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Princess Peach is in many ways the quintessential stock-character version of the damsel in distress.
Tropes vs. Women in Video Games (2013)
It's both possible, and even necessary, to simultaneously enjoy media while also being critical of its more problematic or pernicious aspects.
Tropes vs. Women in Video Games (2013)
If you want to get to know a character, learn about their interests, goals or desires, their butt is probably not going to give you that information.
Tropes vs. Women in Video Games (2013)
For this video I tried to get a glimpse of Batman's rear end, but it's as if his cape is a piece of high-tech Wayne-Industries equipment designed to cover up his butt at all costs.
Tropes vs. Women in Video Games (2013)
The "mystical pregnancy" is one of the tropes that I loathe the most, because while other tropes represent women in stereotypical ways, this one hits us on a biological level.
Tropes vs. Women in Video Games (2013)
Why are [...] female characters in combat roles wearing high-heels? With all the fighting, running and climbing these women have to do, dressing them in high-heels is clearly a decision rooted in sexualized aesthetic pleasure rather than believability.
Tropes vs. Women in Video Games (2013)
Since mobile, indie and retro inspired games are built on a legacy of inequality in the medium the new wave of 80s and 90s nostalgia has brought with it a resurrection of the worst of the old-school damsel in distress stereotypes. Indeed, many of these new titles essentially function as love letters to the trope as a way of paying homage to classic games of years gone by.
Tropes vs. Women in Video Games (2013)