Most people recall GamerGate, but fewer are familiar with DongleGate, the coordinated online harassment campaign against a Black woman tech worker named Adria Richards that happened in 2013. Bridget charts the story of Adria Richards and why it still matters today. The Hacker News post from the fired PlayHaven employee: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5398681">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5398681</a> Amanda Blum's blog post about the fallout from DongleGate: <a href="https://amandablumwords.wordpress.com/2013/03/21/3/">https://amandablumwords.wordpress.com/2013/03/21/3/</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Bonus Episode - Pelosi’s Attacker Credits GamerGate with His Radicalization

Bridget Todd explains how bad actors use the internet to target and silence marginalized people, especially Black women. Excluding them from discourse and desensitizing us to sexist, racist attacks makes us all less safe. Bridget talks with people who have been the targets of coordinated attacks, activists who are fighting back, and experts to help break down the deliberate agenda behind it.