The final frontier of boorishness
Female gamers face harassment and contempt online
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Emma Teitel
Emma Teitel is a National Magazine Award-winning columnist who writes frequently about women’s issues and popular culture. She gets a lot of hate mail, mostly from Burnaby, British Columbia.
The final frontier of boorishness
Online anonymity breeds harassment and contempt for female video gamers
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Boomers, you had it easy
Stop being so cynical about young people
Boomers, you folks had it easy
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