Toronto-based writer, Roslyn Talusan, has been receiving hateful, abusive, and threatening messages from Ariana Grande fans ever since she called her "a spoiled white girl from boca" on Twitter.
Toronto-based writer, Roslyn Talusan, has been receiving hateful, abusive, and threatening messages from Ariana Grande fans ever since she called her "a spoiled white girl from boca" on Twitter.
She called media journalists "unfulfilled" and "purposeless", which sent Roslyn on an angry Twitter tangent directed at Ariana.
"Just because we don’t sing or dance [expletive] choreo or culturally appropriate for profit doesn’t make our craft any less valid. suck on my balls."
"You would understand the necessity for culture critics if you had some you [expletive] buzzard".
It was clear that she took serious offense to Ari's initial tweets, discrediting writers.
But goes on to explain that Beyoncé lifts "people up", while Ari puts down those that aren't putting her up on a pedestal.
“I hope someone murders you! I also hope your kids get murdered too [expletive]! You deserve it you [expletive] [expletive] [expletive],” someone messaged her on Instagram.
In an attempt to spread awareness of what Ari's fans were doing to her, she screenshot the flood of hateful messages she was being sent and posted them on Twitter
There were countless hurtful messages similar to this one.
She personally messaged Roslyn, reassuring her that she recognizes media writers as having a "valid" profession.
She described her fans as being upset and passionate — and then apologized on their behalf, adding that they should know better by now.
She told Ari that although she's done a few things to disappoint her lately, she has been an overall inspiration to her in her own journey.
Ariana snippily responded that she just tries to do her job.
"Grande kept DM'ing me to reassure me that she writes her songs and then about her PTSD. I made sure to validate her feelings, told her healing isn’t linear, and recommended a book," Roslyn explained.
But she said that she found Ari's response to be "completely unsatisfactory."
"Grande dismissed it as her fans being 'upset and passionate,' who were reacting with 'similar energy' to my tweets."
"However, pretending like she has 0 influence over her stans is disingenuous and irresponsible."
She wrapped up her final Twitter thread by mentioning that there are plenty of other victims of "stan culture" out there being bullied — we just don't see it because it doesn't always receive attention from major media platforms.