he used the moniker mark lepine, the name of a man who killed 14 women in a mass shooting in montrealin 1989. sarkeesian canceled the talk after being told that under utah law, utah state police could not prevent people from bringing guns. a university spokesperson told the standard-examiner newspaper the school had determined it was safe for sarkeesian to speak because -- "the threat we received is not out of the norm for (this woman)." sarkeesian has long faced bomb, rape and death threats from online harassers opposed to her criticism of the ways in which women are depicted in video game culture. in august, she was forced to leave her home after an online harassers posted her address and threatened to kill her parents and "rape her to death." another created a video game called "beat up anita sarkeesian ." showcasing as extreme violence against women. i design the women as background decoration as the subs that of insignificant, not playable sexualitye or's whose or victimhood is exploited as a way to infuse the edgy, gritty, or racy flavoring in the game world. these sexually obje