Someone reserved Cyberbullying and Cyberthreats by Nancy E. Willard, which means I have to take it back next week, so I'm going to take some brief notes from it. It doesn't add a whole lot to what I've already said, just reinforces and clarifies some of it.

( Some more on cyberbullying )

Well, whaddya know. Turns out I'm not the only person who's had harsh words for the Who anon meme, judging by a fandom secret posted in its defense. On that subject, then, some relevant secrets wot I pinched:

( Yikes kind of huge )

I started these postings with these questions: "Right - my experience of fanbullying. How is it like, and how is it unlike, my experience of bullying in school? How is it like, and how is it unlike, cyberbullying and bullying in general?" I think I can now answer them ( Read more... )

In our latest exciting installment: cyberbullying.

It's basically the same crap - only now with the added power of technology:

"Traditional bullies always had to let their victims see them and could only gain the support of friends who were around. Cyber bullies can humiliate, threaten, and belittle their victims without their identity being ( Read more... )

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Continuing to explore how my experience of fanbullying is like, and is not like, my experience of bullying in school, and how it is like and not like cyberbullying and bullying in general. To follow up from last night's cheerful account of my experience of bullying at school, here's some more general stuff about school bullying ( Read more... )

Right - my experience of fanbullying. How is it like, and how is it unlike, my experience of bullying in school? How is it like, and how is it unlike, cyberbullying and bullying in general?

First, let me talk about high school.

The bullying I experienced at school was mostly harassment. It was unpredictable and continual. There was no moment of ( Read more... )

Feeling suicidal gives you, paradoxically, a kind of power. You're in a kind of end-of-the-world, anything-goes state: all bets are off, no rules apply ( Read more... )

Wait, just -

just wait a -

Just wait a cotton-picking minute.

The Who anon meme. fandom_wank. And similar sites where you can personally attack another fan with the protection of anonymity and without consequences (and, often, where they have no way to defend themselves).

Are they cyberbullying?I was bullied relentlessly through high school, ( Read more... )

I get furious with fangirls who think mental illness and self-harm are a joke, or immature attention-seeking silliness, or a lazy excuse not to get a job. Some of these ignorami popped up on the latest *&%*% anon meme to inflict Doctor Who fandom. Now, the behaviour of mads, including me, can be hugely frustrating for others. And just being a ( Read more... )