My comic from last month about The Terrible Sea Lion has really struck a chord!

It’s been mentioned by the Independent (above), Slate, VentureBeat, Feministe, and cited in a ton of blog posts.

That’s really neat to see! I’m happy that it’s resonated with so many people.

This video I'm watching about #ThatHashtag just referenced sea lioning as a harassment tactic. Looks like we saw the birth of a new word! — Killing Screamer (@mitDebo) October 21, 2014

"Sea lioning" is already part of the lexicon. Useful term, too. The actual practice has been on the internet since forever. — Mononike Toole (@MichaelToole) October 23, 2014

I just heard the term "sea lioning" used as a verb and I'm choking it's so funny. Holy shit we need to make sure that becomes a thing. — Jodorowski's Ben (@BenKuchera) October 23, 2014

Useful vocabulary terms for the less obvious harassment tactics used against women online. Via http://t.co/KggLqIlgtv pic.twitter.com/JNPgQucWkO — Feminist Frequency (@femfreq) October 23, 2014

I just said 'he just sealioned you' to someone IRL — Patricia Hernandez (@xpatriciah) October 20, 2014

@DiscordianKitty sea lioning is new to me. I wonder if it came from this, or if it inspired it: http://t.co/6UJmzuriA6 — John Carney (@johncarneyau) October 22, 2014

There are times I do NOT google words or phrases I see here, 'cause I don't wanna know! Sea Lioning is one of those things. — Bearbarian (@Hap2130) October 23, 2014

So I thought this would be fun: for just a week (through October 31 only) I’m making sea lion shirts!

Different colors (and even hoodies) are available too! And a tie-dye shirt because WHY NOT.

Now of course I should note: reasonable people can disagree.

Sealioning? People expect to say something in public and not be challenged on it. Mad. — Lacey (@HenSiSi) October 23, 2014

Sent Sea Lion to a guy who kept commenting despite me saying I didn't want to argue today. He said it didn't apply. http://t.co/KqNEv8vW7Q — Ferrett Steinmetz (@ferretthimself) October 3, 2014

Some people are calling the lady in the sea lion comic a SEA LION RACIST and saying she deserves to be challenged and confronted! — MALKenstein ! (@malki) October 3, 2014

*literally starts a fist fight with a sea lion because he stuck his tongue out at my wife at seaworld* — Jazmasta (@jazmasta) October 3, 2014

Apologies if you've already seen a picture of an elephant saying hello to a sea lion today. pic.twitter.com/78WROc2SpC — Beautiful Pictures (@BEAUTIFULPlCS) September 17, 2014

But c’mon I don’t even know how that last one RELATES









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