I wonder how much art we lose because people don't want to pursue careers in which constant harassment is simply considered the price of admission.

It is…really hard to stop hearing The Comments in my head as I write

Between the antisemitism from the right and the left I gave up and shut down a youtube channel that had over a million views. I'm happier because of it, but I shouldn't have to choose between silence and creating that gets me death threats and harassment for being Jewish

Tom the amount of shit my friends and I have gotten just for comicking successfully while female sometimes horrifys me when I stop to think about it, but also at this point I’m just too mean to let the haters win

I know a brilliant watercolor artist who has quit more than once due to horrible people behind keyboards telling her she sucks. (She absolutely does not suck.)

Even dealing with potential clients. "My cousins kid will do it for free. " Uhm, ok. Take the deal. I'm not counter-offering against free! (My day job isn't super creative, but everyone is really nice about what I create!)

I could not deal with 1/1000th of the rancid shit the women sportswriters of the SF Chron get for daring to be a woman who writes about the 49ers or Giants.

I haven't published anything substantial in years due to the harassment and burnout, which go hand in hand