CurtCole
CurtCole
CurtCole

I really appreciate you taking the time to outline some of this, thank you — valuable insight and info for the community.

If you've got any of the editors following you now, you should be good.

Prior to Kinja, I headed the trollpatrol team for Jezebel, as many people here know. We dealt with rape gifs, violent pornography, racism, and harassment regularly, but there was a system in place with which to have it reported and dealt with. Banning didn't usually result in the same person immediately making a new

What bothers me about this is that we don't record IP addresses so as to protect these burner accounts for people who might want to tip us anonymously about a story. So the company is seemingly placing a priority on making these hypothetical tipsters feel safe over the safety of the actual real live women who write

Lupita wins, but my mind automatically went to the Pantsuit Rainbow.

Thank you, so much, for having a reasonable and thoughtful response to this carefully written and respectful piece. (I was giving up hope in the swamp of "NA-AH! That's not us AT ALL!" vs. "OMGZ, isn't that right?!? Teh gayz are so women-hatey!")

Yes! As a straight woman I also definitely fit the profile of annoying self-appointed "fag hag" wannabe. I never 'accessorized' with gay male friends but did use terms like "my gays" and constantly talk about "gaydar". I've been an ally since middle school and actually politically active around GLBTTQ policies but at

Stupid Slytherins! They ruin everything!

It was the perfectly homophobic Olympics for a homophobic skater. Too bad it didn't work out.

Oh dear god - I can't look away despite wanting to so very much!

Yeah, I can see the likeness.

They should have asked me. I look like I have moths.

They are all adorable. I am really glad I don't have to be around them at all.

The immortal words of George Harrison come to mind, "While my guitar gently weeps."

Sorry, I was trying to go for strong and confident, but stay within the confines of the genre.

"I AM LAID LOW BY THE MATRIARCHY"



THE END IS NIGH!