My comic from last month about The Terrible Sea Lion has really struck a chord!
It’s been mentioned by the Independent (above), Slate, VentureBeat, Feministe, and cited in a ton of blog posts.
That’s really neat to see! I’m happy that it’s resonated with so many people.
This video I'm watching about #ThatHashtag just referenced sea lioning as a harassment tactic. Looks like we saw the birth of a new word!
— Killing Screamer (@mitDebo) October 21, 2014
"Sea lioning" is already part of the lexicon. Useful term, too. The actual practice has been on the internet since forever.
— Mononike Toole (@MichaelToole) October 23, 2014
I just heard the term "sea lioning" used as a verb and I'm choking it's so funny. Holy shit we need to make sure that becomes a thing.
— Jodorowski's Ben (@BenKuchera) October 23, 2014
Useful vocabulary terms for the less obvious harassment tactics used against women online. Via http://t.co/KggLqIlgtv pic.twitter.com/JNPgQucWkO
— Feminist Frequency (@femfreq) October 23, 2014
I just said 'he just sealioned you' to someone IRL
— Patricia Hernandez (@xpatriciah) October 20, 2014
@DiscordianKitty sea lioning is new to me. I wonder if it came from this, or if it inspired it:
http://t.co/6UJmzuriA6
— John Carney (@johncarneyau) October 22, 2014
There are times I do NOT google words or phrases I see here, 'cause I don't wanna know!
Sea Lioning is one of those things.
— Bearbarian (@Hap2130) October 23, 2014
So I thought this would be fun: for just a week (through October 31 only) I’m making sea lion shirts!
Different colors (and even hoodies) are available too! And a tie-dye shirt because WHY NOT.
Now of course I should note: reasonable people can disagree.
Sealioning? People expect to say something in public and not be challenged on it. Mad.
— Lacey (@HenSiSi) October 23, 2014
Sent Sea Lion to a guy who kept commenting despite me saying I didn't want to argue today. He said it didn't apply. http://t.co/KqNEv8vW7Q
— Ferrett Steinmetz (@ferretthimself) October 3, 2014
Some people are calling the lady in the sea lion comic a SEA LION RACIST and saying she deserves to be challenged and confronted!
— MALKenstein ! (@malki) October 3, 2014
Sea Lion vs Cat #Falklands pic.twitter.com/qnSJGa369X
— Falkland Islands (@falklands_utd) October 14, 2014
*literally starts a fist fight with a sea lion because he stuck his tongue out at my wife at seaworld*
— Jazmasta (@jazmasta) October 3, 2014
Apologies if you've already seen a picture of an elephant saying hello to a sea lion today. pic.twitter.com/78WROc2SpC
— Beautiful Pictures (@BEAUTIFULPlCS) September 17, 2014
But c’mon I don’t even know how that last one RELATES