Jewish journalist Ever Barlow wrote a piece on how awful it is to be targeted on social media, specifically on how people keep calling her “Eve Fartlow”:
My latest for @tabletmag
The Social Media Pogromhttps://t.co/Qp8Vj1NHu6
— Eve Barlow (@Eve_Barlow) May 26, 2021
Via Tablet:
I don’t know who crafted the first tweet that simply said “Eve Fartlow,” but whoever it was—bot or human—started a fire. Over the past two weeks, Twitter has been littered with the words “Eve Fartlow.” Every time I tweet, this title is the response I attract, and it is pelted at me irrespective of what I write. Hundreds of trolls, some with blue ticks and some without, just start responding to me “Eve Fartlow” (some people have recently switched it to “Eve Shartlow” but “Eve Fartlow” seems to be the one that sticks). If we donated a JNF tree to Israel for every time someone tweeted “Eve Fartlow,” there’d be no Negev left.
And in response to this heartfelt essay on targeted harassment on social media, hundreds of blue-checks tweeted “Eve Fartlow.” Some examples:
I've slept on it, but I cannot stay silent any longer. This morning I break my silence.
Eve Fartlow.
— Jesse Hawken (@jessehawken) May 27, 2021
+1 eve fartlow
— aída chávez (@aidachavez) May 27, 2021
Seriously considering putting everything aside to get better at Photoshop so I can make shirts that say EVE FARTLOW and selling them to raise money to help rebuild this Gaza bookstore. Even if I don't make the shirts you should consider donating. https://t.co/ciug3ugAaF
— Jason Diamond (@imjasondiamond) May 27, 2021
And don’t get me started on Eve fartlow. Comparing being ratioed on twitter to water boarding & fucking pogrom is DISGUSTING. Log off if you can’t handle fart jokes, and don’t continuously stir the pot then cry “they’re being mean, they hate me cause I’m Jewish!!”
— Andy Signore (@andysignore) May 27, 2021
1. This article is not in any way describing a pogrom
2. Eve Fartlow
— Natalie Shure (@nataliesurely) May 26, 2021
Actor and Twitchy regular Seth Rogen responded as well and as classy as ever:
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— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) May 26, 2021
In case you didn’t know it, that’s the fart emoji:
Here is Seth Rogen tweeting a fart emoji at Eve, completely normal behavior pic.twitter.com/XXMy0iAm4f
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) May 27, 2021
The blue-check digital pogrom even got “Eve Fartlow” trending last night:
You will not be surprised to learn the worst ppl on this site have not mellowed out even during a pogrom pic.twitter.com/UveDOw0doV
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) May 27, 2021
You see, when you’re a Jewish journalist Twitter just lets it happen:
Just ran "Eve Fartlow" through some social media analysis tools for fun and found that it has been posted on the internet 23,800+ times.
— Jared Holt (@jaredlholt) May 27, 2021
And here’s Eve’s response to the hate:
Just a Jewish woman who won't shut up. pic.twitter.com/RIuKkeHeLD
— Eve Barlow (@Eve_Barlow) May 27, 2021
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