
Hildur Lilliendahl ViggĂłsdĂłttir
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A well-known Icelandic feminist has been banned by Facebook for outing sexism online. In February, Hildur Lilliendahl ViggĂłsdĂłttir set up a Facebook album called âMen Who Hate Women,â which is made up of screenshots documenting sexism on Facebook â such as this photo of a woman in her underwear strung up like a pig with an apple in her mouth. The caption reads, âFeminist found in town this morning â captured and put on the grill.â

âI started the album after hearing ridiculously misogynistic things in the media, even from public figures and politicians,â Hildur told British newspaper The Telegraph. âI had the feeling that people didnât realise how harsh is the response that feminists receive for speaking up. I wanted to shed a light on how vile it is.â
Responses to the album have been varied. Along with praise, Hildur has received a number of death threats. Last month, an Icelandic man made a public Facebook status saying, âIf I âaccidentallyâ ran over Hildur, she is probably the only person on earth that I would back up over, and leave the car on top of her with the hand brake on!! Put this in your âmen who hate Hildurâ folder, Hildur Lilliendahl.â
So she did. And now Facebook has given her a 30-day ban for posting screenshots of other peopleâs Facebook statuses, which is against Facebook guidelines â even when those statuses are public.

The hypocrisy of Facebook strikes again (theantibogan)

A Facebook spokesperson had this to say: âAt Facebook we deplore bullying. We made this rule because screengrabs are one way that bullies can try to bypass privacy and sharing settings.â
So publicly posting death threats is completely okay, but documenting those death threats breaks the rules? Come on, Facebook.
âWhat Iâm doing is not radicalâIâm just re-posting the internet on the internet,â Hildur said. âEvery comment on the album has already been made publicly. Iâm not taking it from a friendâs news feed or a private conversation.â
This isnât the first time Hildurâs album has been reported, so she also created a Tumblr page so the album wouldnât be lost. You can check it out here (but, fair warning, itâs all in Icelandic).
Images from telegraph.co.uk, karlarsemhatakonur.tumblr.com
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Hildur’s tumblr page
And from Gettin Real Tired of Everybody’s Fuckery
This is all kinds of fucked. Icelandic woman creates a photo album to document all the sexist shit she sees on Facebook, then this happens:
Responses to the album have been varied. Along with praise, Hildur has received a number of death threats. Last month, an Icelandic man made a public Facebook status saying, âIf I âaccidentallyâ ran over Hildur, she is probably the only person on earth that I would back up over, and leave the car on top of her with the hand brake on!! Put this in your âmen who hate Hildurâ folder, Hildur Lilliendahl.â
So she did. And now Facebook has given her a 30-day ban for posting screenshots of other peopleâs Facebook statuses, which is against Facebook guidelines â even when those statuses are public.
And Facebook says itâs because of their anti-bullying policy.
FUCK THAT. Because calling someone sexist is worse bullying than a death threat?
Fuck you and your blatant misogyny, Facebook.
Wasnât I also just hearing yesterday about a woman who, when she reported a terribly sexist page (one of upskirt photos ones, I think I recall?) she was the one who ended up getting banned for supposedly having two facebook pages or not using her real name or something? And the page she reported is still up?
I mean, it doesnât seem facebook ever takes down those really awful pages that Iâve reported (and know many of you have) so⊠I donât know what else I expected.
So creep-shots and rape-threats are a-okay with Facebook. But women fighting back? Oh no! Canât have some uppity ass b*tches ruining all the fun of The Dudebro Collective.
(via gynocraticgrrl)
Source: lostgrrrls
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