Amazon publishes thinly veiled rape fantasy of #GamerGate target Zoe Quinn
A thinly veiled, 11-page-long fantasy about raping game developer Zoe Quinn, titled Roughed Up By #GamerGape, has been made available for purchase as an Amazon Kindle download.
“Zada Quinby is a controversial video game designer who may have crossed the line,” the book’s description reads. “When her latest game offends the nation, five upset players decide to teach her a lesson. This gang of gamers decides to give Zada of piece of their mind, and much more!”
Its target audience consists of “[f]ans of group action who fantasize about being brutality taken by men who can’t understand the word ‘no,'” which is a scenario similar to many of the threats that Quinn herself received from members of the #GamerGate community.
As one reviewer of the book noted, “it’s all about selling rape fiction of game developers — ethical rape fiction, that is.”
Quinn herself noticed the book Friday morning and tweeted:
so um.
someone's selling rape fanfic of me on amazon. :/
TW obviously http://t.co/fHC81lTfkr
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— Dr Jabroni Frendzoni (@TheQuinnspiracy) December 19, 2014
She also noted that:
having your trauma be fetishized and sold to people who wish they could revictimize you is not an occupational hazard I signed up for.
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— Dr Jabroni Frendzoni (@TheQuinnspiracy) December 19, 2014
An Amazon representative told Raw Story that the book — of whose existence she only just became aware — appears to violate Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing’s Content Guidelines, which indicate both that “[w]e don’t accept pornography or offensive depictions of graphic sexual acts” or other “offensive content,” which they define as, “[w]hat we deem offensive is probably about what you would expect.”
UPDATE: The title was removed by Amazon minutes after Raw Story spoke to an Amazon representative. GamerGate is, however, taking credit for having the title removed:
@scottekaufman Why not credit #GamerGate for helping get it removed?
— Orthonormalist (@orthonormalist) December 19, 2014
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Some of his aides said the trip was a much-needed break from life in the White House, and officials declined to provide a readout of the president's calls and activities, reported CNN.
No communications staffers joined Trump on the outing, which the president announced Saturday on his Twitter account.
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The editorial -- which was co-written by Ami Ayalon, former director of the Israeli security agency Shin Bet; Gilead Sher, former chief of staff for Prime Minister Ehud Barak; and Israeli tech entrepreneur Orni Petruschka -- argues that Kushner's peace plan is "immoral" and stands a good chance of producing the opposite of its intended outcome.
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Mnuchin took questions from reporters in White House briefing room, which has gone unused for more than 100 days, but Sanders did not take part in the event.
The White House imposed sanctions against Iran and its ruler in retaliation for shooting down a U.S. drone last week.
President Donald Trump implemented the sanctions Monday by executive order, and briefly took questions from reporters in the Oval Office.
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