One of the most radical things you can do, is to actually believe women when they tell you about their experiences.
Anita SarkeesianI want these to be names that young girls and boys and kids of all genders grow up knowing. It shouldn't just be when you take a feminist class in college, if you happen to do that. I hope this is fun and engaging for folks to watch.
Anita SarkeesianI came back to this idea of telling the stories of women who aren't in all of the history books. Their names are not up there next to male names that we've know since we were little kids. Ching Shih, for example, was a pirate commander from the late 1800s to the early 1900s. She was one of the most fearsome pirates, why is her name not included when we list the names of great pirates like Blackbeard?
Anita SarkeesianI'm no stranger to a bit of sexist backlash, but I was surprised by the level of vicious and misogynist hate I received.
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