sleazebag

Field guide.

A few familiar species. You have probably met them.

Field guide · · 3 min read

Field Guide: The Smile More

A field guide to the man who treats a stranger's facial neutrality as a customer service complaint, offering unsolicited advice on joy.

Field guide · · 3 min read

Field Guide: Wrong Room Entirely

A field guide to the man who treats every post about plumbing, grief, or broken lawnmowers as an invitation to flirt in the public replies.

Field guide · · 4 min read

Field Guide: The Hit and Run

A field guide to the hit-and-run reply guy, who drops a single unsolicited comment under an innocent post and vanishes before the notification clears.

Field guide · · 3 min read

Field Guide: The LinkedIn Poet

A field guide to the LinkedIn Poet, a reply guy who uses line breaks, corporate jargon, and unwarranted intimacy to comment on women's career posts.

Field guide · · 3 min read

Field Guide: The Hear Me Out

A field guide to the reply guy who prefaces an unsolicited romantic fantasy with the verbal equivalent of clearing his throat in a boardroom.

Field guide · · 5 min read

The Reply Guy Field Guide

A taxonomic overview of the most common reply-guy species found under women's posts, their typical calls, habitats, and how to spot them.