Activision Blizzard Lawsuit (That News You Care About Ep. 65)

Logan is out this week but Cameron joins Trevor to recap and discuss the events surrounding the harassment lawsuit filed against Activision Blizzard over the past week.

Content Warning: Sexual Assault, Abuse, Suicide

Time Stamps and Links:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:26 - Activision Blizzard Sued Over 'Frat Boy' Culture, Harassment by Maeve Allsup, Bloomberg

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/activision-blizzard-sued-by-california-over-frat-boy-culture

"Activision Blizzard employees to walk out in support of harassment lawsuit" by Nicole Carpenter, Polygon

https://www.polygon.com/22595703/activision-blizzard-employee-protest-walk-out-lawsuit

01:07:49 - Shoutout: "Shawn Layden: Consolidation is the enemy of diversity" by Christopher Dring, GamesIndustry.biz

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-07-27-shawn-layden-consolidation-is-the-enemy-of-diversity

01:10:37 - Outro

Organizations you can support in solidarity with the #ActiBlizzWalkout:

Black Girls Code: https://www.blackgirlscode.com/

Futures Without Violence: https://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/

Girls Who Code: https://girlswhocode.com/

RAINN: https://www.rainn.org/

Women in Animation: https://womeninanimation.org/

Women in Games International: https://www.getwigi.com/

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