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Dec 2021
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Activision Blizzard's toxic workplace fo...

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Activision Blizzard, one of the largest and most influential gaming companies in the world, has a sexual harassment problem. 


 Bridget joined her friends Samantha and Anney at the podcast Stuff Mom Never Told You to talk through what we know about harassment and misogyny in gaming and what it means for all of us. 

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