William Shatner is not pulling any punches in his online beef with the feminist blog The Mary Sue.
It started when The Mary Sue chastised Shatner for repeatedly joking at Montreal Comic Con “a woman’s place is in the fridge,” towards Star Trek actress Kate Mulgrew.
Shatner says the phrase is a harmless inside joke between him and Mulgrew. The Mary Sue claims it is a sexist allusion to the “women in fridges” trope, where women are killed and left in fridges to motivate male characters.
.@TheMarySue account follows me. If they truly believed it, as a girl culture site they'd be hypocrites They aren't. pic.twitter.com/1cdq8JlFqT
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) July 19, 2016
Shatner took to Twitter to have a little fun with the idea.
Trope? ???????? ????????? pic.twitter.com/sjiejsWNec
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) July 20, 2016
Apparently killing women & stuffing them in refrigerators is some kind of trope in comics. Who knew? https://t.co/Ny3bAcLU6Y
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) July 19, 2016
He even took some jabs at The Mary Sue’s f—king white male founder.
Quick anecdote from yesterday. This is the founder of The Mary Sue. ???? pic.twitter.com/CDabtJM7t0
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) July 20, 2016
So you make dumb comment reported @TheMarySue https://t.co/9rNW79sa7j but fact that I'm not a woman somehow helps u? https://t.co/kXQsJTcFvg
— Dan Abrams (@danabrams) July 20, 2016
I didn't make a dumb comment, sir. Your "stellar" publication jumped to conclusions And yes it actually does help.???????? https://t.co/w9CKDyia8P
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) July 20, 2016
Shatner has not let up savaging the blog on his Twitter feed with such gems as:
I'm thinking of creating my own click bait, yellow journalistic site called Tropes, Tirades & Tiaras. Thoughts?
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) July 20, 2016
and
If you're going to be a cyber warrior for a misandrist tabloid that creates headlines for clickbait to keep the lights on; do research first
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) July 21, 2016
Can’t wait to see all the new hit pieces in the works calling Shatner a misogynist to learn about new esoteric tropes.
