I think I was banned as well. . . . .Can you see me?

I also find this vaguely unsettling. but I think it’s cause I’m a robot-human-sexy-finger-sucking-prude, not a giant SW nerd. . . .Also C3p0 looks a little uncomfortable.

Agreed.

Why did this go grey? It was black before, as were several other comments.

Last time I checked “being racist” and “being a comedian” are no more mutually exclusive than “being racist” and “[Insert Any Profession Here]”

100% agree. It starts to feel elitist in a really petty way. Like, if the authors actually care about the subject matter, they wouldn’t outright dismiss any points of view that don’t align with their own. When they do so, they come off as not caring at all about their subject matter, and just caring about their own…

I didn’t get sent to the greys when I pissed off NVC by criticizing her approach to journalism. . . I got completely banned. And not even notified that I was banned. My comments were just never showing up.

And, according to NVC, Serial shouldn’t have aired, because a few key individuals were missing

It’s a sad day for journalism, or just anyone who cares for social justice, when a website’s (and author’s) credibility are so blown that none of us can even respect your reporting on issues like these. . . . .If these women were filmed, this is a compounded injustice. Their story should be heard within an ethical…

holy crap. . . .you’re right. . . .that is NUTS.

She should have tanked it long before. . . . .like when she wrote about Amy Pascal’s personal (hacked) shopping list and called it a “Crotch Regime,” or when she responded to criticisms in the comments to the “Crotch Regime” piece with a catchy “Je Suis NVC” play off “Je Suis Charlie,” OR when she called a potential…

Man, I think that’s freaking gross. I know it’s dramatic, but I felt, like, betrayed when I got banned. This website (well, the commenters) have taught me so much, made me laugh, etc, etc. And I’ve gotten to talk about social issues that I care about. . . .This is the only place I’ve ever written openly about being…

Yeah . . . .I felt the same way. Particularly because the application of the death penalty has more to do with an interaction between perpetrator race and victim race. Race is DEFINITELY involved, but it’s complex. . . . .and throwing that line in at the bottom doesn’t really do justice to the complexity of racism,…

I don’t know that I have a specific opinion about publishing James Holmes’ (known) name or not. . . . I think the nonotoriety movement is kind of moving the news media towards a blanket unspoken policy of minimizing any focus on any perpetrators (even those whose names we already know). . . . . so that might be where…

Yeah. . . . they really try to have it both ways. . . . which is part of the problem. You can’t be a site that BOTH cares about feminism/LGBTQ-rights/racism/etc AND be the national enquirer at the same time. I think that’s part of why it’s so off-putting. . . . .

So does this actually happen? Bloggers ban people? I was in the black for a long time, got stars, etc. I wasn’t the most pithy commenter or best gif-finder, but I was doing okay for myself. Then I criticized a jezzie author several times in the comments. . . . and, for a week I thought I was gray, before I realized my…

I know, right? That happened to be when I criticized NVC a couple of times and I thought I was being a paranoid freak. But my comments were literally not just gray, but not showing up.

YES! Agreed.

I only stay here for the commenters. NVC bans/demotes people who argue with her. Not really someone who is concerned with critical thought, imo.

She’s the WORST. First the Amy Pascal debacle, then when she called a woman SHE WAS TRYING TO GET AN INTERVIEW WITH “a crazy bitch,” now this. I think she has 0 journalistic ethics.. . . . and also a complete inability to engage in constructive criticism of her own self.