CYBERGEISHA

Are you fucking kidding me, Facebook?  Really?

I’ll admit — I am not a total feminist, I am not uptight, and I can laugh at myself and others.  But that shit is over the fucking line.  Sandwich Maker?  Not impressed here.  At all.  I’m not even going to rail on about how it’s misogynistic, how it’s offensive or how it’s sexist.  

It is all those things, but additionally… It’s not even funny, or even particularly suited to the whole idea of “leet speak” as a setting.  If you’re going to be a monumental douchebag, at least try and be one in a way that makes some sense.  There’s plenty of acceptable “1337” terms for the ladies.  There’s plenty of OFFENSIVE ones, but at least they make SENSE in the context of “leet speakin’ hax0r” FaceBook settings.

Couldn’t we have gone with “B1TCH” (if you wanted to still be offensive) or “chix0r” if you’re a normal human being who doesn’t want to be a monumental douche at all times?

And the guys from FB can get back in the kitchen, make me a sandwich and bring me a beer, because this bitch has better things to do.

Also, I wonder… What does it say if your sex is entered as “Male?”

thegreenwolf:

Dear Facebook,

No, switching over to leet speak as my language on my account and finding that “female” became “sandwich maker” was NOT amusing or funny or a good joke. It was sexist and disgusting; it’s basically another version of the bullshit misogynist putdown “get back in the kitchen”, used to belittle and marginalize women for entirely too long.

If FB for whatever had a “race” setting, would it be okay if the only option for black people was “n*****” or “slave”? Really, how did this even get through?

This is a pretty rotten Easter egg, folks.

No love,

Lupa

PS to readers—here’s where you can go report it: https://www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=ui_profile