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Evil Inc.Author: Qualia Redux
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1. Activision Blizzard and Gender Discrimination
Episode 1
Monday, 13 December, 2021
This episode is about Activision Blizzard and gender discrimination. I run down the Activision Blizzard lawsuit, contextualize it as part of a larger historical trend, and explain how workplace gender discrimination reinforces capitalist hierarchies. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/u/qualiaredux Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qualiaredux Citations: https://kotaku.com/calls-for-bobby-kotick-s-resignation-intensify-as-emplo-1848067513 https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1418619091515068421/photo/1 https://kotaku.com/everything-that-has-happened-since-the-activision-blizz-1847401161 https://kotaku.com/report-activisions-bobby-kotick-didnt-just-know-he-al-1848066600 https://www.wsj.com/articles/activision-videogames-bobby-kotick-sexual-misconduct-allegations-11637075680 https://www.history.com/news/coding-used-to-be-a-womans-job-so-it-was-paid-less-and-undervalued https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/02/19/women-built-tech-industry-then-they-were-pushed-out/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/computer-programming-used-to-be-womens-work-718061/ https://www.theguardian.com/careers/2017/aug/10/how-the-tech-industry-wrote-women-out-of-history https://www.ign.com/articles/activision-ceo-bobby-kotick-takes-a-50-pay-cut-but-its-not-as-big-a-cut-as-it-sounds
