Pokimane explains how Twitch has changed \u201cdramatically\u201d for female streamers Twitch: PokimaneTwitch star Imane \u2018Pokimane\u2019 Anys has claimed that there has been a \u201cdramatic\u201d improvement with the amount of gender diversity on the platform. As a Twitch veteran, Pokimane is widely recognized as a trailblazer for her fellow female content creators but it hasn\u2019t been easy. She\u2019s frequently had to face misogynistic and abusive comments from internet trolls and even her male gaming teammates. However, she\u2019s always fought back against the hate, and the fact that she regularly tops the list of Twitch\u2019s most popular female streamers speaks volumes. Having been streaming since 2013, Pokimane has seen just how much the Amazon-owned platform has changed over the years and how it has become a more inclusive space for women, much to her delight. Pokimane claims Twitch is increasingly \u201cmore diversified\u201d Sitting down with the Trash Taste podcast on September 9, Pokimane discussed her extensive Twitch career and her struggles as one of the few female streamers in her early days. She claimed that throughout the years both Twitch as well as its audience have changed \u201cso much\u201d and is becoming \u201cmore diversified with every year\u201d with regards to gender which she is incredibly grateful for. Especially, given the amount of sexist behavior she previously experienced playing League of Legends. She added: \u201cDo you guys remember back in the day, especially when League was always the most popular game on Twitch, what was always running rampant was these videos talking about \u2018female Twitch streamers and cleavage.\u2019 That was the thing. That was the clickbait everywhere.\u201d (Topic begins at 17:17 in the video) Not only that, but Pokimane became increasingly frustrated with the number of male viewers immediately labeling her as a \u201ccam-girl\u201d because she is a streamer. When asked whether she felt like cam-girls should be blamed for causing this \u201cnegative stereotype,\u201d Pokimane responded: \u201cSomeone told me once \u2018you shouldn\u2019t be upset at the female streamers who are doing that. You should be upset at the guys who are expecting you to do the same thing.’\u201d Unsurprisingly, fans have been increasingly worried about Pokimane having to deal with such behavior. Although, the Twitch star has just returned from a short streaming break and has vowed to dedicate more time to other platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pokimane explains how Twitch has changed \u201cdramatically\u201d for female streamers Twitch: PokimaneTwitch star Imane \u2018Pokimane\u2019 Anys has claimed that there has been a \u201cdramatic\u201d improvement with the amount of gender diversity on the platform. As a Twitch veteran, Pokimane is widely recognized as a trailblazer for her fellow female content creators but it hasn\u2019t been […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57816\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}