the talk of wanting to "just play videogames w/o politics", some want to shout THESE politics at women gamers. -
@Toasticus@femfreq I don't need digital catcalling filling up my entertainment time. -
@AmyDentata@femfreq Exactly. "It's a fantasy" and "it's realistic" are swapped around constantly to support their fantasy specifically - 10 more replies
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@femfreq I think you missed the point of that game dear,pic.twitter.com/ja0bnNKLf6
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