Game dev Brianna Wu on what it's like to be forced from your home by sexist hate

Xeni Jardin 11:03 am Thu Oct 16, 2014

Brianna Wu

"I've Been Forced Out Of My Home And Am Living In Constant Fear Because Of Relentless Death Threats From Gamergate," reads the headline for Brianna Wu's first-person account of the unbelievably cruel harassment she's been subjected to for the crime of, more or less, being a woman who works in games.

"Gamergate, I have one message for you so listen up," she writes. "When you take your last dying breath, I want you to know this. It was an absolute pleasure knocking you on your ass for the fine women in this field."

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