Trolls being trolled

[badgerbag]

Looks like now what's happened is, someone from SA re-posted zathlazip/hypersurfaces/Rachel Moss's original post over on a sort of SA-meta-wank forum. They used her photo to make a new account, so that it looks as if she just reposted it herself.

So, this community of jokers is turning the misogynist firehose right back onto zathlazip. They're calling her names, evaluating whether or not they'd "do her", and mocking her for whining and trying to get the post taken down.

Looks like she did try and succeed in getting the post with its pages & pages of racist, sexist comments removed.

((edited: I found this post from an anonymous commenter on SA, who posted this exact text with the last names blanked out. I did not post it, but later, the person who did told me who they were.))

Rachel ____,

Taking secret photos of people at WisCon and posting harassment on Something Awful is more damaging than you realize. You did not post personal information, but forum goons are already starting to stalk people. You are hurting peoples' academic lives and real-world careers.

I'll refer you to your school's policies on sexual harassment:
http://www.oed.wisc.edu/sexualharassment/

If your post on Something Awful is still up on Wednesday, I'll contact Dr. _____ of the Department of Environmental Chemistry and Technology, explain the problem, and ask him to ask you to take it down.

I hope you put this to rest before it gets out of control.

See how her "friends" on SA mock her,

got an e-mail from someone at the con threating to report her writings to her college... She immediately caved and started crying asking the mods to delete the thread.

Normally this would get you made fun of by goons -- but since this is a girl the White Knight Action Patrol immediately swooped into action and deleted all traces of the thread from the Goldmine.

I'm surprised that SA took it down. They make a lot of money off popular posts like that one.

Most of that thread is more fat-person-hating and woman hating and photos from the con re-posted, with comments on our fuckability and ugliness. we are all ugly, fat lesbians. Yup, all of us. Just fyi.

One comment did kind of make me laugh about the clothing swap, they bet you could make a few hundred sweaters off the cat hair on those clothes. YEAH CRAZY CAT LADIES OF THE UNIVERSE UNITE!!

Then another bit cracked me up, under a photo of me and the birds of prey last year, some dude commented, "Is that cripple under the impression that a Wonder Woman T-shirt constitutes a Wonder Woman costume" Hallo... dumbass... I was ORACLE.

Other comments on photos of me,

"The irony of a super femnazi bitch wearing a Wonder Woman shirt is just too much for me to handle"

"So what's Wonder Cripple's superpower? Being able to walk?"


Actually, yes. Hahahah! It's a miracle, I can walk!

Anyway.

I'd like to go back to thinking about all the awesomeness at the con, and tonight will post some book lists and some more panel transcripts.






This is pretty sad. What a childish, hateful, stupid thing to do.

Comments

Re: We are bigger!

[sheana.livejournal.com]

1. Oh hai! Somehow, I didn't even connect that you might be involved/close to this event. But, uh, duh, Wisconsin & Cons.

2. Yeah, um, she really does. She poses as some huge feminist, but then participates in this fatphobic, misogynist BS. It's distressing, and disappointing, and really, really disgusting. And, what's worse, it makes me really uncomfortable at the thought of going to *any* major events like this in the future; like, should I be worried that there's a Rachel Moss at Comic Con this summer? Should I be afraid to be harassed by the likes of her at various other feminist events that also include a focus on body?

Gross.

Re: We are bigger!

[badgerbag.livejournal.com]

Well, my answer to #2 is No, I would pit WisCon's wit, coherence, and Internet asskicking over a bunch of dumb trolls, any day.

Yeah they're scary and annoying but we are much stronger than they are.

Re: We are bigger!

[badgerbag.livejournal.com]

Ktempest says it well: http://tempest.fluidartist.com/2008/05/27/i-have-not-even-begun-to-be-angry/

I was scrolling through the thread and looking at the pictures and, instead of being ashamed that I associate myself with such people (horrors!), I couldn’t help but think of how beautiful all those images are. They are pictures of beautiful women of all sizes smiling, having fun, loving where they are and what they’re doing. These are the poeple I go to WisCon to be around. And nothing those half-brained monkeys on that forum say can make me feel any different. You wanna call me out as a fat loser? You go right ahead. But it’s plainly evident that I not only have more class than you, I also have a better life and better friends.

I so agree, i looked at those photos and was like, OMG, so beautiful, fun, laughing, gorgeous, and I love all of you so much.

Re: We are bigger!

[sheana.livejournal.com]

I know, and my logical mind tells me it's just idiots belittling all these gorgeous people who were happy and enjoying themselves. But the rest of me is just so pissed that anyone would see that, see so much awesomeness and happiness, and decide that's something worth taking a dump on.

A year ago, maybe two, some troll from fatshionista had gone through the comm, taken pictures, and posted them in some online forum. Included there was a photo of my girlfriend, who I know is gorgeous and felt good, but still... you just can't help feeling all rage-y. Bleargh.

But I'm glad folks (including Ktempest) are able to look at it from another angle.

Re: We are bigger!

[rhipowered.livejournal.com]

o hai yourself! I was gonna comment to you at the other comm, but I usually just lurk there. I had a WisCon membership but ended up unable to go this year, unfortunately, for money reasons.

I totally hear your fears. It seems like no one was left exempt from the crap, really, and that kind of destruction of good space in fandom and in feminism makes me really, really sad.