Lindsay Ellis Quits YouTube & Twitter: Don't let the blue-checkmarks win, Lindsay.
I know Lindsay won’t read this, but here we go. When she was the Nostalgia Chick, I liked her content and enjoyed getting a female view of pop culture. She was smart, entertaining, and cute. Around the time of GamerGate and the rise of Feminist Frequency was when I noticed the change in her views and I started to become indifferent to her. I almost feel bad for her. After she was canceled earlier this year for nothing, she never got over it. It festered, and she lost interest in creating videos again. The reason I almost feel bad for is that she believed she was on the “right side” of the Internet and group. She spent hours on the Internet calling out the Gamergaters and “diet Nazis”. She even canceled and embarrassed a few thirsty neckbeards like Quinton Reviews and Movie Bob. Like many people from my generation, Internet brownie points on Twitter meant more to her than creating content. That one tweet ...