Forget Spartacus—we are all Vaseline Dion, Della Catessen, Blanche Davidian, Talullah Bunkbed, Wilma Fingerfit, Iona Trailer, and every other hilarious drag name you can think of.
  • Forget Spartacus—we are all Vaseline Dion, Della Catessen, Blanche Davidian, Talullah Bunkbed, Wilma Fingerfit, Iona Trailer, and every other hilarious drag name you can think of.

Hello, everyone following the saga of Facebook's weird plan to erratically enforce its dangerous and discriminatory "real names" policy!

As I mentioned on Slog last week, Facebook has given drag and burlesque performers using "fake names" a grace period that extends until/through the day after tomorrow, after which Facebook has said all such profiles will be deleted. If and when Facebook makes good on this threat, Slog commenter Sevenwithoneblow has pitched an excellent idea for how to respond:

Since FB has made it so easy to shut down "fake name" accounts and will do it with just one report, everybody should just report EVERYBODY. Make it as uncomfortable as possible to make it a nightmare for FB. Say you suspect every name as fake.

Drag queens and activists and whomever else doesn't like this policy should make it EVERYONE'S problem. Report the grandma's and the house husbands and the everyone. If it's enough of a hassle for Joe Lunchpail, they'll have to revisit it. Until it's a mainstream problem, it won't change. And FB has made it easy to make it a mainstream problem.

Sounds like a plan. Dear drag queens enjoying Facebook's grace period for "fake names": Please email me as soon as you learn anything about Facebook making good on their Wednesday deadline. Once we get proof of accounts being deleted, the Great Reportathon shall begin.