Thank you. You are making me feel less bad about wielding the dismiss button. It is no longer an intellectual debate if the other person involved is refusing to see MOUNDS of empirical evidence that women face more violence, threats of aggression and microaggression than men. People who can not let women have this…

I've heard "You're condescending." I've been like "That's right. Because your 'argument' is one that no one would make who wasn't either a sociopath or an idiot."

I KNOW. And I hate it, because ordinarily my IRL personal policy is to politely engage in conversation- try to break down some barriers, as it were. I'm just too damn mad.

I totally agree with you. I actually went "NOPE. That's enough internet for today" last night when a female Facebook friend was reposting the story of one of the victims fathers using this to push his narrative on stronger gun control. I was angry that people see that as the biggest problem here. Needless to say,…

Here. Pet my little buddy, Bandit.

Agreed. Been doing this all day. Feels like this:

Some days you just get tired of telling people obvious shit.

Dear #NotAllMen,

I am the same fucking way and I NEVER shut down like this. I am fucking angry. And I am seriously hurting.

I don't even read those comments anymore, I just dismiss them. I am fucking over it at this point. I don't want to listen and more importantly, I don't have to.

Reminder: You have the power to dismiss trolls! :)

Very much in agreement. I keep on feeling like I've felt this before: bewildered, frustrated, and a tinge of wondering if I'm going crazy (how can my perception be so different than that of other people?).

I am furious right there with you girl. And here is why. I don't want to be afraid of men. I don't want to think that anytime I walk past a man and I am alone I need to be on the defensive. I don't want to cringe when I am out for a jog and a car pulls up on the side of the road to park and all I can think about…

This is how I picture the mods handling the trolls right now.

Great post, Madeleine. I'm furious enough that I can't even meaningfully engage with people who push back right now.

my roommate couldn't see why I would get mad when I came home to find our house unlocked and empty

No joke, I've been posting since at least 2008, and I have gotten rid of accounts and stopped posting altogether several times since this place becomes more and more of a troll convention with each passing year. I lost a starred account in the first kinja switchover, and had to live and die in the gray comments for…

I don't know if it's that I'm still feeling so deeply saddened by the Isla Vista shootings of a few days ago, or Maya Angelou's passing, but by the end of this article I was in angry/exhausted tears. It feels hopeless sometimes, because no matter what you say, there are still people who don't believe any of this…

Do we now have to worry that some troll fuck feels rejected by women and will act on those feelings? That is basically the no-win situation women are placed in now, apparently.

Honestly, the most chilling thing about all of this is being afraid to leave my name on any of these websites or threads because I am actually afraid of being chased down by a crazy man, intent on harming me because I dared speak up.