When Joss Whedon took down his Twitter account, speculation ranged widely: was it because of feminists attacking him over Avengers 2’s portrayal of Black Widow? Nope, reports Adam B. Vary.
“That is horseshit,” he told BuzzFeed News by phone on Tuesday. “Believe me, I have been attacked by militant feminists since I got on Twitter. That’s something I’m used to. Every breed of feminism is attacking every other breed, and every subsection of liberalism is always busy attacking another subsection of liberalism, because god forbid they should all band together and actually fight for the cause.
“I saw a lot of people say, ‘Well, the social justice warriors destroyed one of their own!’ It’s like, Nope. That didn’t happen,” he continued. “I saw someone tweet it’s because Feminist Frequency pissed on Avengers 2, which for all I know they may have. But literally the second person to write me to ask if I was OK when I dropped out was [Feminist Frequency founder] Anita [Sarkeesian].”
He’s just sick of Twitter, “the least quiet place I’ve ever been in my life.” He praises feminists for standing up to bullshit on Twitter—and admits to frustration at being accused of misogyny for not living up to feminist ‘litmus tests’ judging his own commitment to the cause.
Joss Whedon Calls “Horsesh*t” On Reports He Left Twitter Because Of Militant Feminists