ROLE OPTIC

The following text is something we always tried to avoid. Since Tenshi Vielle decided to attack us no longer only on her plurk timeline but also on her Blog "Shopping Cart Disco", we decided to react.

It seems to be part of the SCD policy to use internal information and to publish IM logs. We never did that in the past even when Tenshi Vielle and her friends started the first attacks. It was our conviction that we keep personal issues on a private level and don't take them to the public and never to attack someone's business on the basis of personal differences.

But we will do it now.

Ofelia Laval is not only our closest friend on the grid but also an experienced team member and a wonderful person. We totally trust her and there is never a decision made without the three of us as a team. The decision not to feature Gattina Dumpling in our next issue was simply made because Gattina just blogged herself and her collaborative project Hotel Dare a few days ago on Shopping Cart Disco not simply because Gattina works for SCD. Gattina decided to go public with this topic before coming to us to clear this up. She went public and Tenshi Vielle jumped in her plurk for another attack to call us "bigot assholes". Gattina's first step should have been to clarify what she had heard with Ofelia Laval, Leeza Catteneo or me, Rohal Schnyder. We know Gattina as a former tenant and she was always a very nice person. We respect her engagement and her contributions in the arts community for SL and so does Ofelia Laval.

I admit that the following text is long but it will show you a different picture of the untruths Tenshi Vielle is trying to spread on her blog. It will show you a very different picture of a lot of things, too. We will not call anyone by an insulting name. We will just publish the straight facts. [Editor's note: references to RL facts are deleted with XXXXXXX]

1. "It started a few months ago when a friend was viciously cut from their staff (and their friends lists) and I called them out on it."

This is not true. It never happened. The friend Tenshi mentioned, is Felicity Blumenthal a former ROLE Magazine staff member and friend. She worked for us as a stylist and advertising consultant and moved over to Second Style due to her real life situation and because they offered her more money than we did. Felicity told us that she was in a real life situation where she thought this would help her. We didn't ask about the amount nor did we talk about money at all. We knew about her reasons when she decided to leave ROLE Magazine and we understood it. In internal IMs we thought there might be some communication issues but we all agreed that there were no issues between us and Felicity Blumenthal nor was she "viciously cut" from our staff. She left on good terms and of her own free will. Saying she was "viciously cut" is a straight out lie. Felicity is still on my friendslist. Here is what Felicity Blumenthal told me in our last conversation:

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By Rohal Schnyder