So over the weekend some enterprising 4channer decided to try to create some mayhem and make a few quick bucks by concocting a fake feminist conference, and selling tickets to it.
He — I’m pretty sure it was a he — headed to /b/ to round up some accomplices.
The co-conspirators assembled in a TinyChat to work out the details of this brilliant scheme.
BE SURE TO SPELL FEMINIST CORRECTLY OR NOBODY WILL BELIEVE YOU.
Alas! Someone must have spelled feminist incorrectly, because as it turns out, no one did believe them, and word quickly spread on Twitter that FEMCON2015 was indeed a CON.
It didn’t exactly help that, their entire knowledge of feminism seemingly derived from antifeminist memess, none of the FEMCON2015 promoters had any idea what real feminists sound like, and the fake feminist Twitter accounts they set up were about as believable as Steve Buscemi’s undercover teenager on 30 Rock.
Here are some of the highlights from the would-be FEMCON artists’ brief careers on Twitter.
“Veronica” tweeted “her” first TOTALLY REAL HUGE FEMINIST comment at 2:12 (my time) Sunday afternoon.
Hey girls, I'm a huge feminist, and I can't believe I didn't have a twitter! I'm assisting in the creation of FemCon2015 in NY atm
— Veronica Hanson (@FeminsitVeronic) July 26, 2015
Literally one minute later, “Jessica” here tweeted HER first TOTALLY REAL feminist comment.
Just to let you know: You don't need to do whatever your boyfriend tells you to. You're independent! #bestrong #feminism #feminist @femfreq
— Jessica Alice (@Jessikacie) July 26, 2015
Two minutes later, she tweeted about the TOTALLY REAL conference.
ANYONE ELSE AS EXCITED FOR #FemCon2015 AS I AM?! Just bought my tickets today! Flying down in a few!! @Femcon2015 #feminism
— Jessica Alice (@Jessikacie) July 26, 2015
This TOTALLY REAL liberal showed how liberal “she” was with TOTALLY REAL liberal tweets like these:
https://twitter.com/ProgFembo/status/624684086720897024
https://twitter.com/ProgFembo/status/625034891491545088
Then followed up with a plug for FEMCON2015.
https://twitter.com/ProgFembo/status/625487206090715136
The OFFICIAL fake account of the fake conference — which has now apparently been banned — tried to whip up fake enthusiasm for the fake conference:
Looking at @Femcon2015’s tweets last night, before the account vanished, I noticed “she” had 85 followers, pretty good for a brand-new non-celebrity account. Let’s see what some of these followers had to say!
@Femcon2015 Emma Watson
— Joe Cockx (@Generic_nam3) July 26, 2015
This was Mr. Cockx’s only Tweet.
But some of @Femcon2015’s other followers tweet a bit more regularly. Like Claudia here:
This seems to be a popular topic amongst @Femcon2015’s followers.
I crossed out the info, BTW.
There are more like this, but I think you get the idea.
SPECTACULAR SUCCESS, FELLAS!
H/T — r/GamerGhazi, Sari’s Whimsy, and @srhbutts
OMG where did this GIF come from???!?!?!?!?!?!? If Anita made this for gifs I just want to kiss her face!!!!! This is amaaaaaziiiiing.
@Moggie If they *are* the same guys behind GamerGate I’d assume they’ve been to something like PAX before, though I guess for that one you have to buy the tickets in that 30 minute window between when sales go live and when they sell out and they don’t announce the panels, speakers, musical guests, etc. until like a few weeks before the expo starts.
Guys, no, my feminist friend Katie says that this is totally legit and she bought, like, fifty-eleventeen tickets for all her other friends!
Detimidation n. The feeling of relief, surprise and contempt you experience upon discovering that the terrifying opponent you had been dreading is in fact incapable of doing much except being laughable, but neither you nor they were aware until this very moment.
“Is this it? Is this all you can conjure, Saruman? I’m feeling a little detimidated, to be honest.”
Wait a minute…
http://files.shroomery.org/files/12-007/959816683-Inception-Squint.png
Something ain’t right here.
