Culture Beast: #GamerGate and the Roots of Reactionary Rage

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1 NINTENDO IS BURNING GamerGate & the Root of Reactionary Rage How are YouTube videos criticizing sexist video games important enough to threaten a school shooting? Read the #GamerGate tag and realize that underneath the anger is fear. By Arthur Chu Read it at The Daily Beast

2 Uncensored Maher: I Can Generalize About Muslims The outspoken 'Real Time' host dishes on a variety of topics, including his 'Flip a District' campaign, the controversy in the wake of his throwdown with Ben Affleck over Islam, and more. By Marlow Stern Read it at The Daily Beast 4 No Glove, No Love? HIV Scare Doesn't Rattle James Deen Despite an industry lockdown over a possible new HIV case, the porn star insists condoms shouldn't be mandatory on set. By Emily Shire Read it at The Daily Beast In Listen Up Philip, Jason Schwartzman plays a self-involved, unfiltered, and cantankerous artist who makes audiences go, 'Wow, that guy is awful, but I see why girls like him.'” READ IT NOW › 5 Personally Universal From Didion to Dunham Joan Didion's trailblazing nonfiction set a forbiddingly high standard, but a slew of idiosyncratic writers are proving that her example may be inimitable but it is also inspiring. By Lucy Scholes Read it at The Daily Beast 3 The Obvious Star From Abortion Comedy to Children's Books How do you make everyone forget about cursing on 'SNL'? Jenny Slate stunned critics with a hit indie film and charmed us all with the return of a talking seashell. And you charm them with the return of a talking seashell. By Kevin Fallon Read it at The Daily Beast New Hollywood, Classic Glamour The Source's Most Memorable Covers Stevie Nicks Was the '70s Selfie Queen The Putin T-Shirt Shop In response to The Race Movie We Didn't Know We Needed: Sounds like "Dear White People" makes a lot of assumptions about white people, you know, like stereotyping. — cristo52 In response to KStew Vs. The Right Wing: Breitbart is the master of this twisting of the facts to fit a nasty political headline. It really is a dark armpit of the Internet. Unfortunately, there's significant amounts of people who buy into what Breitbart is selling. — jostasauce

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