Episode 27 - RANN: Rage Against Nerd News

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On this episode Jordan and Leah take turns telling eachother about recent nerd news. Jordan covers the Activision Blizzard lawsuit while Leah focuses on Twitches problem with hate raids.  Things in the nerd world are a mess right now, but as always we push forward to a more diverse nerd culture.

Here are some helpful links:

The video Leah mentions in the episode: https://twitter.com/CriticalBard/status/1425240309353570304

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2021/08/11/twitch-do-better-hate-raids/

Petition for Twitch:https://www.change.org/p/amazon-twitch-do-better-stop-hate-raids-against-people-of-color-and-marginalized-creators?recruiter=54722272&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_term=psf_combo_share_initial&recruited_by_id=66c2c240-bf1a-0130-c868-3c764e051fd7

Article about the day off twitch: https://www.pcgamer.com/after-months-of-hate-raids-streamers-plan-adayofftwitch/

Activision Blizzard News:

https://www.pcgamer.com/activision-blizzard-lawsuit-controversy-timeline-explained/ 

https://www.npr.org/2021/07/22/1019293032/activision-blizzard-lawsuit-unequal-pay-sexual-harassment-video-games 

https://www.npr.org/2021/07/28/1021828155/activision-blizzard-workers-are-walking-out-after-the-studios-sexual-harassment- 

 

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