Anita Sarkeesian Quotes

The solution to 'on-line harassment' is simple: women should log off.

Justice for all does not apply when women use the Internet.

A big barrier to people getting help with online harassment is the general attitude either that it's not a real issue - that it's 'only' online - or that it's limited to someone saying they don't like you, and all of that stems from a basic misunderstanding of what we mean when we say 'online harassment.'

I am a feminist because I feel endangered, psychically and physically, by this society and because I believe that the women's movement is saying that we have come to an edge of history when men - insofar as they are embodiments of the patriarchal idea - have become dangerous to children and other living things, themselves included

The Internet has become a tool to pick on people and ruin someone's life. I don't think parents realize what's going on. Just because you're not at school doesn't mean kids aren't harassing you on the computer.

Online bullying has to stop.

Cyber bullies can hide behind a mask of anonymity online, and do not need direct physical access to their victims to do unimaginable harm.

There is no easy way to get around horrible people on the Internet, and it's either just leave it or don't and get sucked into the whirlwind of it all.

There's a lot of talk about people being abused on Twitter, women being savagely insulted and degraded. I think, 'Why get into that in the first place?' If I jump into a garbage bin, I can't complain that I've got rubbish all over me.

I think the Internet has given rise to voices that want to attack others.

The Internet can be used to hurt many people.

Online abuse has been a problem since the earliest days of the web.

I think what a lot of women in the game industry saw with Gamergate is they saw if they came forward, help was not going to come.

I have countless fake accounts on social media sending me hate and it's hard to discern how many people are actually involved.

It's impossible to put a video online without hoards of anonymous men picking apart your appearance or saying especially cruel things. It works to silence women who shouldn't be scared of sharing their opinions with others.

I was actually cyberstalked twice.

It's the Internet. I'm sure many people know that it's one of the toughest places to be if you're sensitive.

The real question is whether or not the communities that rule the Internet can make their spaces safer for users, especially women and minorities.

Before the Internet, bullying ended when you withdrew from whatever environment you were in. But now, the bullying dynamic is harder to contain and harder to ignore.

Since Gamergate, many women I know are reluctant to speak publicly on gender issues, because they fear - rightly - that they will be targeted and harassed.

With cyberbullying, one press of a finger on an electronic device can shatter someone's reputation and what they think is their entire life. It's scary.

I am being savagely bullied online.

I definitely hope women know that abuse/harassment/blackmail on social media is also a crime, and the police definitely help.

GamerGate and what it's been doing, is wrong.

Familiarize yourself with the resources at hand to combat online bullying, and report offenders as often as you need to. Don't hesitate to report and block.