"There's no one path to success." Michele Boyd ’02 never imagined her degree in neurobiology, physiology and behavior would lead her to acting. @micheleboyd@swatcbs https://t.co/9e2MrPdhz7
I have to take a minute to shout out @CottontailVA@CheesyBeeps@micheleboyd for their incredible VA skills tonight. Sheeeeeesh. Y'all had me dying and impressed. I know it was for funsies, but all of you killed it. Thanks for the invite, Cheesy! 🫶
Hire them all. Trust me. 😂👏
@IAbsol@Twitch@emiru Nah man, don’t feel ashamed or bad at all. You didn’t know what was happening or that it was anything out of the ordinary at first. The people who SHOULD know better weren’t doing their jobs. Hope you were able to enjoy the rest of your con.
The video of the incident makes my skin crawl. Emi I’m so sorry you had to go through that, and @twitch you need to do so much better than this to protect your creators. It’s frankly disgusting to hear about the aftermath and your “response” to this assault.
hello everyone, I am okay and thank you for all of the kind messages, sorry I cannot respond to them all 🩷
Yesterday, the man who assaulted me was allowed to cross multiple barriers at twitchcon and even in front of another creators meet and greet to grab me and my face and try to kiss me. Fortunately he wasn't able to, but a lot of people have pointed out it could have been a lot worse!
I'm obviously shaken up by what happened and it's not the first time I've dealt with something like this, but to tell you honestly, I am a lot more hurt and upset by how Twitch handled it during and after the fact.
Like I said, I don't understand how he was allowed to make it to me in the first place. The security in the clip who reacts is my own security (it's true my favorite and usual security guard was banned for holding a stalkers arm to bring him to police, at a past Twitchcon)
However, there were at least 3 or 4 other Twitchcon security staff in the area who did not react and let the guy walk away, as you can see in the clip since they don't even appear in the frame LOL
The woman who is walking me away is my own personal manager, and behind the booth, the only two people who were checking on me and comforting me were her and my friend. None of the Twitchcon staff came to ask what happened or if I was okay.
My friend who was present told me Twitch security were also behind the booth afterwards joking about how they didn't even see what happened and immediately laughing and moving on to talking about something else.
So if no one was checking if I was okay or if I needed anything and they let the guy run away initially, I have no idea what anyone hired to keep the event safe was doing LOL
In Twitch's statement they said that the guy was immediately caught and detained, I'm sorry but that is a blatant lie. He was allowed to walk away from my meet and greet and I didn't hear he was caught until hours after he attacked me, and it felt like this only happened because of my manager pressing for it, not because Twitchcon staff present thought it was a big deal.
I have a lot more I want to say but I will say it on stream later today instead of writing a book on here.
Thank you guys again, sorry you all had to see that. This is definitely my last Twitchcon, and it saddens me to say as a 10 year off and on attendee of Twitchcon, I think other creators should seriously consider not attending in the future. I did not feel cared for or protected, even bringing my own security and staff. I can't imagine how creators without those options would feel.
Stay safe y'all, everything is going to be okay
@Long_Tall_Sally Well hello @Long_Tall_Sally! I paid $22 for a return label I never received and your customer service has ignored 2 emails, so let's try social media! If I don’t get a reply this week, I’ll be filing a chargeback for both the label and the cost of the original order.
Welp @long_tall_sally I paid $22 for a return label I never received and your customer service has ignored 2 emails, so let's try social media! If I don’t get a reply this week, I’ll be filing a chargeback for both the label and the cost of the original order.
The sun rose where I am. I spent the night not sleeping in my hotel room. It was dark and slow and lonely.
I had thought if it happened it wouldn’t be as hard as last time. Because it would be less of a shock. But it was harder, actually, and for the same reason. No one went into this naively. This was chosen.
But now my people are checking in with me, and vice versa. The sun is up. I already feel less alone.
This is me checking in with you: you’re not alone and you’re NOT wrong. This is going to feel bad. It’s going to BE bad. But the sun rose. You deserve its warmth, every day, and we are already closer to a future in which this will be the fucked up past.
Take care of one another and yourself. See you tonight if that’s helpful to you.
does anyone else have some random movies/tv shows from their childhood that had no business being there? Like I have very fond memories of these 2 movies, both from the 1970s (before I was born). One is russian, the other is japanese (obvs I watched both dubbed). But like, how?