Jane Espenson Equates Once Upon a Time Haters to Body Shamers

You know Jane Espenson. The HBIC was a co-executive producer on important shows that mattered like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Gilmore Girls, and Battlestar Gallactica et. al.

Anyway just in time for all the countries of the planet to celebrate women, a couple of people in possession of free time attacked Jane Espenson on Twitter. It was because she proudly exclaimed that Once Upon a Time ratings were excellent. You know how nothing brings out the fire insults online like pride and self. So in that grand tradition, people who don’t make T.V. shows people see on the tube made fun of the ratings, and when someone else said noted that it was all just honesty, not cruelty, oddly enough, they got a response:

@jmorriswen @pokerwithellen …to taunt with it now is analogous to showing someone their weight gain and calling them fat. True but mean.

— Jane Espenson (@JaneEspenson) March 7, 2016

Social justice warrior math time. There is a small vocal camp of people who say that when you take jabs about coming up short career-wise and then you slap an equal sign next to it and call it the same as when people helpfully point out that you put on some pounds, then that equation does not add up.

Word problem examples, when someone tells you your ratings suck, is it more or less rude than the following.

a) When your uncle who calls you annually notes that you used to look so much slimmer and happier and offers you some celery.

b) When a man slides in on Instagram to politely tell you your sister is smaller now that you’re larger and thusly, she is the better person.

c) When a friend informs you what you already know: that you wear larger #healthgoth crop tops now that you weigh more, and takes all your margaritas and chips to help you.

d) None of the above.

Let us know if a ratings wake up call and body shaming are the same.

Did you just compare fat shaming to your terrible writing? Can you deactivate and quit your job? https://t.co/vVTV7OzLQv

— marie's wife (@domzgallagher) March 7, 2016

Phelts

This show is a misogynist bag of feces that is as intellectually and artistically lazy and insulting as it is offensive. I’m not going to cry a river over a woman who intentionally misrepresents violent misogynists as romantic heroes it’s womens responsibility to fix getting dragged on Twitter.

Also, what she actually said is that people like her are above criticism, equating justifiable criticism with hate speech and bullying.
merwordup

The writers are just as dumb as the fandom that constantly pander to: Hookers/CS.

Challenging Jane’s notion that OUAT’s ratings are excellent is not being mean, it is being truthful. Adam/Bridigett funko girl/Jane have constantly equated criticism to “bullying.” They just don’t want to face up that OUAT’s writing is horrible and highly offensive. It is no wonder that they have cultivated one of the most toxic fandoms on the current TV landscape. People really should stop engaging these incompetents on Twitter, its been 5 years and you should already know how they will respond.
Kyne

They’re not the same. Being called out for the factual result of your work is by far, far, FAR not the same as being harrassed because your body is not conforming to current beauty standards.

Saying the two are one and the same is disrespectful, hurtful and pretty much a slap in the face of the actual victims of bullying.

If my customers tell me I’m doing a bad job and that the quality of the services and products I deliver is not satisfactory, and if my boss tells me they’re right because numbers are down, they’re criticizing my work and stating facts, not attacking me personally on the basis of their subjective values of beauty or personality.

Ashley Hoffman