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<p>Over the weekend, Marvel comics editor Heather Antos <a href="https://www.themarysue.com/marvel-editor-harassed-for-selfie/">did the unthinkable</a>. <em>She tweeted a completely innocuous picture with her co-workers as they all enjoyed some delicious milkshakes.</em></p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It&#39;s the Marvel milkshake crew! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FabulousFlo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FabulousFlo</a> <a href="https://t.co/ogn8KEYuPM">pic.twitter.com/ogn8KEYuPM</a></p>&mdash; Heather Antos (@HeatherAntos) <a href="https://twitter.com/HeatherAntos/status/891004244089810945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 28, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Now sure! You may be thinking &quot;What is wrong with that? That seems like a 100% normal thing to do. Milkshakes are delicious.&quot; But that is probably because you are the kind of person who indiscriminately posts pictures of yourself having fun to social media sites without even thinking of the traumatizing effect it could have on <em>incredibly fragile men</em>. Shame on you!</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="" data-attribution-url="" height="336" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/shame-CRVjDF.gif" width="599" /></div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Pictures of female comic writers drinking milkshakes are well known to cause penises to fall off. It&#39;s just <em>science</em>. </p><p>Upon seeing the picture, incredibly fragile men across the internet exploded in rage, bringing new meaning to the term &quot;lactose intolerant.&quot; Behold, some of the more charming commentary!</p><oembed>https://twitter.com/BAR199323/status/891847749599199232</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Oh surprise! It is a Pepe The Frog avatar!</p><oembed>https://twitter.com/SatansRobots/status/891935184450330624</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>This guy is <em>far</em> less chill than his name suggests.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Are you discussing how to ruin 70 years of continuity ?</p>&mdash; comixnchill🇵🇭 (@cmxncil) <a href="https://twitter.com/cmxncil/status/891899117269434368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 31, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>And then there was this fella, who very clearly felt that he was the voice of reason in this situation, and was bad at counting.</p><oembed>https://twitter.com/Chars_78_tweets/status/892020951663034368</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/Chars_78_tweets/status/892021325673283584</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/Chars_78_tweets/status/892021555525373954</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>And this guy who was pretty sure that all those women were just there to talk behind his back.</p><oembed>https://twitter.com/droppedsync_LM/status/892017351281041408</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Man, these guys must just really hate milkshakes. </p><p>Antos&#39; DMs were similarly filled with charming observations from men who were too delicate, even, to vent their spleens publicly. You know, because the mean ladies stole their comic books without even asking, and must now pay.<br /> <br /> This, as we all know from the horror show that was &quot;Gamergate&quot; and the outcry about <em>Lady Ghostbusters</em> and all the histrionic sobbing about there being a female Doctor, is a pervasive issue within geek culture. Apparently, the idea of having to share the worlds of video games, comics or sci-fi with the womenfolk is just far too traumatic for some fellas out there, and they find they can only express their feelings by lashing out at women on social media and <a href="https://www.themarysue.com/anita-sarkeesian-bomb-threat/">threatening to bomb their houses</a>.<br /> <br /> And then they wonder why they have trouble finding dates.<br /> <br /> Thankfully, a quick scroll through the responses to the now infamous Milkshake Selfie shows <em>a lot</em> more support than sexist bullshit, with many now tweeting <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/makeminemilkshake?src=hash">#makeminemilkshake</a> in solidarity.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Marvel editor can't even post a selfie with her coworkers without dealing with some sexist bullsh*t.

Over the weekend, Marvel comics editor Heather Antos did the unthinkable. She tweeted a completely innocuous picture with her co-workers as they all enjoyed some delicious milkshakes.It&#39;s the Marvel milkshake crew! #FabulousFlo pic.twitter.com/ogn8KEYuPM&mdash; Heather Antos (@HeatherAntos) July 28, 2017 Now sure! You may be thinking &quot;What is wrong with that? That seems like a 100% normal thing to do. Milkshakes are delicious.&quot; But that is probably because you are the kind of person who indiscriminately posts pictures of yourself having fun to social media sites without even thinking of the traumatizing effect it could have on incredibly fragile men. Shame on you!Pictures of female comic writers drinking milkshakes are well known to cause penises to fall off. It&#39;s just science. Upon seeing the picture, incredibly fragile men across the internet exploded in rage, bringing new meaning to the term &quot;lactose intolerant.&quot; Behold, some of the more charming commentary!https://twitter.com/BAR199323/status/891847749599199232Oh surprise! It is a Pepe The Frog avatar!https://twitter.com/SatansRobots/status/891935184450330624This guy is far less chill than his name suggests.Are you discussing how to ruin 70 years of continuity ?&mdash; comixnchill🇵🇭 (@cmxncil) July 31, 2017 And then there was this fella, who very clearly felt that he was the voice of reason in this situation, and was bad at counting.https://twitter.com/Chars_78_tweets/status/892020951663034368https://twitter.com/Chars_78_tweets/status/892021325673283584https://twitter.com/Chars_78_tweets/status/892021555525373954And this guy who was pretty sure that all those women were just there to talk behind his back.https://twitter.com/droppedsync_LM/status/892017351281041408Man, these guys must just really hate milkshakes. Antos&#39; DMs were similarly filled with charming observations from men who were too delicate, even, to vent their spleens publicly. You know, because the mean ladies stole their comic books without even asking, and must now pay.  This, as we all know from the horror show that was &quot;Gamergate&quot; and the outcry about Lady Ghostbusters and all the histrionic sobbing about there being a female Doctor, is a pervasive issue within geek culture. Apparently, the idea of having to share the worlds of video games, comics or sci-fi with the womenfolk is just far too traumatic for some fellas out there, and they find they can only express their feelings by lashing out at women on social media and threatening to bomb their houses.  And then they wonder why they have trouble finding dates.  Thankfully, a quick scroll through the responses to the now infamous Milkshake Selfie shows a lot more support than sexist bullshit, with many now tweeting #makeminemilkshake in solidarity.

Female editor gets sexist backlash after posing drinking milkshakes with her coworkers