Fascism Today's chapter on misogyny is doing me a few concerns. It's the first chapter where Burley is discussing things I have done considerable research on myself, and his characterization raises a few red flags.
For one, his description of GamerGate seemingly conflates the 2012 harassment of Anita Sarkeesian with the 2014 campaign against "ethics in games journalism," where Sarkeesian was again one of the main victims.
In other words, it's a description of GamerGate that doesn't mention Zoe Quinn, or any other target of harassment other than Sarkeesian. While he only spends a paragraph mentioning it, it's a major oversight.
He's also cited Angela Nagle's Kill All Normies like 5 times so far, and while I haven't read it myself (to quote John Green: "but there are so many GOOD books"), I know what its major problems are and raise an eyebrow at anyone who treats it like a reputable source on the Right.
All this makes me wonder how many times I'd raise an eyebrow if I had researched the other areas he discusses as much as I researched GG and antifeminism in gaming, and if I weren't as plugged in to minoritized writers who have taken issue with Nagle.
He also spells "trans women" as one word. Another red flag.
Anyway, the book is proving immensely useful, and most of this can be chalked up to him researching an area he doesn't have personal experience with and not always knowing the good takes from the shit ones/getting details confused.
I'm not calling Burley out yet, just saying: My eyebrows are raised.
