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Well, this is horrifying. In yet another case of all the responsibility falling on the victim, Anita Sarkeesian tweeted about the reaction of the police after she was threatened with rape and violence and had her personal information posted online. All this for her series of videos Tropes vs. Women in Video Games. (Warning if you click on that link. The threats were terrible. Therefore, this is a TRIGGER WARNING.) She tweeted that she reported the threats that drove her from her home. Here is what she tweeted about the reaction.

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On a personal note, as many of you know, lots of the journalists who’ve written in support of Anita have also been harassed. What you might not know, and are probably not surprised to hear is the constant refrain of “these are just some guys in a basement and not worth taking seriously.” Well, I, for one, do take it seriously. I’ve included the video below because I refuse to stop running it. It’s important.

May the Force be with you.

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Jenna Busch

Jenna Busch is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Legion of Leia and has hosted and written for sites like Nerdist, ComingSoon.net, Metro, Birth. Movies. Death., IGN, AOL, Huffington Post and more. She co-hosted Cocktails With Stan with the legendary Stan Lee and has appeared on Attack of the Show, Fresh Ink, Tabletop with Wil Wheaton, in the documentary She Makes Comics, on NPR and Al Jazeera America, and has covered film/TV/gaming/comics for years. She's currently a co-host on Most Craved. She's been published in the comics anthology Womanthology, is a chapter author for Star Wars Psychology: Dark Side of the Mind, Game of Thrones Psychology and Star Trek Psychology and more, and owns a terrifying amount of swords and 20-sided dice. There are also those My Little Pony trailer voice overs that give one nightmares.

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