Oh yeah? You don't like the series? Well I've got news for you - I like the series, so prepare for a brutal verbal beating!
- Ahem* I agree with the majority of your review and given that you're respectful and this was well-written then I am frankly impressed and relieved to see that intelligent rational people can state that they do not agree with the series without descending into vitriolic ranting or childish namecalling.
You've definitely got a point in that Anita just plain does not do enough research sometimes, but if people spent as much time talking about what she got right as they did about what she got wrong then a web series like her's probably wouldn't need to exist. But overall, yeah, great review.
Brutality over.
I don't see how someone who is named after a Muppet can deliver a brutal beating. But fine, I'll indulge in it.
I don't like the series, as stated above because a) it shouldn't take over 4 years to make 12 videos of around an hour each when they mainly consist of cut-and-paste clips spliced with your own commentary. In other words, FF is lazy. b) prevalent hyperbole, mis-representation of facts (as written) and Manipulative Editing (also mentioned), all tools that people with an agenda use no matter if they are right or wrong. It's not a good way to do things when you want to be taken serious. Muppet bashing over :D
Oh, you want some more? YOU WANT SOME MORE? WELL HERE IT COMES!
That comment, much like your review, is written fairly and professionally. Thanks for the response!
I might be biased in the favour of Anita because she recommended Papa & Yo on Steam and it was friggin' awesome. I would highly recommended it as well, it's really good.
ARE MY HARSH WORDS TOO MUCH FOR YOU TO STOMACH?
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Ok, first things first: I don't perfectly buy into the argument that Anita Sarkeesian is a Con Artist who fakes threats against herself via sock puppet accounts and gets money by being a professional victim. This is not what this review is about, anyway.
Anita Sarkeesian herself has however stated that she is not a gamer and in fact had to learn a lot about video games before doing her mini-series "Tropes vs Woman" (especially in video games) that started in 2011 and so far is officially incomplete (7 out of 12 videos are done). And here is my first point I don't like about her - she is talking about a medium she had no prior knowledge of but takes many things out of context. Her most infamous case would be the Hitman example (described in the article).
I don't like mis-representation of facts to fuel an agenda but I am getting the idea that Feminist Frequency does exactly that, on purpose. Having watched several of her videos and other reviews, this seems to be the main issue: Mis-representation and taking things out of context.
I agree on the notion that equality is an important achievement of society and we do can slap our collective shoulders for having gotten so far, but for FF it's not enough. But strangely, it's still always about women. Women this, women that, women are being opressed by... someone? Are men not opressed at all (hint: the answer is "no") or simply not worthy talking about all that much (this seems to be the case). But that is not what feminism, according to a dictionary anyway, is supposed to be about.
The strong, almost exclusive focus is off-putting, even for someone like me who is usually a very friendly person. If FF is against sexism, then focusing solely on women isn't something they should do. There are valid points, like that more video games could use cool female MCs like Tomb Raider, Portal (2) or Persona 3 Portable do, but not sexualised. There also need to be more games where male MCs are not sexualised either which is an issue rarely seen.
Overall, the reliance on mis-representation and Manipulative Editing is a glaring issue that has to be solved but otherwise there are things that can work. I guess the series just needs better writing.