天天吃瓜鈥檚 and will host a panel discussion about harassment and threats against women in the world of online video gaming on Tuesday, Nov. 24.
The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held from 4:15-5:30 p.m. in the Angelina Pedroso Center for Diversity and Intercultural Affairs on the Main Campus, 3701 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. in Chicago. Parking permits are required and can be purchased at the Parking Facility.
The 鈥淕ame Over?鈥 panel will feature , digital cultural journalist; , founder of Sugar Gamers; Margaret M. Ogarek, deputy supervisor for the Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Division in the Cook County Assistant State鈥檚 Attorney鈥檚 Office; and , Northeastern assistant professor of Justice Studies.
Recent events such as threats to video game developers Zoe Quinn and Brianna Wu and cultural critic Anita Sarkeesian鈥攁 controversy that became known as 鈥溾濃攈as placed sexism and the glorification of violence targeted at women in online gaming in the national media spotlight.
Messinger said that dating back to 2013, it was all too easy to explain the 鈥淕amerGate鈥 controversy as the work of a few 鈥渃razy鈥 men.
鈥淲hat is important to recognize though鈥攚hat guests of Northeastern鈥檚 鈥楪ame Over?鈥 panel presentation will learn鈥攊s that 鈥楪amerGate鈥 is just the tip of a very large iceberg,鈥 he said. 鈥淚t is part of a much longer backlash against gender equality, which has often been most effective when it tries to kill the messenger. If the advocates of feminism can be mocked or threatened, their message gets silenced too.鈥
The panel will set a context for discussion about the ethics of free expression on the Internet, the realities of policing cyberbulling and the interconnections between popular entertainment and sexism.
