Haley Morris-Cafiero

The Bully Pulpit

The Bully Pulpit is my response to the thousands of people who tried to cyberbully me when my photograph series, Wait Watchers, went viral from 2013 - 2015. While developing a response to these bullies, I knew that anything that I wrote to them would be deleted or fuel more hateful messages. I realized that a photograph cannot be removed from the internet therefore I need to respond with a photograph. I found the public profiles of 25 of these bullies, costumed myself to look like them and inserted their hateful comment into the frame. That way, my response can never be deleted.

I use low quality wigs and prosthetics to mirror the fallacy that the internet will protect their identities and their hateful acts. They have weaponized the internet to spread hate and I hope to show them that they are not anonymous.