Thom HolwerdaJun 27, 2023

When you listen to The Verge's podcast and they're legitimately saying Mastodon is a "no girls allowed" club? And we don't want Facebook here because Instagram will bring women here?!

What the fuck is wrong with these American tech pundits? Mastodon is the gayest, transest, most feminine social network I've ever seen. There are so many more outspoken, smart, odd, and downright weird women here than I've ever seen on any other social network. It's fucking great.

Show threadThom HolwerdaJun 27, 2023

I'd rather follow one weird interesting Mastodon woman than a million vapid women influencers on Instagram peddling garbage in skimpy outfits on Photoshopped bodies.

I have never joined Instagram, and I'm insanely happy I never did. Instagram is downright dangerous to (especially) women's mental health and physical wellbeing by promoting fake, Photoshopped "beauty" standards no real person can possibly measure up to.

Fuck that shit right into the goddamn sun.

Show threadcutefeeshAug 1, 2023
@thomholwerda Weird post. You kind of support The Verge’s claim by “othering” a group of women and putting forward a set of qualities women should have in your view to deserve respect.
Show threadShauna GM
@cutefeesh @thomholwerda this. Like, I see the positive intent here, but it's a kind of reductive take
Aug 1, 2023 at 5:20amWeb