Fuck No, Hugo Schwyzer

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April 2012

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thecurvature: Relevant Magazine, Hugo Schwyzer, and a thing called grace « I spent last night in an impassioned Twitter discussion about the recent Relevant Magazine article, and how uncomfortable it made me feel. Several of my Twitter friends joined in to express their discomfort as well. And as we talked about how nervous Schwyzer made us… Schwyzer tried to follow some of us on Twitter. ...

February 2012

2 posts

icewomancometh: One of the most informative and useful posts I’ve read about Hugo Schwyzer Are Women Human? explores the implications and problems of defenses used to guard Hugo Schwyzer’s position in feminist circles. She also places emphasis on his present actions, demonstrating that Schwyzer is an ongoing threat. An excerpt: … The discussion about which men belong in...

“Most female-specific stereotypes are based in the universal fear of an unbridled...”

– —Tammy Rae Carland, “Reflections of a Stupid Slut” (from I <3 Amy Carter) Dear Hugo Schwyzer, Poverty does not make girls, as you say, hypsersexualized, competitive, and promiscuous. Being poor (or being nonwhite) makes rich, white, sexist men project their own feelings about the availability...

January 2012

82 posts

leonineantiheroine: “I’m against rape culture but I’m sticking by Professor Feminism.”

milkeemountainmama: regarding this. (clarisse at feministe making a post to tons of links about transformative justice). i don’t even know what to say any more.i don’t know how to explain that post made me sorta want to throw up how she had that big old fucking link to incite! up top with no context, no explaining how she found this group, no reference at all to her *learning*—she’s somehow...

woke up still burning about the 'pre-sobriety...

modernistwitch: Do I get to have a “pre-sobriety past,” as a victim of abuse (rather than a perpetrator)? No, I don’t. While people like Schwyzer attempt to use their sobriety to evade accountability (while preaching accountability, no less!), I am scarlet-lettered with it forever. Why did that happen to her? Because she was unsafe. Because she was drunk. Because she was a user. Because she was...

interviewer is bemoaning how "responses to you...

milkeemountainmama: (and he specifically points to tumblr) aww, that’s cute. I like to think that he spends his days obsessively reading this tumblr and hellnohugo, and creeping on the facebook group & twitter pages. Possibly crysterbating, like that guy from American Pie in American Horror Story. … ok, no, that’s too skeevy. I apologize. WE’RE SO VIOLENT, HERE...

“Pre-sobriety past. Pre-sobriety past. Pre-sobriety past. Pre-sobriety past....”

– -Overheard on the Fuck No Hugo Schwyzer Facebook page (via hellnohugo) Person who has struggled with addiction checking in to note how extra-horrendous and irresponsible this attitude of HS’s is. This has been your daily ‘Hugo Schwyzer is the fucking worst’ post on this blog. (via modernistwitch)

BREAKING: Hugo Schwyzer "Legally Gagged,"...

dr—grumbles: BECAUSE YOUR LAWYER DOESN’T LIKE IT WHEN YOU ADMIT THAT YOU TRY TO MURDER PEOPLE Can you even imagine how this conversation went? “Hugo this is your lawyer, when you keep talking about how you tried to murder your ex girlfriend and had unethical and possibly illegal sex with your students it opens you up to possible lawsuits” “WHO WOULD SUE ME?!!?” “Well any of those...

BREAKING: Hugo Schwyzer "Legally Gagged,"...

As of this moment, legally gagged from further publicly discussing specifics of my pre-sobriety past. -Hugo Schwyzer via his Twitter account Posted: 4:24 EST on Jan 24, 2011 hahahahahahaha wow.

TRIGGER WARNING: Child rape

quixotess: milkeemountainmama: anoldladyonfire: Please do not click “More” if you do not want to see Hugo Schwyzer’s reaction to Joe Paterno’s death. And … you don’t. Not really. Read More i mean—i wonder if there’s “shades of gray” on how much he loved those kids that he never protected? why can we always find “shades of gray” when it comes to those in power? but the rest of us are...

On "Reformed" Abusers

anoldladyonfire: freibiergesicht: This isn’t supposed to be like, ABUSE DYNAMICS SUNDAY or Schywzer Sunday or anything, but the subject has been brought up on my dash and I still have thoughts. Obvious trigger warnings apply. Also this is the excellent comment at feministe that inspired this particular post. Something that just occured to me is that a lot of the discussion on Feministe etc...

“Don’t you even start quoting MLK in defense of a man who led the defense of the...”

– Commenter Alexandraerin, on Hugo’s own blog.

“Are you guys the company he normally keeps? Because I’m starting to understand...”

– -Excerpt a comment (reposted for hilarity) by Feministe commenter piny [Jan 20, 2012] re: On The Hugo Business Note: comment was made in response to Hugo’s supporters and has since won the Best Comment Of The Day award (as far as this blog is concerned). (via hellnohugo) i’m so glad piny is...

