I’ve read quite a few summaries, explanations, apologies, and long-form excuses related to the train wreck we’re by consensus calling #gamergate .  I wasn’t personally familiar with Anita Sarkeesian’s work until now, but this summary of her work and her experience with the Internet’s reaction to it is genuinely excellent.

You might notice that I didn’t plus-mention her above; That’s because there are so many fake accounts using her name and image that I honestly couldn’t find the correct one (which I know exists, because Yonatan Zunger plus-mentioned her recently).  I feel like that fact provides a useful meta-commentary on the issues she’s addressing.