An Open Letter to Facebook and Their “Standards”

Dear Facebook,

Wise the fuck up! 

Seriously, what is up with you?  A man who felt that women should be falling all over themselves for him decides to get “revenge” on womankind in general and goes on a mass murder spree, someone creates a page branding him a hero,and you say that’s *not* hate speech?  What the fuck, Facebook? 

What are these “standards” you speak of that it doesn’t violate?  The ones that say that two men (or two women) kissing is evil, but showing support for a madmen who murdered innocent people is peachy keen?  The ones that say that breast feeding is an abomination, but supporting a man who posted manifestos declaring women as evil simply because they wouldn’t fuck him (and then murdering random women in a premeditated rampage) is okay by you? 

Who the hell writes your standards, Facebook? 

And, yeah, I totally get the irony that I’m posting this up on another social media site (Blogger.com) and then linking to it on Facebook, but that’s kinda the point, Facebook!  I want you to see it.  I want everyone to see it.  I know it’s just another complaint – just another entry in the long list in the ways that Facebook is fucked up – but my brain just can’t process that you think this page is okay while pages that objectify women are all good and acceptable. 

So, Facebook, maybe you can reconsider it.  Maybe if you were truly an AI without a stupid fucking human behind you, maybe then you’d realize that this page is totally fucking unacceptable and take it the fuck down.

So fuck you, Facebook, and your totally fucked up views!

(And, yeah, I was totally going for as many fucks as I could in one post – not enough?  Too many?  Wait, let me add a final one for the road: Fuck you, Facebook!)

Sincerely,

Waiting to see Google+ go beyond just Google employees so that I can start using it instead

Lenovo – You’re the Dick!

So I got two emails from a company I used to love...Lenovo.  I say “used to love them” because right about now, not so much.  

But wait – what am I fuming about?

I got two – not just one, mind you, but two! – ads in email from Lenovo over the holiday weekend. 

Their tag line for their labor day sale?  “To the man working for the man.”

Yeah, “to the man” and the subject line of the first email was, as you can see in the pic, “You’re the man.” 

No.  No.  No, no, no, no, no.  I need to return my computer now.

Yes, this is a screen capture of the ad I received...
gotta love a company who knows that only men use computers!

Here goes my return letter:

Dear Lenovo,

Apparently, you got confused about who owned one of your computers.  Because, you see, I’m not “the man.”  And, in fact, while I work for some men, I also work for some women.  So I’m not even working for “the man.” (Yes, I get the reference to “the man,” but that’s just as insulting – assuming that only men are in charge…)

So, Lenovo, while I’ve had my computer for several months now, and I even posted about how awesome the customer service was, I now see the folly of my ways.  I apparently purchased a product meant only for men.  I would like to return my computer and get a refund.  Of course, I’m not sure if that’s possible.  To be fair, I have been using my computer, and I may have gotten women-cooties all over it. 

Perhaps in the future, you will deem it proper to make a product that women like me can enjoy.  Until then, I will just have to save up and buy a Dell.

Sincerely,

A Totally Pissed-Off Crazy Ass Feminist

(And, yes, I actually did send the letter with my contact information to Lenovo through their Customer Service website…)