Blackamazon is too much: My brain isn't... →

anoldladyonfire: blackamazon: cause i have this thing in my head about the stuff that’s been happening and it won’t be great. It won’t lead the ADD spinnywheel of my mind to be coherent so in no particular order I am so flipping unamused by peoples shock and amazement that folks respond to other women/other black people/etc with vitriol UP the socio economic ladder on the internet. Yes some...

jadelyn asked: I realize a (genuine, mature, grownup) statement has been made about the james-bliss mess by now. But I'm going back in my timeline (catching up after work) & I have to say, the level of whiny defensiveness and, yes, passive-aggression Raven (since you say that's who was handling those asks) repeatedly showed - and outright fuck-off condescension when called on it - has turned me...

I want to take a moment to talk about "Feministe"...

fugue-stasis: When Jill wrote “Filling the Gaps,” it wasn’t. It was “three people, of which I [Jill] am the only one who has any inclination to write regularly.” When Feministe was being taken to task for being one of MANY, MANY mainstream *F*eminist blogs to pass by Jessica Yee’s anthology, Feminism FOR REAL? Then Feministe was not an institution. It was a project, sustained by very few people...

so I am the new admin here.

So, the other day unknowablewoman asked for help administrating this blog, and I said I’d give her a hand, because I have some experience facilitating campaigns and whatnot. The post by james-bliss went up that night, as I was fussing around with how to actually join and contribute to this blog. Raven (unknowablewoman) has been handling all the james-bliss-related asks up until now. Which...

Anonymous asked: On a hugo-related note: has he actually created ANYTHING relating to empowering women/changing sexist attitudes towards them? He seems to just cry out 'what about the meennn' and victimising himself, whilst telling women to get cum on their faces and how they should be educating their daughters. He seriously seems like a major MRA in feminist's clothing. I really don't...

clownyprincess asked: Phrasing like "excuuuuuuuuuse me" and "I'm sure I'll get some LOVELY messages later" and "SIGH, I'm just posting this without comment, GEEZE" are all way passive-aggressive & position you as a victim. If you can't handle the responsibility of a controversial blog - which this one was inevitably going to be - then you shouldn't have...

clownyprincess asked: WHOAH. WHITE GIRL. Fellow white girl here to tell you that your passive-aggression & playing yourself off as a victim over this James Bliss thing is NOT OKAY. You set this tumblr up as a safe-space for WOC & when they indicate it isn't safe, you demand proof, indicate you won't take people seriously if they're anon (again, a demand for "proof") make snarky remarks...

Anonymous asked: regardless of how anyone feels about james-bliss, the effect of his presence in this conversation is undeniable. he and his fans need to take a good look at that. personally i would have no problem with james-bliss or anyone appreciating him if it didn't come at the expense of other POC and intra-POC relations, so yes i'm mad that a WHITE MAN does this to us.

so-treu asked: i'd like to know where any of us said all his critics were white. link plz. don't worry, i'll wait.

blackraincloud asked: Just wanna let folks know that I still have anon turned on. If you're Black and wanna chat about this, my inbox is open. Please read my posts about this. I don't care if you hate or distrust james-bliss. I just think we should be clear about which of HS and TW's behaviors are problematic. I don't think lumping james w/those other two is accurate or helpful.

Anonymous asked: you think this "say that shit to my face" routine and deliberately misrepresenting all of james-bliss's critics as WHITE is going to make anyone want to have a conversation with your asses openly? fuck yall. it isn't in good faith. i'm not putting my neck out for your dogpile. i see how you do. fuck yall.

so-treu asked: tell these people to come talk to ME. if you have something to say to me, say it TO ME. i have an ask and I'm turning anon off. if you believe so much in what you're saying, stand by it.

I DO NOT NECESSARILY ENDORSE ANYTHING IN THE MESSAGES THAT HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED I just don’t want to silence WOC. So for now, I’m in kind of a bind. Lord, beer me strength.

Anonymous asked: liquorandspice I am a black woman who is intimidated by the past behavior of a particular group of you on Tumblr who support james-bliss and his racist shit. Now you're being very disingenuous and you need to quit. It's YOU who remind me of Hugo supporters right now.

Anonymous asked: Here's a link at his tumblr (/post/10103494001/liquor-spice-hm) where he talks about how in his experience, Asian-Americans are really awful towards black people. How are these generalizing, racist statements from a white man acceptable?

Anonymous asked: Lol I can't believe you "need proof" of why some people hate James Bliss. Just read trough his tumblr and see how he constantly criticizes women and non-black POC. I wouldn't mind it if James Bliss was a POC but he's a white man who has no place doing that. Nothing of value would be lost if he shut the fucks up forever.

