A senior writer for Buzzfeed Canada announced Thursday that the website was looking to hire freelance writers, but went out of her way to say they were not looking for white males.

Scaachi Koul made the announcement on Twitter.

1. Would you like to write longform for @BuzzFeedCanada? WELL YOU CAN. We want pitches for your Canada-centric essays & reporting. — Scaachi (@Scaachi) February 18, 2016

2. @BuzzFeedCanada would particularly like to hear from you if you are not white and not male. — Scaachi (@Scaachi) February 18, 2016

8. Last thing: IF YOU’RE A WHITE MAN UPSET THAT WE ARE LOOKING MOSTLY FOR NON-WHITE NON-MEN I DON’T CARE ABOUT YOU GO WRITE FOR MACLEAN’S — Scaachi (@Scaachi) February 18, 2016

White males, surprisingly, were less than happy with the announcement, which led Koul to go on the defensive.

.@danspeerin White men are still permitted to pitch, I will read it, I will consider it. I’m just less interested because, ugh, men. — Scaachi (@Scaachi) February 18, 2016

white men

get huffy

when you don’t actively encourage white men

to do stuff

because white men

think

they

are

owed

everything — Scaachi (@Scaachi) February 18, 2016

giving

ignored

voices

preferential

treatment

is not

racism

against

white people it is

an attempt

to fix

all

of

h i s t o r y — Scaachi (@Scaachi) February 18, 2016

HA HA ANYWAY BAN MEN LITERALLY THROW THEM ALL IN THE GARBAGE — Scaachi (@Scaachi) February 18, 2016

I am getting pitches from white men that start with, “sorry I am a white man” THAT DOESN’T ACTUALLY HELP YOUR CASE, THIS ISN’T ABOUT YOU — Scaachi (@Scaachi) February 18, 2016

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