For many years, feminist blogger and Pasadena City College professor Hugo Schwyzer was welcomed by the lefty feminist community. His writing was published by The Atlantic, the Good Men Project, Jezebel, HuffPo, Alternet, The Frisky and the Guardian.
Sure, he alienated some femme-a-gogues over the years, inspiring the Fuck No, Hugo Schwyzer Tumblr. Here’s part of the most recent post:
- He tried to murder a woman after she’d been sexually assaulted because he thought that being raped and having substance abuse problems made her better off dead
- He used his position of authority as a teacher to coerce students into sleeping with him
- He’s capitalized on sexually assaulting one of his partners by writing articles about her blaming her for not saying no to him enough
- He has used racism in white-dominated feminist spaces to hide behind famous white Feminists and shut down, silence, and alienate women of colour
But Schwyzer promoted SlutWalks and ran around with his speculum-handled abortion pom-poms reciting “pro-choice” cheers, so he continued his cushy gig teaching courses on porn and gender studies while receiving a platform in the feminist media.
Last month he kinda, sorta quit the Internet. The next day, screen caps of a sexting affair between the married “male feminist” and a porn star surfaced. He told New York magazine he was done with the Internet because of his “fragile” mental health and also that feminists are meanies.
This week, the Pasadena Star-News reported that following the sexting scandal and extramarital affairs, Schwyzer would be taking some sick time. At least one trustee doesn’t want him to return to teaching “Navigating Pornography.”
Schwyzer returned to Twitter yesterday, admitting in dozens of tweets to years of deception as he weaseled his way into feminist academia. He also said he was in the middle of a manic episode. Here’s a selection of those tweets from the self-described “notorious bad boy male feminist”:
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https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365906304419639296
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365906423877607424
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365906652630753284
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365906903278166018
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365906949642002433
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365907220208168960
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365907359828156416
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365907493647417344
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365907656386412545
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365907734526304256
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365907796258074624
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365907944237314048
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365908105936117760
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365908304335089666
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365908522002685952
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365908569440268289
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365908707613229056
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365908884768047106
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365908967622328320
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365909120152379392
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365909293779783682
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365909431071944705
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365909614040064001
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365909689797582848
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365910080211783682
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365910268473114625
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365910521985249281
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365910646103089153
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365910918665744384
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365911061540507648
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365911227358121985
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365911396023672832
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365912831587127297
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365912949006680064
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365912996326817792
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365913726404145153
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365913774873518082
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365914678360158209
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365915537357803520
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365917161337782273
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365918354793431040
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365920835216744449
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365920943467544576
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365922729674805249
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365922865700290561
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365977824017924096
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365979624922038272
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365979906041069571
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365980409466585089
Some Twitter users suspected Schwyzer had been hacked.
https://twitter.com/hunterw/status/365925026316304384
Schwyzer appeared to confirm the tweets were not the work of a hacker.
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365920295414009858
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/status/365921440421249025
https://twitter.com/ConnerHabib/status/365923419637821440
Mentally ill or not, Schwyzer isn’t finding much sympathy among the people he duped.
https://twitter.com/BhaswatiChat/status/366191741927309313
https://twitter.com/bugbrennan/status/366166670881992704
@hugoschwyzer take some pills bc you dont belong in this world with your entitlement to women. you are more toxic than a handful of pills.
— Impeding Lies (@ImpedingLies) August 10, 2013
Dear Hugo Schwyzer: Stop faking manic episodes for sympathy. Stop dragging down others with you. You've hurt us enough. Just stop.
— Christina C-Bomb Parreira (@VegasTrollop) August 10, 2013
If I hear one more thing about people feeling sorry for Hugo Schwyzer, I am going to scream. He is a predator. He does not deserve pity.
— i got two phones (@Kacy2Phones) August 10, 2013
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