1. I don’t think people need to be non-anon to post or contribute to the discussion, it’s a bit disingenous to pretend we don’t understand why people might want to stay anon when there are people like hugo out there, whatever means people need to feel safe is ok by me. 2. I believe I’ve found some problematic entries of james bliss, I can’t be sure if this is...

saltmarshhag-deactivated2013011 asked: *SEPARATE FROM JAMES-BLISS DRAMA I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH* His post bothered me. To answer his Q about who found something redeemable in Hugo's work: A lot of WOMEN, incl. survivors, who are socialized to respond positively to male manipulation and who want desperately for "Good Men" to be a reality. Yes, mostly white women who are inclined to respond to a "friendly face"...

golden-bopit-deactivated2012092 asked: I don't understand the James Bliss hullaballoo, I more than understand why WOC do not want him talking for them or in their space, which is more than enough reason to dislike him, but it seems some of the anons are referring to a more sordid history that would require a link? Yet every time you ask for an example of sordid history, radio silence. IDGI.

Anonymous asked: James Bliss is a white dude who thinks he knows shit about the racism that Asians deal with. As an actual Asian person, I fucking hate him and the amount of love that he gets in Tumblr. Like we really need a white dude and his smug tl;dr thoughts on racism.

APPARENTLY THIS IS NOW A FUCK NO, JAMES BLISS...

You guys, I don’t know what you want me to do with these messages. I’m not even a WOC. I can’t possibly speak about this James Bliss thing. I’ll publish them but I’m not going to comment. WTF, Tumblr.

leonineantiheroine-deactivated2 asked: Anon: why are we hypocrites? What the fuck do you expect from us?

math-bro-deactivated20121001 asked: I know you're probably tired of talking about james-bliss, but as a WOC who knows some of the shady things he's said about black women, I'm a little uncomfortable with him having any sort of place in the feminist community. I guess with what happens to feminists in the Arab/ME/SEA communities, I just don't trust white men to do the right thing w/r/t WOC. After the whole Lesbian...

Anonymous asked: cont'd: and some of us ARE WOC so yes i have fucking done better for WOC than your pet white man academic ever will. fucking hypocrites.

Anonymous asked: so-treu: the comparison of hugo to tim wise started a long time ago but you don't see any posts about tim wise's violent history either. and haven't many people been saying that hugo's behavior before his "confessions" should have gotten more condemnation then? but the same people saying that rally behind james bliss as if this academic white man needs you, or you...

Anonymous asked: the point was that we should be wary of white men who try to place themselves in spaces where they don't belong. james-bliss is someone who's done that, frequently, and he's used anti-racism in order to be racist against asians which not his place as a white man. if you think comparing him to schwyzer is too much, then tell me what makes him so different from tim wise? especially...

so-treu asked: seriously, i'm going to need for these anonymous to please link the james bliss post where he describes how he attempted to murder his girlfriend, where he tells black women that they "better prove it" when they talk about racism, or any other posts that are comparable to *anything* that hugo has written. b/c if he is at all comparable, then the evidence should be there. and...

Anonymous asked: There might be some hesitance about forwarding you things under a username because James-Bliss's circle has a habit of Tumblrbombing dissenters, even if they're other WoC.

I realized tonight where I'd see the language and...

arewomenhuman: polerin: When I was a kid, I went to the Unitarian Universalist church here in Nashville. At the time it’s minister was a fairly charismatic, smiling, smooth man named David. I don’t know his last name and I don’t really want too. Y’see, David was a sex addict. He used his position as minister to prey on women, lots of women. While he did this, he used his charm to build...

Anonymous asked: Everything that Womanist Musings wrote about Tim Wise and Hugo Schwyzer can be said about james-bliss. I still cannot believe that a white man who is making a living out of explaining black feminist theory is so feted on tumblr. Shouldn't the Black feminist theorizing be left to actual Black feminist women? What makes him so different from TW and HS?

Regarding what's reblogged here.

I’ve gotten a lot of messages on my personal Tumblr about the post I reblogged earlier today. I seriously wasn’t aware of any controversy surrounding james-bliss. I don’t know the guy at all and haven’t really read his blog in-depth. I’m sorry if reblogging his post bothered anyone, I really am. For the record, I’m not really sure what to do about it, because...

swell138: just read new post at feministe where the editor pretends to say something and doesn’t. or she says the sentence “i don’t support hugo” about 100 times even as it’s surrounded by a complete non-addressing of anything. i guess that says something. but one commenter (94) hit something on the head that i don’t think i’ve read anyone say and has kind of been floating around in me felt...

Anonymous asked: James-Bliss is practically an aspiring Time Wise/Hugo Schwyzer, in that he talks at length about groups he doesn't belong to.