#1474

Post by Tigzy » Thu Jan 10, 2013 2:54 pm

masakari2012 wrote: WILL THERE BE MORE SURLY GRANTS?

http://skepchick.org/2013/01/will-there ... ly-grants/ WILL THERE BE MORE SURLY GRANTS?

So far, every single day since TAM, I have woken up to hate-filled messages on the internet. I have been called every nasty name in the book. I have been lied about, I have been threatened. I have been the punch-line to jokes where I donâ€™t understand the part that is supposed to be funny.

This harassment happens to me online. Every. Single. Day....I do not retaliate, I rarely respond.

A typical day.



Wake up.

Make coffee.

Block hateful messages on twitter or other social media.

Ignore videos and blog posts made about me or people I respect from the day before.

Make art.

Disagree with us all you want, but hunt people down online with a goal of insulting, mocking or threatening them? Thatâ€™s not skepticism, rationalism or by any stretch of the imagination, humanism.



It gets exhausting.

I tried getting quiet. I posted less. I tweeted only about art and my dog.

I still got hate messages.

I released a bunch of my art into the creative commons.

I still got hate messages.

I thought about quitting too.



But I wasnâ€™t sure what exactly I could quit. I suppose I could quit this blog and quit going to events but I canâ€™t quit being a woman who is an atheist and a skeptic, who also has an internet connection and an online business. Besides, I am just as much a part of this community as anyone else. I have just as much a right to be here as anyone else. I am an artist who is inspired by science, skepticism and rationalism.

For my part in this, I will continue to simply do good in the face of this constant abuse. I will not respond with hate. Nor will I walk away. I will do good things. Things that help others. Things that make the world directly around me a tiny bit better. Itâ€™s the only thing I know how to do. My goal is to continue to help make skepticism an obtainable method that can help protect people from being scammed or taken advantage of....

Now, to answer the question that was posed in the title of this post, will there be more Surly Grants?



Yes.

I think it is important that we dispel the myth that any of us here at Skepchick or any of the feminists in this particular group that have been targeted, hate men or in any way want to discourage men. To help do that, I will be offering grants to pay for the admission of MEN to the Women in Secularism event happening in Washington, DC, May 17-19.

I am also offering to pay the admission for WOMEN to go to the American Atheist event in Austin, Texas, March 28th-31st. Because we now, more than ever need to encourage women to participate in the atheist community.

I will be making necklaces to help raise money to do this. I havent finished them yet but I should have a post up about them on Monday.

I promise that I will pay the admission for at least two people to each event.

If you can donate anything to help me do this please go here...

Here is a link to more info on the Surly Grants which is a project run by me alone, I use my own money that I make selling jewelry and through donations to pay admissions to events.

OMG! OMG! I love this - I just love it when button-eyes goes off on one: the histrionics; the drama; the healing power of 'making art'; the appeals to charidee, because she is really generous with the 50% she gets from her shrinky-dinks.:lol: thick-arse.Except with DMCA notice, eh Amy.Okay. Question for you, Ames old girl (42): if you're ignoring these videos and blog posts, how do you know they are there?Anyways. Whatever - because very soon, the mighty Amy goes off toAnd so she continues:Yes, it must indeed be exhausting hunting down these people who are hunting you down by posting insulting messages about you on FB and twitter. Tip - don't do ego searches. Not if you want to maintain the belief that you really are all dat, Amy.Yeah. That could be down to what you define as art, my dear.Yeah. Again, it's this 'art' thing that people are having the problem with, Amy. Though in this instance, the 'hate' as you call it was probably more to do with the creative commons episode - you know, the episode which came off the back you finally understanding that you don't have a legal leg to stand on as regards DMCAing people you don't like.And all this leads you to presume that you should be the one particular 'artist' (sorry, $urly, but in the context of...well, you, I can only ever put that word in quotation marks) who should be immune to criticism, mockery, parody and satire?'Support good causes by buying my shrinky-dinks, where 50% of the profits will go towards Secular Woman'.But no, I'm being uncharitable here, as it is indeed a stretch to call this some sort of scam. Actually...I think it's more along the lines of good salesmanship. Yup. Good salesmanship, eh Amy. ;)Speaking of good salesmanship, we soon get down to the nitty-gritty:That's right - prime them with a sob-story, and then get to the heart of the matter by way of a complete, er, non-sequitur. And Amy is being ultra generous this time:Men, no less! Men, I tells ya!Wow - out of her own money?? Wowzer!Okay. So I'm guessing that's 50% of your own money which you get from advertising your shrinky-dinks on the basis that these ones are for charidee, right? Still, that's fair - it all helps. I mean, who could even despair at a crap author soliciting good reviews for his shit book on the basis that it's for charidee, right Ames?Oh. Only two. Oh well, better than nothing, I suppose. Just.Wait - hang on. Are you now saying that you'll pay the admission for at least two people if people help you by...donating? Cos Amy, that ain't really you helping out of your own pocket, you know.Ah, but wait - she clarifies:WHAT THE FUCK?? Look, if you're soliciting donations to pay admissions to events, even in part, then THAT IS NOT YOU FUCKING WELL PAYING THE ADMISSION OUT OF YOUR OWN POCKET, AMY! Jesus - can none of you Skepchick dicks see this sca - okay, 'salesmanship' for what it is?It's fucking advertising. Which is what $urly Amy is all about. Frankly, you skepchicks, FTBers and A plussers deserve her.Sorry for the tl;dr - Amy's bare-faced cheek just gets me all frothy and wet like that. I mean, she is so fuckin obvious - why don't her side of the crowd see it?