that "in other words, SJWs don't hold strong principles, but they pretend to. The problem is, that's not a real category of people. It's simply a way to dismiss anyone who brings up social justice." The term's negative use became mainstream due to the 2014 Gamergate harassment campaign, where it emerged as the favored term of Gamergate proponents and was popularized on websites such as Reddit, 4chan, and Twitter. Gamergate supporters used the term to criticise what they claimed were unwanted external influences in video game media from progressive sources. Martin states that "the perceived orthodoxy [of progressive politics] has prompted a backlash among people who feel their speech is being policed". In Internet and video game culture, the phrase is broadly associated with a wider culture war that also included the 2015 Sad Puppies campaign that affected the Hugo Awards. A study from Feminist Media Studies noted that "the appropriation of SJW as a memetic straw man became commonplace during and following the upheaval of #Gamergate." In August 2015, social justice warrior was one of several new words and phrases added to Oxford Dictionaries. See also Anti-racism Cancel culture Hashtag activism Political correctness Slacktivism Snowflake Virtue signalling Woke References Further reading External links The definition of social justice warrior from Oxford Dictionaries Criticism of feminism Criticism of multiculturalism Political slurs for people Political metaphors referring to people Political neologisms Social commentary 1990s neologisms Identity politics in the United States