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We're onto some interesting stuff re:Silverstring and this "gaming is dead" meme they want to push. 
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INTRODUCTION:
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re:Silverstring and this "gaming is dead" meme they want to push. 
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Turns out the idea was floated over a year ago in a journal article by Adrienne Shaw, then discussed in a Google discussion group by members of Silverstring, that Anita Sarkeesian consults for. We're examining possible ties between these PR agents/firms, and political lobbying groups that might be backing them. We're also looking into how much of high profile donation campaigns and fundraising (like Sarkeesian's Kickstarter) are orchestrated and donated to by PR firms as part of their initial putsch for clients). 
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(http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/marxism/marxism10.html) 
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Their blog reads: "We talked a big game at DiGRA about dismantling hegemonic masculinity through intimate friendships. Tearing down those emotional walls that are part of the infrastructure of gendered oppression. Pursuing that male emotional fulfillment that Samantha Allen writes about as essential to the liberation of women. Meghan echoed my call for a games criticism and academia camping trip. Can we just leave the building? Not always. As we kept saying when we designed State Torture Jenga, something compels the players to keep manipulating the architecture. There is no such thing as inaction. There’s just the daily work of trying to turn these structures inside out." 
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Gramsci's idea "hegemony":
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State Torture Jenga: 
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http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/marxism/marxism10.html) 
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For context, why are male gamers being targeted by SJWs:
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http://adanewmedia.org/2013/06/issue2-shaw/ Race, gender, and gamer identity (the first 3 lines of the conclusion are interesting, targeting white/cis/male gamers for elimination): http://imgur.com/a/x6HiE#12 
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http://reason.com/archives/2014/02/02/is-there-a-cyber-war-on-women/singlepage
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Original behind paywall: 
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Silverstring's blog reads: 
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"We talked a big game at DiGRA about dismantling hegemonic masculinity through intimate friendships. Tearing down those emotional walls that are part of the infrastructure of gendered oppression. Pursuing that male emotional fulfillment that Samantha Allen writes about as essential to the liberation of women. Meghan echoed my call for a games criticism and academia camping trip. Can we just leave the building? Not always. As we kept saying when we designed State Torture Jenga, something compels the players to keep manipulating the architecture. There is no such thing as inaction. There’s just the daily work of trying to turn these structures inside out." 
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Google discussion forum about retiring the "gamer demographic": 
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https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/game-words-incorporated/VxYXZhDqv8I Etc http://lucasjwjohnson.com/ http://www.haywiremag.com/?p=101
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Silverstring retreat ativities "State Torture Jenga": 
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http://silverstringmedia.com/blog/2014/8/20/a-to-z-a-digra-letter-series-part-4 
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Adrienne Shaw's writing are heavily influential on Silverstring
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"Adrienne Shaw is an assistant professor in the Media Studies and Production Department at Temple University's School of Media and Communication. Her primary areas of interest are video games, gaming culture, the politics of representation, and qualitative audience research."
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http://adrienneshaw.com/
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http://smc.temple.edu/contact/staff-directory/name/adrienne-shaw/
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===> Shaw's Government funded research, US Air Force and IARPA CYCLEs program, Director of National Intelligence:
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http://www.asc.upenn.edu/News/NewsDetail.aspx?nid=1011&ntype=student
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http://www.albany.edu/news/19508.php
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http://www.1stplayable.com/1st-playable--research-games.html
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http://www.iarpa.gov/
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http://www.dni.gov/index.php
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Shaw's Published articles:
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Dismantling "hegemonic masculinity in gamer culture": 
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http://adanewmedia.org/2013/06/issue2-shaw/ 
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(the first 3 lines of the conclusion are interesting, targeting white/cis/male gamers for elimination): 
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http://imgur.com/a/x6HiE#12 
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http://nms.sagepub.com/content/14/1/28.abstract 
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https://www.westminster.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/182116/005.-Talking-to-Gaymers-Adrienne-Shaw.pdf 
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Google discussion forum about retiring the "gamer demographic", members of Silverstring participating (Zoya Street): 
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https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/game-words-incorporated/VxYXZhDqv8I 
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http://www.haywiremag.com/?p=101
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Silverstring Financial Ties (under construction): 
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http://lucasjwjohnson.com/ 
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https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/277492/activities
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(*Need to search Canada Revenue Service public records?)
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http://i.imgur.com/pbGwdZ0.png
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Maya Kramer ties to Silverstring:
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http://i.imgur.com/3PZltSa.png
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http://i.imgur.com/irzIBLn.png
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http://i.imgur.com/mVCzf5w.png
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http://i.imgur.com/DdNvFvv.jpg
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Asian twitter spam services:
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http://i.imgur.com/CL9zBH3.jpg
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Founder:
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