Many of us have heard of the challenges being a woman in tech. Coders, gamers and developers often battle against stereotypes, and the basic belief that women just don’t belong online or in technical fields.
We don’t often wonder what it’s like for an Indigenous woman trying to make this kind of living, and the representations of Indigenous women in video games.
Just ahead of March 8, International Women’s Day, CBC’s Unreserved spent an episode celebrating sheroes, and tackling just that: Indigenous women who are changing and challenging expectations in the world of video games.
Host Rosanna Deerchild spoke to Elizabeth LaPensée about her efforts to make video games safe spaces for Indigenous women. LaPensée is a gamer and game designer who worked hard to have the online game Custer’s Revenge, which featured violence and rape against Indigenous women, taken offline.
Check out Rosanna’s interview with Elizabeth below and have a listen to the full episode here.
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