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.
she lied about being a lifelong gamer. Ok, lets pretend that this is true. Does that actually refute any of her actual arguments? no? ok. Moving on then.
Makeup, yay! I enjoy makeup by MAC, but it can be pricey so I don’t buy it as often. I like their lipsticks. Of course the reason I wear makeup is because I want to manipulate men with my sneaky female ways!!! It’s absolutely not because I hate feeling self conscious about my appearance or because I feel more confident wearing. No, not at all.
‘Cos wimminz be attenshun hoors, amirite?
Fuck off.
Obviously Scooby is just looking for attention, so we shouldn’t care if he thinks we’re being mean. If he really meant to provoke a serious response he’d say something interesting, right?
Such a shame when men pretending to be cartoon dogs make false conversation attempts.
Here, those who have the highest rate of suicide are the elderly, Native Americans and African-American youths. Next time you post, read instead. READ.
wordsp1nner – Oh, so sort of like gene target treatment?
Okay, I understand about privacy issues.
bailey – It’s just… oh gods. The stupid. And the insensitive. And the outright misogyny.
I didn’t become depressed and suicidal because I wanted attention. I became depressed and suicidal because I have biochemical issues and the stress got to me.
Well, I’ve always wanted to look kind of like Kate Bush: http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/500/224740.jpg
Hahaha… Funny thing talking about toxicology on the thread I get asked about my job.
What is actually kind of tricky in my line of work is estimating what is a realistic kind of dose for occupational exposure and replicating that in either vivo or vitro. I mean, everything is toxic in high enough doses, and what kills cells in vitro is not necessarily all that toxic in vivo–depending on exposure route, etc.
(For example, water will kill cells in vitro by upsetting their salt balance and basically causing them to explode. We use various salt solutions like PBS or media instead for that reason. Water can kill you, either by displacing gaseous oxygen–aka drowning–or by upsetting the ionic balance that allows for neural and heart function, but you have to drink way more than anyone would naturally do to do that. Ethanol is also highly toxic to cells, but oral ingestion usually won’t kill you.)
Wrong can’t possibly just be whining for attention. That’s what wimminz do!
wrongasshit, you are a piece of shit. Are the men who attempt suicide but don’t die faking it for attention too? go fuck yourself.
Also sorry your dad is being a jerk Ally!
here, its young men
Oh yeah, I forgot he called us “bullies.” But it’s cool to say women who attempt suicide are insincere. No, not too insensitive. Not at all.
wrongasshit – Because obviously no one about to commit suicide ever wanted to tell someone goodbye or whatever. Or to tell them that their death isn’t their friend’s fault.
Just admit that you wished that more women died, okay?
How I cured my very long, perm-damaged, greasy hair (it took about a year):
– I got a low-chemical cleansing shampoo and a very rich conditioner, both of which are no longer available. A lot of shampoos and conditioners have chemicals that irritate your sebaceous glands and make them overproduce.
– On Monday, I washed and conditioned my hair, and then spent half an hour of my commute carefully combing, starting from the bottom. (When you start at the root, you drag tangles into more tangles, and create super-tangles. So I combed out the bottom inch, and then the bottom 2 inches, etc.)
– On Tuesday, I tied up my hair in the shower, and then braided it (looks less greasy that way).
– On Wednesday, washed etc, just like Monday.
– On Thursday, just like Tuesday.
– On Friday, just like Tuesday. (It helped that, at the time, I got every 2nd Friday off.)
– Didn’t wash my hair for the whole weekend (and didn’t have much of a social life).
So, on Monday again, I washed etc. for the first time in 5 days.
Over the course of the year, my sebaceous glands settled down and stopped over-producing. Now, about 20 years later (and with much shorter, no-longer-damaged hair), I routinely wash my hair only every 3 days without looking like a walking grease slick.
stop false conversation attempts today. i’m totally serious. scooby lied about wanting a discussion – lied. that’s bad.
Alice –
men finish it much more often. They aren’t just trying to get attention.
Alice–kind of. It is based on a family of transcription factors that prevent cells from initiating apoptosis, and the idea is that if you flood the cell with small double-stranded DNAs that have the binding sequence for those TFs, the TFs will all bind to the take DNA and will not activate the anti-death program, leading to more cancer cell death with other treatments.
Ally, for the record, I love the “Hounds of Love” album.
wordsp1nner – I know that saline solutions are used because using pure water would cause cells to burst due to osmosis. I recall about how in vitro is totally different than in vivo — in vivo, you’re contending with enzymes and absorption through the gut (if it’s oral) and pH changes and other things that you can’t replicate with a Petri dish.
Wrong-ass shit has infected CassandraSays. Send a detox team, STAT.
Yea, go read my last post Shitty. That “you failed at suicide” bullshit has cost people their lives. All that toxic “masculinity” tripe is what tells men they need to “die like a man.”
You want to help suicidal men? You do that by getting rid of that attitude, not mocking the women who don’t have it.
SCOOBY SNACKS ARE MISANDRY!
So now we do indeed have two dudes on here showing no compassion for women/girls but insisting that we show compassion for men/boys.
You guys are assholes.
wordsp1nner – Hm. Now I want to read up again on genetics. 🙂
Zoot – Because women only commit suicide for attention, right?
Go step on a Lego.
well it would depend on the attempt. would somebody who jumped off a high bridge and survived be a suicide attempt in the same standing as somebody who swallowed a handful of pills and then phoned an ambulance for themselves ?
cloudiah –
banning him is the only cure. unless he and zoot make friends, then they can entertain each other.