Prosecuting Gamergate is not about justice for me or the women of Giant Spacekat. It's about introducing consequences into the equation for men that treat harassing women like a game.
The main lesson I took from Gamergate is that asking the status quo to do the right thing doesn't work.
I think Gamergate is just a symptom of a disease: a $90 billion global industry that was built by men for men.
I think what a lot of women in the game industry saw with Gamergate is they saw if they came forward, help was not going to come.
If you don't know what Gamergate is, my God, do I envy you.
Gamergate is ostensibly about journalistic ethics. Supporters say they want to address conflicts of interest between the people that make games and the people that support them. In reality, Gamergate is a group of gamers that are willing to destroy the women who have invaded their clubhouse.
If you're fortunate enough not to know, Gamergate is the misogynist hate group of the video game world.
For a hate group originally focused on video games, anger over a comedy movie for starring women might seem ridiculous. But at its core, Gamergate is about a toxic male sense of ownership over geek culture.
My big lesson from Gamergate is asking the men in charge to do the right thing does not work. So we need women, we need people of color in positions of power not just in the game industry but at social media and tech companies and in Congress.
I don't regret standing up to Gamergate at all.
