Franchesca Ramsey

Franchesca Ramsey
Born (1983-11-29) November 29, 1983
West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.
Residence New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation Graphic designer, television personality, YouTube personality, actress, writer, comedian
Website franchesca.net

Franchesca Ramsey (born November 29, 1983), also known as Chescaleigh, is an American comedian, activist, television and YouTube personality, and actress, who has appeared on MTV and MSNBC.[1][2][3][4][5]

Career

YouTube

Ramsey's YouTube channel contains topical and socially conscious comedy sketches and song parodies among other videos. Her chescalocs channel is about natural hair.[1] In 2015, Ramsey became the host of the MTV web series Decoded where she discusses racism and cultural issues.[6] Several of Ramsey's videos have appeared on MTV, The Huffington Post, CollegeHumor, Jezebel, and Glamour Magazine.[7][8][9][10][11]

Online harassment

Ramsey has been a target of online harassment, trolling and doxing.[12][13] Emma Cueto of Bustle counted Ramsey among five women who receive "mountains of daily abuse" of the kind that is "disproportionately leveled against women as well as LGBT people and people of color, prompted by nothing at all".[12] The typical campaigns of harassment against individuals like Ramsey are not organic, or spontaneous, but are orchestrated and coordinated attacks involving many participants, starting on both fringe white supremacist websites, and on alt-right, establishment-connected media like Breitbart News.[14][15][16]

After Ramsey gained large numbers of YouTube views from winning the People/YouTube Red Carpet Reporter contest, she became the target of racist harassment, beginning with comment thread stalkers posting racial epithets. This escalated to harassing emails sent to Ramsey's work email address, and then malware attacks on her employer's email server. The stalker then began posting personal details meant to imply that he was physically tracking and watching her.[17][18]

Ramsey said she had a good relationship with YouTube personnel in attempting to prevent the harassment, and was selected to participate in a survey of YouTube creators about changes they would like. She said she wanted the ability to block users by IP address, and limit comments to channel subscribers. YouTube did not respond, and the harassment continued.[12] Ramsey discussed minorities being targets of harassment in a 2013 SXSW panel, in which she said she tries to ignore trolls, or hold them up for ridicule, to laugh them off.[19]

Ramsey was one of five YouTubers to receive a US$25,000 grant from John Green's Creators for Change project, to "amplify the voices of people who are not traditionally heard".[20] Green's goal is to help those in a position to speak out and build online communities opposed to hate speech, xenophobia and harassment.[20]

Ramsey says her long experience online has helped her ignore online harassment.[21] She said that she has not hesitated to speak on issues, but has learned to avoid mention of YouTubers by name, speaking in "generalities" instead, knowing that angering a fan base will bring "100,000 twitter messages from children" calling her racial epithets or targeting her husband, or harassing her at work.[21] She advises girls to choose their battles when confronted with harassment or open prejudice, and to find ways to educate individuals in a work environment, and that it gets easier with practice.[21]

Television

In early 2016, Ramsey joined Comedy Central's The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore as a contributor and writer.[22][23][24][25]

Ramsey has also appeared in television series such as MTV:Decoded,[26] Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell[27][28] and Broad City.[25][29]

Podcast

Ramsey hosts a podcast with her husband Patrick called Last Name Basis where the couple talk about their lives and the world around them.[30]

References

  1. 1 2 "Franchesca Ramsey Uses Humor to Begin Critical Dialogues on Race for MTV's 'Decoded'". The Culture. September 17, 2015. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
  2. ↑ Cohen, Noam (December 4, 2014). "Grand Jury Decision Leads to Twitter Confessions of 'Criming While White'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
  3. ↑ White, Daniel. "Meet the YouTube Stars Who Asked Questions at the Democratic Debate". TIME.com. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
  4. ↑ Dandy, Brittany (June 23, 2015). "Franchesca Ramsey to Host MTV's 'Decoded'". Black Enterprise. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Franchesca Ramsey on #BlackLivesMatter". MSNBC. September 4, 2015. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  6. ↑ Dandy, Brittany (June 23, 2015). "Franchesca Ramsey to Host MTV's 'Decoded'". Black Enterprise. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
  7. ↑ "A Parody of Beyonce's 'Countdown' Music Vid We Can All Relate To". MTV. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  8. ↑ Luippold, Ross (October 14, 2013). "'Don't Tweet' Brings No Doubt Classic to the Twitter Age". Huffington Post. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Turn Your Phone! "No Scrubs" Anti-Portrait Parody". College Humor. June 28, 2013. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  10. ↑ Beck, Laura (June 28, 2013). "What's Your Lipstick Story?". Jezebel. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  11. ↑ "You Guys, I Just Love This Lipstick Story". Glamour Magazine. August 1, 2013. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  12. 1 2 3 Cueto, Emma (March 31, 2015), "'So You've Been Publicly Shamed' by Jon Ronson Delves Into "Internet Shaming," But Here Are 6 Women Who Would Write Smart Books About Online Hate", Bustle (magazine)
  13. ↑ Soep, Elisabeth (January 24, 2014), Participatory Politics: Next-Generation Tactics to Remake Public Spheres, MIT Press
  14. ↑ Oluo, Ijeoma (July 19, 2016), "Leslie Jones' Twitter abuse is a deliberate campaign of hate", The Guardian
  15. ↑ Goldberg, Michelle (February 20, 2015), "Feminist writers are so besieged by online abuse that some have begun to retire", Washington Post
  16. ↑ Citron, Danielle (September 19, 2014), "How Cyber Mobs and Trolls Have Ruined the Internet—and Destroyed Lives", Newsweek
  17. ↑ YouTube (August 27, 2008), YouTube and PEOPLE.com Announce Winner of Nationwide Red Carpet Reporter Audition (press release), Marketwire
  18. ↑ Hoffberger, Chase (March 6, 2013), "Escaping the trolls: Franchesca Ramsey’s 4-year YouTube struggle", The Daily Dot
  19. ↑ Gross, Doug (March 14, 2013), "'Don't feed the trolls': Racism on YouTube", CNN
  20. 1 2 Hamedy, Saba (December 13, 2016), "John Green hopes to 'amplify the voices of people who are not traditionally heard' through YouTube", Mashable
  21. 1 2 3 Garrett, Camryn (February 1, 2016), "Franchesca Ramsey Discusses Trolls, Black History Month, and Courage", HuffPo.com
  22. ↑ Obenson, Tambay A. "'The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore' Taps Franchesca Ramsey as Newest Contributor and writer". Shadow and Act. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  23. ↑ Wright, Megh (2016-02-01). "Franchesca Ramsey joins 'The Nightly Show' as a writer and contributor". Split Sider. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
  24. ↑ Surrey, Miles (2016-08-23). "'The Nightly Show' star Franchesca Ramsey talks cancellation and comedy in 2016". Mic. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
  25. 1 2 Epstein, Michael (2016-02-01). "Comedian and actress Franchesca Ramsey is the newest addition to 'The Nightly Show'". Flavor Wire. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
  26. ↑ "Franchesca Ramsey's tough choice". Comedy Central. 2016-11-05.
  27. ↑ "'Cock block the vote' PSA discourages men from voting on 'Totally Biased'". Huffington Post. 2012-11-02. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
  28. ↑ "W. Kamau Bell". The Frisky. 2012-11-04. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
  29. ↑ Gutelle, Sam (2016-02-04). "YouTube personality Franchesca Ramsey joins Comedy Central's 'The Nightly Show'". Tube Filter. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
  30. ↑ "Last Name Basis". Retrieved March 16, 2016.
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