GamerGate Arc Source Notes

Sorry it took us so damn long, but here it is.

Author

Sophia Florence
February 05, 2025

Episode 1:

Ohlheiser, A. (2015, October 7). Why ‘social justice warrior,’ a Gamergate insult, is now a dictionary entry. Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/10/07/why-social-justice-warrior-a-gamergate-insult-is-now-a-dictionary-entry/

Anita Sarkeesian. (2012, July 1). Image based harassment and visual misogyny. Feminist Frequency. https://feministfrequency.com/2012/07/01/image-based-harassment-and-visual-misogyny/

Orland, K. (2014, August 21). What Depression Quest taught me about dealing with mental illness. Ars Technica. https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/08/what-depression-quest-taught-me-about-dealing-with-mental-illness/

Gjoni, E. (2014, September 12). thezoepost. Thezoepost. https://thezoepost.wordpress.com/

Eholmberg. (2015, May 4). ‘The Zoe Post’ began the targeting of women in video gaming. PublicSource. https://www.publicsource.org/the-zoe-post-began-the-targeting-of-women-in-video-gaming/

Marco, T. (2014, October 15). Anita Sarkeesian forced to cancel Utah State speech after mass shooting threat. CNN. https://www.cnn.com/2014/10/15/tech/utah-anita-sarkeesian-threat/index.html

Episode 2:

Snider, M. (2017, July 18). Steve Bannon learned to harness troll army from “World of Warcraft.” USA TODAY. https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2017/07/18/steve-bannon-learned-harness-troll-army-world-warcraft/489713001/

GamerGate Blacklist Image

Cernovich, M. (2016, November 4). Mike Cernovich presents Danger & Play. Mike Cernovich Presents Danger & Play. https://www.dangerandplay.com/

Episode 3:

Moira Donegan Twitter Post (we won’t be calling it X, ever)

Breitbart being weirder than they need to be!

McLaughlin, K. (2020, September 23). QAnon believers think there’s a vast cabal snatching up children in kidnappings, but almost every child reported missing turns out to be a runaway. Business Insider. https://www.businessinsider.com/qanon-theories-inflate-child-sex-trafficking-case-count-2020-9

Argentino, M. (2021, March 17). Pastel QAnon. GNET. https://gnet-research.org/2021/03/17/pastel-qanon/

Seitz, A., & Swenson, A. (2020, July 16). Baseless Wayfair child-trafficking theory spreads online. AP News. https://apnews.com/article/social-media-us-news-ap-top-news-conspiracy-media-9d54570ebba5e406667c38cb29522ec6

4chan inventing a conspiracy theory to frame people they don’t like (read: queer folks) as sex offenders of various kinds

Fact check: “Clovergender” is an alt-right hoax. (2020, August 3). Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/article/world/fact-check-clovergender-is-an-alt-right-hoax-idUSKBN24Z1R0/

The beginning of the groomer hoax

Episode 4:

Lorenz, T. (2022, December 7). Meet the woman behind Libs of TikTok, secretly fueling the right’s outrage machine. Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/04/19/libs-of-tiktok-right-wing-media/