“[How do you stay calm when you get hate?] It just doesn’t bother me at all, I find it quite hilarious that I can get somebody so mad and upset that they feel the need to send me pathetic anonymous messages by doing fuck all. The fact that they think it’s acceptable to send anonymous hate to stranger…”— congenitaldisease, congenitaldisease.tumblr.com
“There is something so sad about going online and seeing almost everyone shouting ‘Notice me, notice me!’ Which is such a human desire—to be acknowledged. But me responding to that with some sort of ‘You’re noticed, you’re seen’ only perpetuates the loneliness. Because I’m not seeing you; I’m not not…”— Taylor Schilling, ellecanada.com
“What I do not accept, however, is that it is all right for people to make comments ranging from "a bit sexist but generally harmless" to openly sexually aggressive. That it is something that "just happens". Is the casual objectification of women so commonplace that we should all just suck it up, rol…”— Lauren Mayberry, theguardian.com