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'''Kay McSpadden''' is an award winning <ref>[http://yorkcounty.cyberschool.com/District/News/4814-Kay-McSpadden-Honored.html Awarded Order of the Silver Crescent][https://archive.fo/hC6t6 Archive.fo]</ref> teacher in an underfunded high school, as well as a contributing ''special'' opinion columnist for ''The Charlotte Observer,'' and a fiction writer. She is also a self described Star Trek fan. <ref>[https://twitter.com/kaymcspadden Twitter Landing Page][https://archive.fo/GFFQs Archive.fo]</ref>

== Gamer Gate Article ==
As an opinion columnist for ''The Charlotte Observer,'' McSpadden, wrote an op-ed article about the 2016 U.S. elections. <ref>[http://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/op-ed/article112625808.html Men are shocked – just shocked! – by sexism in this election] Kay Mcspadden of ''The Charlotte Observer'' [https://archive.fo/W2XuL Archive.fo]</ref> It should be noted that opinion columnists are not typically held to the high review standards of investigative journalists.{{Cn|date=November 2016}} However, in the article "Men are shocked – just shocked! – by sexism in this election" unsourced and often disputed claims{{Cn|date=November 2016}} about [[Anita Sarkeesian]] were made. 

Sarkeesian has demonstrated a general unwillingness to engage in a dialogue made clear by her reluctance to accept interview requests,{{Cn|date=November 2016}} and her willingness to block people on Twitter for seemingly innocuous reasons.{{Cn|date=November 2016}} It should further more be noted that YouTube videos featuring her often have been known to have comments disabled,{{Cn|date=November 2016}} though this may not have been her decision to make.{{Cn|date=November 2016}} This leaves Kay McSpadden's article in contention.

This article was also featured on the sub-Reddit [[Kotaku in Action]] <ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/5b8to1/kay_mcspadden_charlotte_observer_men_are_shocked/?ref=share&ref_source=link Kotaku In Action Sub-Reddit Feature][https://archive.fo/WiTU9 Archive.fo]</ref> It received 162 up-votes at the time of this writing.

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== External links ==
*[https://twitter.com/kaymcspadden Kay McSpadden] on Twitter
*[https://www.linkedin.com/in/kay-mcspadden-55ba0912 Kay McSpadden] on Linked in
*[http://www.charlotteobserver.com The Charlotte Observer website]
*[http://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/op-ed/article112625808.html Gamer Gate Election Article.][https://archive.fo/W2XuL Archive.fo]
*[https://www.amazon.com/Kay-McSpadden/e/B001JS0G4C/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1 Kay McSpadden's Books]

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