Wait a goddamned second.
Every feminist knows that Well-Known Woman Singer is a proper noun, as that is her name, and is therefore capitalized! You fraud! Katie is ashamed of you!
Paradoxical Intention:
Wait a minute…
Katie tells me she would like to remind you of the never-capitalised feminist bell hooks.
You know what? I’m beginning to think you don’t even know Katie!
I honestly can’t tell if this account is a sockpuppet or a joke and it’s bugging me.
@katz
It all screams sockpuppet to me.
Even if “she” was indeed such a flawless man hater, apparently is also aware of
a. GamerGate AND #NotYourShield
b. Valerie Solanas (totally my idol u guyz)
c. “#ExpoGate” (I’m pretty sure it’s the Honey Badgers expo fiasco)
d. David Futrelle
e. MetalGate, FFS!!
Pretty busy for a full time man hater, right? Weird she doesn’t post about any radfem group she might belong to? No? Just Solanas?
TROLLLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLLLL
(It mostly looks like a #NotYourShield sock puppet, plus some baiting feminists into answering when should men be raped)
Oooohhh you meant an ironic strawfeminist to poke fun at MRAs?
I think it lacks the wit necessary for satire, in that case.
“Yeah, honestly I think that if they were trying to convince other channer/anti-feminist types that this was a real thing, they’d have had no problem. The problems come when they try and actually convince people outside their chan-bubble.”
Now I’m thinking: if anybody was to post on 4chan about Femcon as a real event and asking them to buy tickets to heckle and shout down the dumb feminazis over there, they’d end up storming their own fake con.
I’m seriously hoping for a new chat log to turn up in which these fools struggle to rationalize why their scheme failed, identify what went wrong, and argue what they should/could have done to make it work. There’s no way that’s not happening somewhere, and I can guarantee it’s just as pricelessly hilarious as their planning thread.
So, a friend of mine just sent me an interesting link.
Apparently, Macy Gray has written an ode to her vibrator. (And if I’m being honest, it’s catchy and the video is cute.)
@kellyrtillson:
I believe she made it when she heard about Tubman and Professor Skull broke up. It really is the greatest reaction gif ever and kudos are definitely deserved.
@ Katz
It seems to be another false flag attempt. As Lux says, it lacks the wit to be satire. There’s also the DF stuff which wouldn’t really be appropriate for someone trying to do a straw feminist joke at the expense of MRAs.
http://media.giphy.com/media/beBkF2aOgx0Ag/giphy.gif
I’ll have you know that Miss Bell Hooks’ name is capitalized all the time, and that the lowercase version (bell hooks) is simply a stylistic choice.
How very dare you call my relationship with Katie into question.
We all know she loves me more than you.http://www.reactiongifs.us/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/raining_david_tennant.gif
#rekt
(No but srsly guis, Katie loves us all equally.)
Katie loves all her daughters in misandry.
To pick up on Rei Malebario’s observation, fraud remains fraud, even if those involved in the conspiracy are incompetent morons. Has anyone mentioned this to the New York authorities? They will likely take a dim view of the entire enterprise.
@Paradoxical Intention
Nice! I like Macy Gray. Dunno if you’ve ever heard this old Missy Elliott track on the same topic:
Complete with intro, too. That album was probably my most played in 2004, mmm-mmm memories.
@WWTH
But what about the sons in – ooooooooh.
Katie gives all her sons to the Gods.
http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20150213013026/gameofthrones/images/f/fc/White_Walker_leaders_thirteen_at_temple.jpg
Macy Gray’s song is so cute! 😀
…
How long do you think some MRA is gonna come along and complain about it and make a fleshlight version that completely misses the point of the original video?
@Pandapool
I think it’s much more likely that they’ll just talk about how someone should totally make a song like that, and how easily they could make a much better song than Macy’s – but none of them will ever get around to actually writing a song, because they fail at everything ever.
@dhag85
In my defence, I didn’t say it will be good.
But what I am saying it would be great if Jordan Owen did the music.