Commenters Suck (Except Y’all, Of ...

We love our commentariat, and, of course, the Harpies all met—first on-line and then IRL—because we were commenters on Jezebel. But the truth is, as Michelle pointed out in her post earlier this month on the Awl: “Internet commenters (and I’ve been one! Still am!) are assholes; on...

Troll Poetry Part 3: The Douchening...

This weekend we got a visit from a troll that led PhDork to comment: That doucheweasel needs a one-way ticket off the planet. The comment was on a post from January by SarahMC about a recent study that showed that instead of women “trapping” men by getting pregnant, it’s more often...

Who knew people cared so much about fema...

Word.I hate to make a fuss about Internet commenter shenanigans yet again, but Internet comments are really the only source–besides opinion polls–I have for what “the public” is thinking. This week’s theme is Self Esteem. Few people are comfortable blaming patriarchy for...

To All The Girls Who’ve Never Femi...

To make a long story short, there’s this new body-image site, started by this woman. The philosophy of the site, ostensibly, is to have a sort of 101-level discussion about body image and self-worth, with (gulp) unmoderated comments. A commenter on this new site happened to click through the...