Collective Shout began in 2009, co-founded by self-described "pro-life feminist" Melinda Tankard Reist. Collective Shout describes itself as "A grassroots campaigning movement against the objectification of women and sexualization of girls in media, advertising, and popular culture". On the 18th, Valve confirmed to us that this was in response to pressure from payment processors. "I stand by all of my retracted articles, especially the Collective Shout ones," Valens said in a statement to PC Gamer. I believe that Collective Shout and its related organizations deserve further journalistic investigation by other reporters in the games industry.