Gritty Mermaid Reboot

longtermgoals:

galesofnovember:

icewomancometh:

Feministe hosted an interview with a male “feminist” and former sexual predator who’s publicly admitted to making an attempt on his ex-lover’s life (for her own good, apparently). When multiple people point out that he’s not a good dude, Clarisse Thorn decides to close the comments. And instead of apologizing, she chides Feministe’s readership for calling him a narcissistic sociopath… because that’s irresponsible.

I know Feministe is awful, especially lately, but I found this particularly disturbing.

Thank god someone else is pissed off about this.  The “ugliness of the tone” for the love of god,  the “ugliness of the tone” of the responses to a man who posits himself as a feminist authority while also admitting he tried to murder his girlfriend. 

i probably just wasted my energy, but i took some time out of my morning to write to the main feministe e-mail address & inquire as to how the fuck they sleep at night when they are literally ruining feminism by giving fawning platforms to men who TRY TO KILL THEIR GIRLFRIENDS. i wonder if they will reply?

Did you see the note at the very bottom of the thread that said, “If people continue to email me (or Jill) about this thread with messages that threaten or swear at us, they will be banned from commenting at Feministe.”   So I just hope you avoided 4 letter words and expressed polite disapproval.  Because remember, fawning portraits of someone who makes mad bank as a professional feminist because he no longer tries to murder women (yay!) is okay, but swearing is not.