Finally, she is OFF the Damsels... Now it's Ms. Male Character...

So my favorite loathsome "gamer" who sees Sexism from THE PATRIARCHY even in lint has finally done another video trying to defend women from the "Evil Misogynistic Gamers"...
Sadly, it's not the Fighting @#$%^Toy... Dammit! I wanted to hear her ramble about Dead or Alive.

Why did I put "Gamer" in quotation marks? Well, there are a few things floating around the web that put her "gamer" status in question. One of them is showing how she used Let's Plays or Longplay videos from a few Youtubers. This makes sense since there is a LOT of stuff she gets wrong, like claiming Peach does not appear in ANY cutscene on Super Princess Peach, when she does; or how she completely erases Saber's role in Dinosaur Planet... Then again, she may know it but were left out since she was "contextualizing it in a way to show that her point is valid" (even if it means twisting and bending the truth more than a piece of taffy going through a taffy puller.

Sure, one may argue that she's using the readily available footage because it's readily available... *cough* $160,000 for equipment, research materials, etc,*cough*
But having her saying that she is not a fan of videogames on a lecture kinda clashes with her "lifelong gamer" speech. One of those statements is a lie.

Before I start I must make a few warnings:

We must remember that it is both possible (and even necessary) to simultaneously enjoy her videos while also being critical of its more problematic or pernicious aspects. We have to remember that these videos do not exist in a vacuum, they are an increasingly influential part of our larger social and cultural ecosystem.

I know I'm almost quoting her, but if she can criticize videogames while making up crap; I can criticize her videos in a half-joking manner because I can't take her seriously (not because of her gender, but because of her promoting opinions as facts propaganda type of thing.) In theory, I should agree with her idea. The execution is where I don't agree... Then again, you can't scream for Equality while praising Segregation by Gender in Public Transportation.

Now, she pulled a switcheroo and skipped the Fighting @#$%^ Toy. Now we're doing Ms. Male Character. Judging by the title, we're going to hear a lot about how evil THE PATRIARCHY is by making Ms. Pac Man look like Pac Man with a bow... I'm not going to mention graphical limitations, or how Pac People look like Smiley faces that eat everything up. If Ms. Pacman ran around naked, I would not be able to know that she is Ms. Pac Man or Pac Man himself, because PAC PEOPLE LOOK LIKE FRIGGING SMILEY FACES!! It's not the Patriarchy or some sexism from the game developers.

Great! She's attacking a quote from Pac Man's creator... by completely ignoring the cultural differences between Japan and America... She proceeds to Ms. Pac Man... Ms. Pac Man was used to appeal to women since the Early 80s... What was that about the PATRIARCHY trying to keep women away from games again? So, videogames trying to appeal to women since the 80s is good, right?

It's bad because it's a "Female version of a Male character". So, in her eyes She-Ra BAAAD!
She uses Minnie Mouse on a clip as an example. If they added human-like boobs to her design, it's bad cause it's sexist. If they don't add boobs it's STILL BAD because she looks like Mickey in drag. So... Let's recap: Ms. Pac Man is bad Mmmkay! Because she is EXACTLY LIKE PAC MAN, but with a Bow. So, if they are too feminine it's bad. Too sexy (sexualized for her) it's bad. If she is equal to the male it's bad too! MAKE UP YOUR FREAKING MIND!! Most of these example come from earlier eras where graphical limitations didn't allow for a diversity of characters. So, for non-human characters, Bows, the colors Pink, purple and other pastel tones are bad because they indicate that a non-human character is female?

And Amy Rose wasn't meant to be a female Sonic... She's a Hedgehog of the female kind who happens to be a Sonic Fangirl... or the Ultimate Sonic Fangirl. With that Logic a Belieber is a Female Bieber...

 Boobs are bad!! Bows are bad, excessive make-up like blush and eyeshadow are bad... (Ignore the fact that she wears a lot of those and Ginormous Hoop Earrings)
Now she uses the Bathroom displays... Cause it's bad. The same woman who is OK with Gender segregation on Public Transport is complaining about society segregating the genders on public bathrooms... because the Female Stickperson is wearing a skirt.

She takes a jab out of Heike Kagero from Super Punch Out!! Get it, taking a jab? What she sees as Effeminate and homophobic jab is actually a Kabuki boxer (Punch out is weird, OK?) Think of him as a Performance Art Boxer... and a Bishounen (Beautiful male youth) which may look very effeminate to Western Audiences... She seems to have some problems in understanding foreign cultural nuances.

She then complains about Men not being subjected to wearing markers like hats or ties to show them as males in worlds dominated by women... You know what this post needs?

More Ponies. Before you complain I want you to
notice how most males are the ones wearing some article of clothing.
Applejack is going against the norm with her hat.

She keeps on rambling about the same theme and goes to Angry Birds. She IGNORES that the White Bird is Female, which everyone who has played the game and knows how birds operate could say: White Bird = Female in order to ramble about how sexist Angry Birds is. She later acknowledges the White Bird's Femininity.

She then starts acting like a hipster by praising some indie games.

Seriously, I'm freaking Clueless right now. I'm trying to wrap my brain around this and I feel like I'm dumber right now.

Even with minimal narrative or limited graphics it is entirely possible to make games that feature dynamic women who exist on their own terms.

So, are you suggesting retconning past games to include Females with no "traditional markers of femininity"?

The Universe may work like that for Time Lords, but to normal Human Beings Time only works in a linear fashion. It's impossible to retcon past videogames out of this "sexism" thing.

Let me make this clear: My dislike of her is not because she's female or feminist. My dislike of HER WORK stems from the piss poor analysis of her topics (especially after getting paid $160,000 for it), passing crap as fact, hypocrisy and media manipulation to play the "victim card". I HAVE NO ANIMOSITY TOWARDS HER PERSON. If her videos had better research, didn't rely on cheap jabs at other cultures, did not took things out of context and were "contextualized" as something completely different to prove a point and her process was more transparent; I'd be OK with her opinions (I may or may not have agreed with them) but as they stand right now, I can't agree with her opinions and cannot take her seriously, BECAUSE of the flaws in her analysis and lack of understanding in the matter.

I just wish that the "gaming Journalists" would actually DO THEIR WORK and fact-check her videos. Seriously, the gaming media went against Jack Thompson, but this lass gets a free pass because she's a woman dealing with "First World Problems Feminism".
Seriously, domestic violence, genital mutilation seem to be problems that need more attention than Ms. Pac Man is wearing a Bow... Now that's where the real issues are, not on Princess Peach.

In any case, I'll keep rambling about them cause it's fun and I do it for free... If you want to pay me to ramble, I'm game...