A Voice for Men’s so-called “Honey Badgers” — its little super-team of female MRAs, led by blabby Canadian videoblogger Karen “GirlWritesWhat” Straughan — have a new theory about Anita Sarkeesian. And it’s a doozy.
Sarkeesian, you may recall, is a feminist cultural critic who’s faced pretty much nonstop harassment from misogynistic internet assholes since she launched a project to dissect sexist tropes in video games. AVFM has contributed, in its own special way, to this wave of harassment, with articles describing Sarkeesian as, among other things, a “moneygrubbing liar” and a “queen bee … girl interloper” in the world of video games; AVFM’s Dean Esmay also held her partially responsible, along with an assortment of other internet feminists, for the suicide of one Canadian Men’s Rights Activist.
The principals at AVFM have blamed her for — either inadvertently or deliberately — bringing this harassment on herself by going to 4chan and posting about her project. (As I noted in a previous post, there’s no actual evidence she ever did this.)
The Honey Badgers, for their part, are certain that getting harassed by 4chaners was part of her devious plan all along.
In a teaser for their internet “radio” show tonight, the “Honey Badger” known as TyphonBlue writes:
Like all professional damsels in distress, Anita Sarkeesian had to choose a good dragon. Just the right looming shadow to fall over her delicate and fragile sensibilities; just the right cackling stage-villain to inspire her cries of helpless horror.
She chose 4-chan. An internet forum known for it’s underbelly of foul-tempered and hair-triggered trolls.
Then, after accusing Sarkeesian of inviting countless rape and death threats upon herself (and only a portion of it from 4channers, I should add), the Badgers take their weird conspiracy theory one step further:
But we at Honey Badger Radio have noticed something… odd. The wave of so-called hate that Anita received from her carefully chosen dragon, wasn’t really all that bad.
Yeah. A year and a half (so far) of pretty much unending harassment and baseless criticism, complete with violent threats directed not only at her but at other women who have defended her — that’s nothing.
Compared to 4-chan’s usual scorched earth strategy–raizing [sic] everything to the ground and pissing on the ashes, Anita got a little singed, like she sat too close to a campfire.
So we have to ask… Did 4-chan white knight Anita? I mean, come on. Was that the best 4 chan could do?
Yes, that’s right. The Honey Badgers are accusing those who sent rape and death threats to Anita Sarkeesian … of “white knighting” her.
I can’t even.
And I also suggest starting with a light hand with makeup. Or maybe you could meet up with Cassandra in SF and get a tutorial. 😉
It’s easy to go overboard — in a bad way — if you’re experimenting all by yourself.
kittehs – Damn it, I do need to go makeup shopping sooner or later.
wrongasashit500 – Have anything else other than “wahh, she said she wasn’t a fan of first player shooters, she lieddddddddddddddddd!!11!!”? As in, do you have a critique on her arguments from her Sexist Tropes in Video Games videos?
Or are you simply trying to poison the well?
cloudiah – Haha. I’m basically trying to do light, using the idea that “less is more”. So far I’m not doing too bad?
Alice: nope, you’re doing fine. It can be fun though to take the makeup to the extreme if you’re just playing with it, just to get a sense of how far out you can go.
My main goal with makeup is to look like I’m not wearing any. Cover up the slight redness (thanks, rosacea!), and give my eyes a little definition with eyeliner and mascara. Jane Iredale lip gloss (?), which someone here told me about, is my favorite, because it just adds a little color and moisturizes without either feeling or looking like lipstick.
I just have beard shadow cover and something the lady at the boutique called a “yellow stick.” The idea is to apply the beard shadow cover and then brighten it with the other thing. It’s kinda hard though because 1) it’s hard for me to do a super close shave and 2) since I don’t have a brush, I just kind of…use my fingers to distribute the stuff on my beard shadow area. X_X
It would be fun to do something more noticeable, but only with someone experienced enough to tell me if it actually looks good rather than clown-like. XD
hellkell – I’m sort of curious on how far I CAN go, to be honest, but I don’t have enough skill (or supplies for that matter) to find out.
If we count “up yours” as a meltdown, then that was 7 minutes after we placed bets, an even split between Hellkell and me.
I’m going for natural most of the time too. Dramatic makeup is for special occasions for me, and I’ve never been super enthused about eyeshadow. It also depends what you’re wearing, you know? I’d feel silly without makeup in a cocktail dress, but equally silly in full goth eyes with jeans and a tshirt.
But I will pose Wrong a question: Are you saying that, if you lie about one thing once, you’re no longer allowed to share your opinion on any topic ever? If not, why the fuck do you keep mentioning that she lied?
auggziliary, I’ve use baby powder as makeshift dry shampoo a couple of times, but really, I don’t need it that much–I just wash in the mornings. I should probably brush more often–its long enough that a little bit of oil might help in the matter of huge-ass tangles, which are my biggest issue.
I can do a little eyeshadow on the lower part of my eyelid, just above the lashes. The idea of using it all the way up to my brows is weird to me. This may just be a failure of imagination on my part.
Oh my. Lookie who’s shown up here. None other than the Wrongasshit troll. He’s been trolling feminists and others who call the MRAs out on their bullshit on Youtube for a while now. HannibaltheVictor has had to block numerous accounts of his. He even sent me a PM on Youtube (because I’m friends with HannibaltheVictor and comment a lot on his videos) screeching about Kaitlyn Hunt.
Basically he wants to see Hunt sent to prison for her (lesbian) relationship with a younger classmate.
He is quite often seen in the comment sections of MRA videos, regurgitating their bullshit.
If corroboration is required, I can ask Hannibal to comment in this thread.
Fuck off, Wrongasshit. You’re not fooling anyone.
@ wordspinner
Have you tried leave-in conditioner? My hair isn’t oily at all, but it can tangle because it’s curly, and leave-in conditioner helps.
no i haven’t watched her videos. they don’t interest me.
cloudiah – I can’t imagine plucking eyebrows. Someone recommended me to get it waxed once, but I don’t really understand the point?
*is totally fashion/makeup naive*
Also – quit ruining Scooby Doo, fuckbrain.
wrongasshit500 – Then what makes you think you’re qualified to comment?
Rule 0 in debating: know what the flying fuck you’re talking about before you start talking.
wrong-ass shit, does your mother know you’re still up? Does she know you don’t know how to capitalize? Have you done your chores?
LOL oh dear
Why does SHE interest you then, Shitty? Why does any of this matter to you?
no i want kaitlyn hunt to get the same punishment an 18 year old male would get for the same crime under the same circumstances. fairness.
Scooby dooby doo, where are you, we need the real you back now.
(I draw the line at Scrappy Doo though. Dude should have picked him, far more appropriate.)
“no i haven’t watched her videos. they don’t interest me.”
Oh well, then. So, you’ll be leaving now that you’ve made your point, right?