When we look at these historical women and what they've gone through, it's shocking to recognize some of our own experiences in theirs. When you look at someone like Ada Lovelace who is the first computer programmer, during her lifetime doctors said that was really sick because she was trying to use a masculine kind of brain that she didn't have. Today, her legacy of being the first programmer is stil disputed.
Anita SarkeesianI find crowdfunding to be one of the most ethical ways to continue doing the work that we do because the idea is that I want my videos to be free and available to everybody, and that's why I use YouTube and online platforms.
Anita SarkeesianThe struggles of dealing with online harassment is the same harassment that women have been dealing with, it's just a new medium in which it's happening.
Anita SarkeesianI got to focus on my performance - learning how to perform is something I've been working on both personally and professionally.
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