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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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 shouldn't we be comparing both sides of the coin? If the women are all treated like crap and back round data, are the men as well? -
@ToyabashiDuke@femfreq You also can't collect data without a control and comparing it to a game that treats women as women not objects -
@ADogmaticCaveat@femfreq If you were to use a game as a control, instead of the ideal of equality by itself, what would you choose? -
@ToyabashiDuke@femfreq it would have to be, possibly a children's game, where neither genders are affected but. . . idk if one exists. -
@ADogmaticCaveat@femfreq And in that idea, every game reflects in some way the problems our world has, possibly as a commentary.
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@femfreq Do you hear that? That is the sound of thousands of eyes rolling, all at once. -
@Advocationist Why do you follow her dude? -
@shogunmifune Gotta be honest. Mostly for the comedic value. -
@Advocationist Use your time better. -
@shogunmifune Whatever you say, random internet dude. -
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@kenneth_dennis@shogunmifune I'm afraid I don't follow. I'm not bigoted, in fact I've never even been mistaken for bigoted before twitter. -
@kenneth_dennis@shogunmifune Also, I'm older than you. Missing the mark twice, I don't think I'll be trusting your advice. Sorry. - 5 more replies
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@femfreq It's one thing if such material is essential to the storyline, another if it's just tossed in for "color." -
@Mededitor@femfreq exactly. there's a character whose room is literally decorated with dead, nude women. for characterization...
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@femfreq Proof of this please? screenshots or game-play will suffice. -
@thesubtleart@femfreq In fact pretty much every human enemy is male! So loads of violence against men. Guess that's ok though?
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@femfreq I don't know where to begin with modern game marketing. It's like pissing up a rope. I am done with gaming. -
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@SkylerB_97 And that says it all.@femfreq -
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