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#1779 Edited by spacekatgal (120 posts)-40 minutes, 18 seconds ago @korlic said If you go to your doctor and they tell you you have 10 problems but they won't tell you what they are or how to remedy them then you may as well not have gone at all. It's not for me to say whether any rules or changes will be implemented but isn't it worthwhile putting some of them out there? Most of the reason I stopped supporting Giant Bomb came from my slow awareness that they were actively indifferent to issues of women in this field. Take my GOTY article from January 1st. That was a MASSIVELY popular piece, so popular I was paid twice what I agreed to. I got r--- and death threats from Giant Bomb users I never received an apology or commentary from any of the senior staff of Giant Bomb, though Patrick reached out. They chose to never discuss it. This was my first bout with threats to my life, and they scared the hell out of me As I've said many times, I was really horrified by them choosing to not stand up to what their site did to Samantha Allen- If I had to point to one event that shook my faith in the innate goodness of the men in this industry, this was it. As I understand it, none of the senior staff ever reached out to her to personally apologize. I know she found their statement lukewarm and very equivocal Look, if my company did something that cost someone their career, you'd better believe I'd reach out to them. Privately, publicly. They only delivered a statement after she'd chosen to leave the industry. I'm not trying to be dramatic, but I don't understand how Jeff Gerstmann sleeps at night. I can only guess that he doesn't care It made me realize they aren't the people thought they were. As I said earlier, a woman who worked with them told me, "Great guys, but they love to put their head in the sand on women's issues." I met Ryan Davis before I had a job in games. We talked about Resident Evil for about 15 minutes. He talked to me entirely like an equal, and was very nice to me when I was just a nobody. It's really hard for me to reconcile that Giant Bomb with the Giant Bomb that didn't stand up the bullies in the community This issue aside, the overall lack of awareness of the representation of women is troubling. I pointed to this in my GOTY piece, but when Vinny just blustered past the Tomb Raider reboot, which was written by Rhianna Pratchet? It made me realize that the things that were important to me weren't important to them. If they came to me tomorrow and asked me how they could make the site more welcoming? Here are three things I'd suggest. A. Patrick cannot be the only person trying to reach out to women. The rest of the staff needs to make an effort and they need to prove it to their audience B. They need to put women on staff C. They need to raise their consciousness on the industry issues that affect women. Again, heads in the sand Jeff Gerstmann has the privilege of staying out of this. For women like me, Zoe Quinn, Samantha Allen - we DO NOT HAVE A CHOICE. I can't ignore a freight train coming towards us Giant Bomb feels silence is not consent. That's because they don't understand very much about the realities we face

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