It’s the website for people who enjoy being trolled.
It’s the website for people who enjoy being trolled.
Did they explain where the photos of these fake writers came from? That’s what creeps me out the most. They’re stealing someone’s identity while perpetuating a fraud.
See, I came at her later when she moved to nymag. Now every single column is “me and my husband had a fight about [weight/finances/my insane jealousy/insecurity/whatever]...but don’t worry we’re still in love! Here’s how you can be in love like us.” It’s like Dunham all grown up and moved to the suburbs.
Whenever I believe we’re advancing as a civilization and getting smarter and hopefully more peaceful, I’m reminded of this quote from the great George Carlin.
An acquaintance of mine wrote an XOJane essay :
I 100% out myself as a frequent hate reader of xojane. Mainly for the comments, though; it’s this delicious mix of misplaced outrage and beautiful, righteous indignation. Who has enough time to say something negative about every. single. article? What kind of site publishes so much word vomit that the acid frequently…
Yesss. I came here for the Mandy Stadtmiller hate thread and I was not disappointed. She is an extremely poor writer, and all of her columns draw on the same worn-out, retrograde gender tropes. It’s the most basic vanilla drivel. I honestly feel like its setting women (and everyone else) back.
Wait, the editor-at-large of XOJane is married to Pat Dixon? Who has a show on Anthony Cumia’s (yeah, THAT Anthony Cumia) podcasting network? Wow.
This does not surprise me. It’s been rumored for months that xoJane has been publishing fake stories. Check out the post from the Mom who dated a pedophile and who let her young daughter sleep in bed with him knowing he was a pedophile.
Okay, this was honestly so great that I’m now terrified you’re going to announce you’re leaving Jezebel tomorrow and break my heart. This article is everything I love about Jezebel.
Maybe don’t link to GOMI (I love that hell hole but had to break my toxic addiction when the malware got too strong to ignore). As a former member of the “perpetually fed up” xoJane community I am really pleased at the reporting in this peice Anna. I fucking loved xo in its heyday (found it after Emily McCombs was on…
“....as xoJane’s observant and perpetually exasperated commenters soon noted...”