"sometimes it feels like a woman-in-tech's workday must go something like this according to the articles I see"
How was this article titled? It didn't say "online harassment of female authors in the gaming industry" which is what it is actually about. The title tried to lump in every woman in the gaming industry, a common tactic. So I get to make my own generalizations just as well as they do.
She didn't identify the other women whose stories she told. It's an assumption that they're all writers.
I think you're reading too much into her tone. The key point is that no skin is thick enough to shrug off this treatment, and it's common for various unidentified women and one identified one in the industry to receive it from the general public. Do you think that's true, or not?
> Anita Sarkeesian once reblogged a Tumblr post of mine and it ended up on Reddit. I got so much hate mail from dudes that I left the internet for three days,
Unfortunately, hate for Anita Sarkeesian will transfer to her associates.
> Nicole Tanner is a former editor of IGN, and was one of the founders of "Girlfight.
Editor/writer. Don't know what Girlfight is.
> Every time I'm interacting with an enthusiastic fan
Another public figure
> Carolyn Petit is an editor for GameSpot.
Editor
There are no anonymous developers here (save for the reblogged post). This is clearly public figures in tech. I'd assume there are less public female figures in tech than there are non-public women in tech.
As for telling them to develop a thick skin, I have no opinion on that. If you are a public figure, you will be subject to this kind of behaviour.
The title of the post pisses me off. If they had just said "Online harassment of female authors", I'd have no complaint to make. But it is clickbait.
