Brianna Wu and the human cost of Gamergate: 'every woman I know in the industry is scared' | Technology | The Guardian

Earlier this week, Gear of War designer Cliff Bleszinzki blogged on this very issue. He wrote this:
“We’re the gamers, the dorks. We’re the ones who were on our computers during prom. We’re the ones that were in the back of the lunch room who were playing D&D instead of tossing a football around on the quad. We were supposed to be the open, friendly ones, the ones who welcomed all into our wonderful geeky circle.
“We’re not supposed to be a mob that’s storming the gates with our pitchforks and torches.”
It’s time for reasonable people to pull away. To form something else. To take everything they’ve learned about agitation and protest, and apply it in a very different way. Don’t have all this on your conscience.
We need to create an industry in which people can question practices and conventions, but also where all are welcome and safe. For a start, however, we need to create an industry in which, whatever you think of their views, Quinn, Sarkeesian and Wu can go home.
We just have to make sure they can go home in peace.
via Brianna Wu and the human cost of Gamergate: ‘every woman I know in the industry is scared’ | Technology | The Guardian.