Pursuits
Critic Takes Aim at Video-Game Sexism and Becomes Target Herself
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One night in October, before the media critic Anita Sarkeesian was scheduled to give a speech at Utah State University, someone e-mailed the school, threatening to commit mass murder.
"This will be the deadliest school shooting in American history, and I’m giving you a chance to stop it," the message read. "I have at my disposal a semiautomatic rifle, multiple pistols, and a collection of pipe bombs. I will write my manifesto in her spilled blood, and you will all bear witness to what feminist lies and poison have done to the men of America."