State of Emergency

A screen shot from the Rockstar game, State of Emergency. In a city street, a short-haired Asian woman striding purposefully towards the viewer. She holds a bazooka over one shoulder.

[By guest contributor, Latoya Peterson]

Latoya Peterson provides a hip-hop feminist and anti-racist view on pop culture with a special focus on video games, anime, American comics, manga, magazines, film, television, and music. She is the Editor at Racialicious, is a Contributor at Jezebel, and has written for The American Prospect, Bitch Magazine, Clutch Magazine, the Women’s Review of Books, Slate’s Double X, and the Guardian.

On January 7th, the wives of Rockstar San Diego employees went straight Martin Luther and tacked a list of grievances to the virtual walls of industry watering hole Gamasutra, reigniting a long-standing debate about family-unfriendly working conditions in the gaming industry.

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