MovieBob Explains Why Depiction of Female Characters in Games Needs Talking About

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Susana Polo

Published: Sep 30, 2011 09:42 am

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The Escapist : The Big Picture : Gender Games

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In before somebody says “But games frequently objectify men too!” (Idealize yes, objectify no.)

(Actually, the work of The Escapists‘ commenters on this one gives me faith in humanity, unlike some others I could name.)

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Susana Polo

Susana Polo thought she'd get her Creative Writing degree from Oberlin, work a crap job, and fake it until she made it into comics. Instead she stumbled into a great job: founding and running this very website (she's Editor at Large now, very fancy). She's spoken at events like Geek Girl Con, New York Comic Con, and Comic Book City Con, wants to get a Batwoman tattoo and write a graphic novel, and one of her canine teeth is in backwards.