Great piece by Hadley Freeman about the Samantha Brick article that has sparked plenty of internet discussion this week (if you’ve missed this somehow, Brick wrote an article entitled ‘There are downsides to looking this pretty’: Why women hate me for being beautiful’ which was followed today by the pictures above)
Samantha Brick writes in her inevitable follow-up article about the reaction to her piece, “Until this week I never really understood the term ‘Trolling’ – used to describe when anonymous people viciously attack others on the internet. Now I do!” She sure does, but not in the way she thinks. The real definition of an internet troll is someone who posts something outrageous purely for the sake of getting a reaction – and the commissioning, editing and publishing of Brick’s article is trolling, pure and simple.
The Daily Mail uses its female writers in precisely the same way it uses its female readers and celebrities: frequently, centrally and, always, cruelly. Like an abusive husband, the Daily Mail courts women and needs women, but will always turn around and punch them in the face. Because the Daily Mail hates women.
