Content Warning: discussions of sexual abuse and assault
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Sabeen Ahmed returns to join us for an important discussion about the way Persona 5 handles sexual assault, abuse, and power, and how it feels to play Persona 5 in the middle of the #MeToo movement in the U.S.
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Objects Discussed
Texts:
- Against Interpretation (Susan Sontag, 1966)
- The Predator and the Jokester (Lauren Berlant in “Where Freedom Starts: Sex, Power, Violence, #MeToo”, 2018)
Games:
- Persona 5 (Atlus, 2016 Japan, 2017 International)
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Hosts
Derek Price - twitter.com/digital_derek
Terrell Taylor - twitter.com/BlackSocrates
Kyle Romero - twitter.com/E_Kyle_Romero
Sabeen Ahmed
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