Lindy West, “The Witches Are Coming”

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front of our eyes and one one sort of
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manifestation of that is although this
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predates Trump is that women get called
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witches you know as a sort of silencing
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tactic a way to silence and discredit us
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and then also when a man does crime and
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then has like one shred of
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accountability or consequence then
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suddenly also we are witch hunters
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and they are being witch hunters and I
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feel like that’s not fair well how come
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you get to be a witch when it’s useful
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but then we have to be a witch when it’s
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bad to be a witch anyway so I’m
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reclaiming both which is my right I
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don’t see why anyone could get mad at me
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cuz like you said it you said I’m a
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witch
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so fine and you said I’m a witch I’m a
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witch hunting you so fine I’m a witch
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and I’m hunting you which is it’s like
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really satisfying even when you’re very
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aware that you have no power to just say
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real aggressive things I put time on to
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Columnist Lindy West Sees ‘Straight Line’ From Trolls Who Targeted Her To Trump Listen· 35:12

New York Times columnist Lindy West knows what it’s like to encounter a barrage of Internet hate. West, who often writes about feminist issues and body positivity, was “doxxed” by Internet trolls — her home address and cell phone number were posted online.

But West hasn’t been silenced; she continues to speak out against harassment and misogyny. In her book Shrill, she writes about learning to like her body and to insist on a place for herself in public life.

.. There are a lot of ostensibly pro-choice people who still believe that if you have an abortion it’s your obligation to talk about it with shame and regret and to apologize and to grovel and to justify it, and I would argue that that’s not really being pro-choice. …Especially pro-choice left-wing men often have a really hard time talking about abortion. I find they have often not really thought about it that much, and have just sort of internalized this messaging that, “Yeah, abortion should be legal but I still feel kind of icky about it, and we should try to avoid it.” …

I do not tolerate that argument in my presence and I do not engage with it. I have nothing to be ashamed of. I made the right choice for me and my family. …

The reality is that abortion is a normal, necessary medical procedure that people will always need and we can either make it safe or we make it unsafe. And we can make it accessible or we can make it inaccessible. And those are the options. Putting this layer of shame and stigma on people for exercising their constitutional rights is disgusting.