<description>&lt;p&gt;This episode is about Activision Blizzard and gender discrimination. I run down the Activision Blizzard lawsuit,&amp;nbsp;contextualize it as part of a larger historical trend, and explain how workplace gender discrimination reinforces capitalist hierarchies.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;YouTube:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;https://www.youtube.com/u/qualiaredux&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Patreon:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;https://www.patreon.com/qualiaredux&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Citations:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;https://kotaku.com/calls-for-bobby-kotick-s-resignation-intensify-as-emplo-1848067513&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1418619091515068421/photo/1&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;https://kotaku.com/everything-that-has-happened-since-the-activision-blizz-1847401161&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;https://kotaku.com/report-activisions-bobby-kotick-didnt-just-know-he-al-1848066600&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;https://www.wsj.com/articles/activision-videogames-bobby-kotick-sexual-misconduct-allegations-11637075680&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;https://www.history.com/news/coding-used-to-be-a-womans-job-so-it-was-paid-less-and-undervalued&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/02/19/women-built-tech-industry-then-they-were-pushed-out/&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/computer-programming-used-to-be-womens-work-718061/&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;https://www.theguardian.com/careers/2017/aug/10/how-the-tech-industry-wrote-women-out-of-history&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;https://www.ign.com/articles/activision-ceo-bobby-kotick-takes-a-50-pay-cut-but-its-not-as-big-a-cut-as-it-sounds&lt;/p&gt;
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This episode is about Activision Blizzard and gender discrimination. I run down the Activision Blizzard lawsuit,&nbsp;contextualize it as part of a larger historical trend, and explain how workplace gender discrimination reinforces capitalist hierarchies.
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/u/qualiaredux
Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/qualiaredux
Citations:&nbsp;
https://kotaku.com/calls-for-bobby-kotick-s-resignation-intensify-as-emplo-1848067513&nbsp;
https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1418619091515068421/photo/1
https://kotaku.com/everything-that-has-happened-since-the-activision-blizz-1847401161
https://kotaku.com/report-activisions-bobby-kotick-didnt-just-know-he-al-1848066600
https://www.wsj.com/articles/activision-videogames-bobby-kotick-sexual-misconduct-allegations-11637075680
https://www.history.com/news/coding-used-to-be-a-womans-job-so-it-was-paid-less-and-undervalued
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/02/19/women-built-tech-industry-then-they-were-pushed-out/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/computer-programming-used-to-be-womens-work-718061/
https://www.theguardian.com/careers/2017/aug/10/how-the-tech-industry-wrote-women-out-of-history
https://www.ign.com/articles/activision-ceo-bobby-kotick-takes-a-50-pay-cut-but-its-not-as-big-a-cut-as-it-sounds

1. Activision Blizzard and Gender Discrimination

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