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Who is pizzacake and why do so many commenters dislike them?
From the comments, it seems the artist herself isn't well liked.
From knowing nothing about the artist, but having seen a huge bulk of these comics: Maybe they're incels. π€·π»ββοΈ These do tend to be about toxic masculinity and just bad male behavior in general. It's like seeing a Republican hating someone because that someone they hate calls out Republican bullshit. Considering the vagueness of the hate expressed in the thread, I am leaning toward this being the actual case.
Or maybe because she threatened illegitimate DMCA take downs of parodies on r/bonehurtingjuice resulting in mass censorship of any criticism of the fact that one of her comics was insensitive to victims of male sexual assault.
https://www.reddit.com/r/bonehurtingjuice/comments/1ggn4a6/pizzacake_posts_are_now_banned/
Yeah.... Based on all the relevant info and links there, I definitely don't think the hate is actually based on "illegitimate DMCA" takedown requests.
Yeah, no. A male SA survivor expressed sincere perspective, claiming the original comic insensitive. It was the top comment before it was removed with many other responses. Just read the posts linked in the comment below the one I shared. It's not incel garbage (mostly), she's an intolerable Karen. She's got the mods censoring that sub, it's one of the reasons I left reddit. (I've been banned multiple times for expressing these facts.) They ban people for being critical. I think hating her for being unfunny or having an only fans is dumb. On the other hand, hating on her for being an unapologetic asshole is fine. She's earned it.
Edit: just read the convo
https://www.reddit.com/r/bonehurtingjuice/comments/1ggn4a6/comment/lurmced/
literally reads the thing they linked and still doesn't agree with them
"Bro just read it until you agree with me."
Just read it again, but harder. Then you'll agree!
Don't they lock your ability to make new accounts when you get banned?
They reversed my ban from the comics sub after appealing.
It's still extremely problematic that this being painted as incels vs pizza. She has had bad takes on free health care, male survivors, and equating all criticism to misogynistic haters. She doubles down and never argues in good faith.
I really like BHJ. It's fun and chill. She just didn't like that people were being critical of her takes. The mods were actively removing hateful content and responses. They expressed willingness to help remove any offending content.
Now, you can't even mention her name on the sub without threat of ban. It's ridiculous that she'd try DMCA against something so clearly fair use. Weaponizing it like that isn't even legal. The mods couldn't be bothered to fight it though.
I politically agree with her mostly and find some of her comics sincerely funny, but she's still being a dick.
Toxic PCC fans strong on Lemmy already? This community is a lost cause
"It's about journalism, dammit!"
I have no idea what their deal is but one comic sure did cause a lot of butthurt.
Being a misogynist overbearing male asshole makes one unfuckable. They are the probably bitter about having that obvious truth pointed out to their dumb asses.
For real. Their ideaology is so twisted. They think that in order to attract women, they should be a what a man's idea of an attractive man is. And instead, being what a woman would find attractive is somehow... gay? Like, I just don't get it, like there's a very fundamental misunderstanding of what it is they are trying to do. Very square peg in a round hole situation.
She's very reddit
Have a good read, itβs interesting if you like manufactured drama for the sake of publicity.
Huh, that comic and the responses makes me realize how much people can't notice their own blind spots, including within the comic itself.
Like in this section with people saying it's exaggerated or nobody actually talks like that (because they don't ever perceive it in real life and it seems to ridiculous to be real), and the comic referenced in your link where she says if men were responded to that way, because she apparently can't see that it is how men are responded to for many of those things, because she's so used to seeing women as the victims of that stuff perpetrated by mostly men (which is reasonable! What situations would she see the opposite?). What's telling, though, is the way one side pegs her as a misandrist for it and shit on her work and herself for it, and the other side pegs those for being misogynist for taking issue with her (though, in fairness, some are and will hate on anything by a woman discussing problems for women).
Basically, I feel like this is two groups yelling past each other and being upset about the same issue: gender-based mistreatment. But another key thing is... well, the guys who happen across her comics should recognize that it's a comic equivalent of TwoXChromosomes from Reddit: it's by a woman, largely for women, and you should either skip it or read it for a glimpse of a perception you normally don't experience, not something to argue over. And the women, just like with 2X, should take this stuff with a grain of salt (especially when someone presumes to know what men's experiences are). Stuff is exaggerated to pinpoint an issue, but you shouldn't let it poison your view of the world (or men).
Basically, I feel like there's value in comics like PizzaCake's, but the heavy commenting should be expected, not hated on. The most value people can get from it would be hearing other perspectives without insulting them for having a different one than your own. Except the actual misogynists (and misandists), they can fuck off, but I think it's worth giving the benefit of the doubt to start.
I saw that thread and honestly wanted to comment something like this, but I thought it would be better to let it go unsaid.
And she refused to even acknowledge that she might suffer from the same blind spot she is accusing others of.
Edit: the archive link : https://archive.is/xfVPD
So, to cite the devil, as men should not interject in women's spaces when misandrist tropes are being normalised there, so women should not interject in men's spaces when men are normalising misogyny.
I don't know about you but I don't think that's the solution to society's issues. In fact, we should have a standard of both sides policing their own spaces against harmful tropes.
The art is incredibly bland, the points they make are very surface level, and the artist is an awful person.
So many people think they're owning the libs or whatever by posting them.
Some people just seem to find low hanging fruit to their tastes.
No idea why, though if I had to guess, itβs probably because it takes no effort to understand any of it.
Like how children play with blocks. Theyβre easy.
That's a very good way of putting it.
Probably misogyny.