That’s the part that bugged me the most. Like they completely flipped out at a person for taking a picture of a friend who was given a patch for her jacket because they didn’t credit it? Why in the world would the person wearing the patch have any idea about where it originally came from? And why are they responsible…

The rest of it is bollocks.

YOU’RE NOT MY MOM!!!

Good catch, it got autocorrected. It was “empathizes”

My guess is they wanted an opportunity to play the victim on social media and use the drama to drum up interest for their Kickstarter.

I can tell you what NOT to do:

Also it’s so weird that they refused to go after Harpers and instead repeatedly complained at other indie brands because they thought they’d be easier to get a response out of. If someone gave me a free dumb patch at a dumb jean jacket party I would not be like “excuse me, can you clarify where this came from and that…

I like them retweeting stuff about this article being racist. Leste has a discernable race? What?

Well. As a rape survivor, THAT annoys the fuck out of me.

Sure. What if Leste had written a letter sent certified mail that outlined the abuse of its original works and suggested that in order to avoid wholesale theft of certain of its patches, The Wing - or whomever - could provide notice of the actual artists and remuneration in the amount of $1,500. I think it would take…

They have followers comparing this “theft of consent” to LITERAL RAPE. I’ve never wanted a Harper’s subscription before but now want to give them money just to spite this misguided mob.

I think that’s a huge reach. The patches in the picture included the Wonder Woman logo and a candy heart. I think it would be pretty clear to attendees that neither Harper’s Bazaar nor Wing created the artwork for the patches. The Instagram was regrammed, and every single regram I’ve seen is credited the way Wing…

I do not agree with how this at all went down, but just because someone is stealing and isn’t making a profit doesn’t mean it’s any less reprehensible. If I stole a bunch of designer bags and gave them away for free, that wouldn’t make it any less of a crime. She should have definitely submitted an amount she thought…

I honestly don’t know how art school students go through life operating at DEFCON1.

ask and you shall receive

You mean this article right here? http://jezebel.com/a-chicago-muralist-plagiarized-a-black-female-artists-d-1794576971

I think they did already?

Also, as a woman, I would prefer to be judged on the actual content of what I say. Based solely on gender, I don’t think I’m more or less likely to speak poetry or bullshit. If what comes out of women’s mouths is mostly poetry, then Kellyanne Conway would be a goddamned poet laureate based on volume alone. HARD PASS.

Two words: Lena Dunham.

“When women speak it is mostly poetry.”