#YesAllWomen is the hashtag women are using to share their opinions and experiences with gender based violence over on Twitter.
What about it? We ask that people do more than provide a link when starting a thread – state an opinion, ask a question, etc.
Hey, I tweeted to that hashtag! It’s like all this internet stuff is all connected or something! 
I’m gonna stick my neck out and say that my opinion of gender-based violence on Twitter is pretty low.
I’m bold that way.
Regards,
Shodan
Ooh, going pretty far out on that limb. 
It is refreshing and affirming to see a member of the board take such a principled stand. Thank you, sir. 
Wow.
I’m sure this will clear that problem right up.
Really? I didn’t see your name.
I was going to, but I’m easily identifiable and I wouldn’t want my bosses and co-workers to see it. My bosses still call women older than them “girls” and some co-workers don’t think birth control should be covered by health insurance.
I think I’ll print out one of those anecdotes about dogs and steaks and no for the office.
I do beg your pardon.
State an opinion?
The level of hostility expressed in response to the topic of the unwarranted hostility women are exposed to in real life and on even the most supposedly enlightened sites on the internet is the reason this little movemette is necessary.
The incidents of gender-based violence on twitter are even lower
This hashtag made me turn off some of the people I’m following’s RTs. It’s not that I disagree that the issue is important but with very few exceptions (like the father of #BraydenStrong) I follow people for humor, not their views on social issues.
#withfriendslikethesewhoneedsenemies?
Because all women are the same, huh?
#Yes
No, that’s not theme.
Hostility? Really? I am not seeing it, pardon my lack of trendy hashtag.
Good luck with your important work.
As it’s Memorial Day, I was going to Tweet my wife with #blackeye, but since there is a Twitter campaign that’s off. Maybe the Fourth of July.
Regards,
Shodan
I see your point now.
Meh, I was more impressed by #OneReasonWhy. At least #OneReasonWhy brought up discrimination in the games/tech industry which, IMO, isn’t talked about enough. Internet bullying and violence against women (in Western countries) has been talked about to death. I really don’t feel like this campaign meaningfully advances any discourse. This isn’t to say they’re not worth discussion, but posting inane snippets like “#YesAllWomen I shouldn’t have to be afraid of walking down the street” isn’t exactly a reasoned commentary, nor a particularly surprising or unheard of anecdote.
There’s a place for hastag activism. #BringBackOurGirls brought attention to a legitimately overlooked issue, and like I said, I respected #OneReasonWhy, but this one overextends a bit, IMO. Especially with the “All Women” thing, which is just begging for one of the notable female MRAs to smugly shoot it down with “ALL women huh!?”
I hate when stuff is applied to all women, because when it doesn’t apply to me (and it usually doesn’t) then I feel gross and creepy and less of a woman.
Is the theme that ALL women are victims of men? And/or that ALL men are pigs now (as if they haven’t always been)? The misogyny and hatred by one murderous dude is now representative of the whole of mankind?
Columnist Petula Dvorak at Washington Post seems to think so:
Yahoo News mentions #YesAllWomen too, in this little piece (republished from AFP), which also mentions:
There’s a Cat Whisperer on twitter, but it’s not me.
I am reminded of a thread we had here not too long ago, with the guys trying to tell the women that our experiences weren’t happening or we were mis-understanding or something.