Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Zoë Quinn: Fighting hate after Gamergate
After video game developer Zoë Quinn broke up with her boyfriend, he posted an angry online diatribe against her that caused an internet firestorm that still hasn’t ended.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readAfter video game developer Zoë Quinn broke up with her boyfriend, he posted an angry online diatribe against her that caused an internet firestorm that still hasn’t ended. But Quinn fought back, and created an organization to help people who face online harassment. She’s written a book about her experiences.
The full episode
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Conversations with Jesmyn Ward, Teju Cole, and other authors we love- 0:00Kris Yenbamroong: Cooking Night+Market dishes in your own home
- 0:00Jesmyn Ward: How racism haunts the present
- 0:00Zoë Quinn: Fighting hate after GamergateYou’re reading this
- 0:00Teju Cole: What's missing when we look at the world?
Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Gina Pollack
Producer
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
Michell Eloy
Former Producer/Line Editor, Press Play
Zoë Quinn
video game developer, and author of “Crash Override: How Gamergate (Nearly) Destroyed My Life, and How We Can Win the Fight Against Online Hate”
The full episode
3 of 4Conversations with Jesmyn Ward, Teju Cole, and other authors we love- 0:00Kris Yenbamroong: Cooking Night+Market dishes in your own home
- 0:00Jesmyn Ward: How racism haunts the present
- 0:00Zoë Quinn: Fighting hate after GamergateYou’re reading this
- 0:00Teju Cole: What's missing when we look at the world?