http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2006/10/11/i-sold-amptoonscom-comments-are-now-open/

What I find funny is that Heart links directly to the porn link page, there-by giving every ounce of her google-juice straight to the porn sites, and making the link farmer happy as a clam.

Surely she’s pointed out the nature of the server provider for Alas, and Amp’s deal, that she could stop giving the porn sites her google-love? Her readers already know of the devil’s bargain that pays for Alas’s bandwidth, so why give the Margin’s google-juice to the pornographers yet again?

It might have exceeded $1,000,000, actually. I’d have to go look it up and don’t want to. She’s not poor.

The money thing is one more item on top of her racism, her transphobia, her need to label disagreement as coming only from mortal enemies, her coddling the straight-baiting Satsuma (and yes, referring to straight women as brain damaged is baiting).

It’s hard to pick just one thing.

That’s really unfair. A lot of activists face economic discrimination - either because of their activism or from the forces that spawned their activism. A radfem who is short on cash is not automatically “incompetent.”

Her words are enough to condemn her, so why drag this in? She’s a rabid transphobe, what more do you need?

When I stopped thinking that Heart was the epicenter of the Radical Feminist world, amazingly enough my mental health dramatically improved. Now I look and see how many other women are saying any of the things Heart, or the women who still read and respond to Heart, say, and if it’s just that small corner of the planet, I conclude that it’s a bunch of crap and believe or do the opposite.

Woe is meeeeeeeeeeee !!!

Hey — a perfect reason to read and post to “Alas!” — taking money from pr0nographers!!!

And yeah, what Daisy said.

Also, I had someone drop by my blog to militantly explain that Heart’s not transphobic in the least. It was really funny how we could produce multiple examples of Heart being transphobic and this one person kept saying “You’re wrong” or “you’re twisting her words” or “you’re taking it out of context” before leaving the discussion because there’s only so long you can use a bucket to stop a flood.

Oh, and what Daisy said.

While I still disapprove of the form of funding for this site (a lot), there’s so much hypocritical stuff that’s been going on lately. And I’m a hypocrite because I work for a company that exploits people.

But there’s got to be a way to set things right.

Ampersand: I’m disappointed and disturbed by racist illustrations in Amanda Marcotte’s book.
Heart: You link to pornography, ergo, there’s nothing racist about booga-booga spearchucking savages.
Mandolin: Um, what?

Puritanism by any other name, is still puritanism.

I read everything she says with that in mind. It would usually sound fine coming out of the mouth of Dr Dobson, and speaking of appropriation, probably has.

You have to admit, though, it is kind of odd how the sale of the domain here went completely uncommented on by the blogofemilieu. No anger, no mass delinkings, no… OK, that was as far as I could get with a straight face.

LOL!

[edit: I crossposted with Les. Strange that the first thing that popped into both our minds when it comes to Heart is 'oh, the rabid transphobe? She's a credible speaker when it comes to Maia's supposed flaws, is she?']