Because of the many privileges I hold, I rarely get any trolls online. However, last fall, an unhappy person decided to choose a hashtag used by people who post their outfits online to troll (probably something like #ootd, or “outfit of the day”) and they landed on my Instagram feed.
Unfortunately, they decided to delete all their comments after I engaged with them, but never fear, I got the receipts (aka screenshots). Our conversation went something like this:
Troll: “It’s pretty simple, taking your own picture too much contributes to poor mental health and increases narcissistic traits. We don’t all need to be looking at each other and ourselves all the time.1It’s an unhealthy self obsession that shouldn’t be validated. Humans can have a wonderful and awesome life while also not posing for a camera every single day.”
Me: “My business is not posting outfits online. My business is helping women realize that can tell the patriarchy to fuck off.”
Troll: “You can focus more on real world is…