“But was the Alt Lit community’s response to vocal non-men fundamentally different than Gamergate’s? I put the question to Sarah Certa, Jos Charles, Kat Dixon, D. Dragonetti, Kia Groom, and Alexandra Naughton, a group of editors and writers who are neck-deep (or deeper) in the war against the patriarchy. I put my question to the group: how do these two battles against the patriarchy compare? In our conversation, we explore the explicit violence of Gamergate and the implicit violence lurking behind the treatment of rape victims and perpetrators in the Alt Lit community, discuss rape culture’s silencing of victims, and bemoan the codependent relationship between capitalism and the patriarchy. And what we find is that the cost of pushing these issues into the spotlight is the emotional—and physical—safety of those who speak out.”