Ndathumela into kutshanje kuFacebook wam malunga no-Anita Sarkeesian, umthetheleli wevidiyo ochasene nesini kunye nobufazi. Umhlobo wam uPyroja uthe uvakalelwa kukuba uAnita wayeyi-hype yonke kwaye akukho nto, efumana imali kwi-trend, eneneni. Ndavuma ukuba oku kwakunokwenzeka; Andazi uNksz Sarkeesian ngokwakhe, kwaye ndiyabona ukuba abantu abaninzi bacinywa nguye endibaziyo ukuba bakulungele ukwamkela ukuba imidlalo yevidiyo inokuba ngcono malunga nokwabelana ngesondo.
Ukwabelana ngesondo kwimidlalo yevidiyo ngumcimbi wokwenyani. Abanye abantu basenokungakuthandi ukuthatha kuka-Anita.
Kodwa ukuba asikuthandi ukuthatha komntu kumbandela wokwenene, kuxhomekeke kuthi ukuba sibe nengxoxo engcono.
U-Shamus Young, omnye weeblogi zam endizithandayo, wenze ingongoma enkulu malunga nokwabelana ngesondo kwimidlalo yevidiyo: Uyayithiya kuba ingumntwana nje. Kusisithuko kuye.
Singenza ngcono. Singenza abalinganiswa ababhinqileyo kuzo zonke imidiya ezinqwenelekayo, nokuba zintle, kwaye zingabi njengababelani ngokwesini. Sinokuba neeSamus ezininzi, emva kokuqalisa ngokutsha uLara Crofts. Sinokuba neeRipleys kunye neDrop Dead Divas.
League of Legend uyilo umlinganiswa abasetyhini, umzekelo, ngokuqinisekileyo ngokwesondo ukusa kwinqanaba elithile, kodwa baye bazama nje ukwenza abalinganiswa Jinx kunye Vi abanomtsalane ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo kodwa baye bazama ukwenza abalinganiswa kunye nobuntu lokwenene kunye noyilo. Mhlawumbi kuya kuba kuhle kubo ukuba benze i-BBW intshatsheli ngexesha elithile elingathandekiyo, mhlawumbi into efana ne-Amazon kwi-Dragon's Crown (nangona mna ngokwam ndingathanda i-cellulite encinci), kodwa bazamile ukubonisa iindidi ezininzi ze-cellulite. abafazi badass ezahlukeneyo. Ndicinga ukuba uLeona unomdla kakhulu. (Ndinendawo ethambileyo entliziyweni yam kaHilde waseSoul Calibur).
Kwaye, ewe, mhlawumbi lixesha lokuba imidlalo yevidiyo ibe nabasetyhini abacacileyo, kodwa imidlalo yevidiyo idla ngokuba ngumnqweno. Andinguye uRyu Hoshi okanye uThor okanye uMphathi oyiNtloko kunaye nawuphi na umfazi onguChun Li okanye uMhlolokazi oMnyama okanye uLara Croft.
I-tack endiyithathayo kwi-sexism igxininisa indlela esinokuba neengcamango ezingcono ngayo kwaye sibandakanyeke ngakumbi kwaye sibe nobubele, kuba umsebenzi wam ugxile kwi-positivity, izisombululo, ukufumana umhlaba ophakathi, kunye nothando.
Kulungile ukubuza iinjongo zikaNksz Sarkeesian. Kulungile ukuba nengxoxo malunga nesini kwimidlalo yevidiyo ekrelekrele kwaye ihlakaniphile kwaye inomdla. Kulungile ukuba ungavumelani. Kodwa into endiyibonayo kukungakhathali endaweni yokwakhiwa kwencoko. Ndiyabona ukuba abantu abafana no-Anita bayayiqala incoko kwaye basoloko bengxoliswa endaweni yokuba bancokole. asakhi imvisiswano; siyangxola.
Ndiyazi ngenene uPyroja uya kuba nezinto ezininzi ezinengqiqo anokuzithetha malunga nesini kwimidlalo yevidiyo. Ndingangavumelani nabanye babo, kwaye singaba nencoko enentlonipho malunga nalo nto eya kuthi ikhulise ulwazi kwaye isondeze uluntu kwimvumelwano.
Ukuba awuyithandi indlela umntu athetha ngayo, unamandla okutshintsha incoko.
NDINAMANDLA!
(Injalo loo nto. Ubufazi, iMad Men, kunye neNdoda. Ndikwi-goddamn roll).
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