PSA: Winterfox/Requires Hate/Benjanun Sriduangkaew/Maria Ying

I'm starting to see recs for Benjanun Sriduangkaew crop up in fandom again, so here's your reminder that Benjanun Sriduangkaew, aka Maria Ying, is actually Winterfox/Requires_Hate, a well-known serial harasser, blackmailer and abuser who decided that the best thing to do with her multimillionaire heiress time and money is to do real and lasting harm to many communities and many writers (especially writers of color) that she saw as rivals.

with how fast things move online right now, I imagine she's banking on people just forgetting everything she pulled: please don't! But even if you won't deny her your attention, at least keep yourself safe and remember that her modus operandi used to be either love bombing people until they let slip something she then blackmailed them with, or literally decades of unhinged harassment.

feel free to share.

original sources:

Mixon report: https://feralsapient.com/?p=889

The letter to Apex editors: https://web.archive.org/web/20170216003240/http://awitin.likhain.net/2017/02/a-letter-to-apex-editors-re-the-intersectional-sff-roundtable/

Zen Cho's report (start here of you never heard of any of this): https://web.archive.org/web/20200808225250/https://zencho.org/being-an-itemised-list-of-disagreements/

*she had once upon a time deleted her blog, hence the Wayback link; but now it's re-uploaded by her here, as she explicitly still stands by her words: https://zencho.org/articles/being-an-itemised-list-of-disagreements/

Rachel Manija Brown's report: https://rachelmanija.dreamwidth.org/1288081.html

Not Benjanun Sriduangkaew

Important anyhow, this person follows Benjanun

Winterfox!

Gender related to winter and foxes, being a fox that likes winter, being a winter fox, winter aesthetics, fox aesthetics, etc

Coined by me. Requested by no one

on Benjanun Sriduangkaew's past activity

Incidentally, she may try to hide it these days but Winterfox/RequiresHate/Benjanun Sriduangkaew's circle was responsible for some of the worst dogpiling of Isabel Fall in 2020.

thread by the person who later originated the "year 1988 as Nazi dogwhistling" line and one of the earliest and most widespread "criticisms" of the story, complete with conspiracy theories about the author being a stealth TERF:

https://web.archive.org/web/20210118200009/https://twitter.com/EffInvictus/status/1215994150094626816

from this user's profile:

hey bro heals pls

aerowave or winterfox uhh # 27!

when your not-girlfriend writes a song ranting about you

benjanun sriduangkaew transphobia

original: link

mirror: link

bonus: deleted tweet

At this point, my favored twitter lifeboat is here because there's not total amnesia in these parts and I have not seen folks try to fucking rehabilitate Winterfox.

Where did that bring me? Back to tumblr

🎄La collection de Noël est en ligne !🎄 Un ornement et sticker électrostatique fait maison sont disponibles sur ma boutique et sur Etsy! Pensez à faire vos achats avant décembre pour être sûr de recevoir votre commande avant Noël! Je vais tenter de mettre en place une miniboutique de secours avec BigCartel mais vous pouvez toujours me contacter pour faire une commande ! * * * #christmas #christmasvibes #christmastime #holidayvibes #holidayseason #cozyvibes #fox #winterfox #renard #kawaiiart #kawaiioftheday #illustration #artistsoninstagram #shopsmall #smallbusinesssupport #supportqueerartists https://www.instagram.com/p/ClL0JuusGwV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

thunder for the ask game!

APPARENTLY I HAVE A WINTERFOX WIP. HELP.

wip ask game

Thanks for having us @amityvillepubliclibrary and thanks for filling in for me @kmcgg and @princesskimmi28 #winterfox . . . . . . . . . . #artstudioforkids #artclassesforchildrenlongisland #paintpartiesforkids #kidsart #painting #artcamp #camplongisland #artcamplongisland #keytomyart #virtualbirthdayparty #virtualpaintnight #kidsart #longislandny #artforkids #Kidsartstudio #kidsartclasseslongisland #longislandchildrensart #longislandartclasses #amityville #virtualparties #arttherapy #specialneedsartclasses #creativeartstherapy #arttherapist #creativearttherapy # #mentalhealthawareness (at Amityville Public Library) https://www.instagram.com/p/CooPOP7t9Y1/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

would love to see anon's source for the claim that rin chupeco accused winterfox of telling her to get raped by dogs. i cannot find evidence of this anywhere. i don't think spreading unsubstantiated claims about someone is a responsible thing to do regardless of how much of an asshole they may or may not be

Here you go. Original is linked and sourced from Winterfox Fanlore page, but links decay, so you can see the archive. I'll screenshot the beginning of the thread for your convenience.

https://archive.ph/4Npwl

Here’s an old one.

Quilts come in all shapes, sizes, and uses! They are lovely wall art, like the mischievous Fox in a Winter Forest wall hanging. ❄️🦊❄️ This quilt includes a pocket on the back for easy hanging. Or you can hang any quilt up using a standard curtain rod with clips. It was a lot of fun longarm quilting all the little fur details on this fox! Check out all our quilts on Etsy, and ❤️ our shop! #fox #winter #winterfox #snowyday #quilter #foxquilt #wallhanging #longarmquilter #longarmquilting #smallbusiness #etsy #etsyshop #quiltsofinstagram #quiltstagram #longarmdrawing #foxes #wallart #wallartdecor #cozyhome #smallquiltbusiness https://www.instagram.com/p/CoC4orHL38Y/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

the whole cait corrain thing is reminding me a lot of that whole winterfox debacle, when it turned out that a blog that was regularly posting nasty reviews of sff and harrassing authors turned out to be run by... a fellow sff author. the difference is that winterfox got away with it and still has a career despite it all

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