Film screening: GTFO

The Department of Humanities will host a screening of the documentary, GTFO, as part of Illinois Tech's Women in History Month celebration.

Released in 2015, the film features commentary from developers, journalists, and academics on discrimination and misogyny in the video game industry. Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4vqtjFFFP4

"The treatment of women in the games industry and in the gaming community has been a significant problem historically," says Carly Kocurek, assistant professor of digital humanities and media studies at Illinois Tech. "While there are an increasing number of women both playing and making games, the industry still suffers from a lack of diversity by many measures, including gender."

Many women who play games or work in the gaming industry are subject to harassment, Kocurek says.

"This is a contemporary documentary, but one that points to a problem with a really long, entrenched history," she says. "I think these kinds of cultural issues should be of concern to all of us who use, develop, or study technology."