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So, what’s everybody else doing to #destroythejoint?By tigtog on September 3, 2012 Torey Maguire reckons feminists should just ignore Alan Jones, since he’s just a formulaic shock-jock troll, but I don’t agree. “Don’t feed the Trolls” is bad science, and we should feed the trolls if we need to. Creative mockery to underline the point that we are not “offended”, we are contemptous: that’s cathartic as well.
Internet Misogyny Datapoint: the hatefest aimed at Anita SarkeesianBy tigtog on June 13, 2012 Every time women on the internet point out how routine it is for a woman’s mere presence on the internet to provoke squadrons of flying he-man-she-hater monkeys to post floods of vile abuse, someone reckons that it’s not really that bad and women should just get thicker skins/lighten up/stop whining etc.
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So, what’s everybody else doing to #destroythejoint?By tigtog on September 3, 2012 Torey Maguire reckons feminists should just ignore Alan Jones, since he’s just a formulaic shock-jock troll, but I don’t agree. “Don’t feed the Trolls” is bad science, and we should feed the trolls if we need to. Creative mockery to underline the point that we are not “offended”, we are contemptous: that’s cathartic as well.
Internet Misogyny Datapoint: the hatefest aimed at Anita SarkeesianBy tigtog on June 13, 2012 Every time women on the internet point out how routine it is for a
 woman’s mere presence on the internet to provoke squadrons of flying he-man-she-hater monkeys to post floods of vile abuse, someone reckons that it’s not really that bad and women should just get thicker skins/lighten up/stop whining etc.
Posted in culture wars, gender & feminism, media | Tagged abuse, internet, misogyny, sexism, silencing tactics | 12 Responses
Follow HaT on TwitterMy TweetsBlogroll Random 10Walking UpstreamFirst, Do No HarmCaptain AwkwardThree Rivers FogxkcdFeminists with FSDPolitics, Technology, and LanguageAm I the Only One Dancing?RocknRoll DamnationLarvatus Prodeo