damsel in distress – The Geek Embassy

Toria joins us again this week to discuss the second episode in Feminist Frequency's Tropes vs Women in Video Games series, The Damsel in Distress Part Two. In the second episode in the series, Anita Sarkeesian takes on more modern representations of this long standing plot device. We discuss the uses and abuses of the trope, Sarkeesian's research… Continue reading Episode 69 – Feminist Frequency’s Damsels in Distress Part 2

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Episode 61 – Tropes vs Women in Video Games: Damsel in Distress Part 1

May 6, 2013April 5, 2018 Regina McMenomy

I know you've all been waiting for this discussion. Anita Sarkeesian's Tropes vs Women in Video Games is perhaps one of the most talked about and anticipated YouTube video series about video games. We analyze her argument in the first episode, Damsel in Distress Part 1, and its relation to many of the discussions we… Continue reading Episode 61 – Tropes vs Women in Video Games: Damsel in Distress Part 1