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Posted by BeckySharper in Thoughts on 07 19th, 2010 | 38 Comments
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...
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Troll Poetry Part 3: The Douchening...

Posted by BeckySharper in You Have Got To Be Fucking Kidding Me on 06 3rd, 2010 | 22 Comments
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...
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Who knew people cared so much about fema...

Posted by SarahMC in Thoughts on 06 3rd, 2010 | 20 Comments
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...
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To All The Girls Who’ve Never Femi...

Posted by Pilgrim Soul in Thoughts, You Have Got To Be Fucking Kidding Me on 08 13th, 2009 | 34 Comments
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...
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