JUNlPER
A drawing of a purple worm-looking thing wearing a reporter's hat with the word "Press" on it.
Twitter profile picture of the @JUNlPER account, created by @PfpDrawer[1][2]
Years active2019–2023
Known forTwitter shitposting

Junlper (stylized as JUNlPER[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]; born November 1, 1995[5]) is a former shitposter on Twitter. She[lower-alpha 3] is known for posting satirical screenshots of fabricated news stories[1] and is credited with popularizing the term goblin mode[6][7][3] and creating a fake headline about the "dick vein" on Snickers candy bars.[4]

Following a dispute with Twitter's owner, Elon Musk, her multiple accounts were suspended in incidents that generated backlash against Musk.[8]

Activities on Twitter

Junlper originally created her Twitter account in early 2019 in order to support the Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign, but later pivoted towards mocking people she considered her political enemies.[1]

In an interview with Vox and on the Western Kabuki podcast, Junlper said that discourse surrounding the Hogwarts Legacy game was manufactured[9] and that despite saying that people should feel free to buy it, they shouldn't try to get "good ally points" for disliking J. K. Rowling.[10]

Junlper criticized U.S. states that prohibit gender transitioning for adults.[11]

Junlper satirically replied to a video showing a body bag being dragged out of the White House, saying that the body was Joe Biden. Snopes later fact-checked this as false.[12]

In response to Elon Musk joking his pronouns were "Prosecute/Fauci", Junlper ironically responded that "we didn't ask for your woke pronouns"[13], alluding to his views on transgender issues.

Popularizing goblin mode

Goblin illustration by John D. Batten from "English Fairy Tales" (19th century)

In 2022, Junlper made a tweet featuring a doctored Fox News headline of an interview with actress Julia Fox, purporting her to have used the phrase goblin mode.[14][3] The image prompted a large increase in online searches for goblin mode,[15] and led to Fox to respond in an Instagram story, saying, "Just for the record. I have never used the term 'goblin mode'".[3]

In June 2022, the term was defined on Dictionary.com as "a slang term for a way of behaving that intentionally and shamelessly gives in to and indulges in base habits and activities without regard for adhering to social norms or expectations".[16] In December 2022, online respondents selected the term from Oxford Languages' shortlist, which also included metaverse and #IStandWith, as the Word of the Year.[17][15] The Oxford University Press attributed the spike in the phrase's popularity to Junlper's tweet.[18]

Snickers "dick vein"

A Snickers bar with "dick vein" showing

In April 2022, Junlper satirically claimed in a viral tweet that Snickers was removing the "dick vein" design from the top of the candy bar, prompting a backlash from unwitting Snickers fans. Due to the volume of response, Snickers clarified in its own viral tweet that the "veins remain".[4][19] The tweet spawned follow-up hoaxes including a viral fake image of Tucker Carlson talking about the "dick veins" on his Fox News show, alluding to Carlson's widely mocked[20] comments about "unsexy" M&M's characters earlier that year.[21][1]

Interactions with MrBeast

In March 2023, when YouTuber MrBeast suggested his fans mess up Hershey's chocolate bar displays, Junlper said it was proof he is "demonic".[22] Later that month, she fabricated an image of a Walmart website page for a "product zoner", to which he responded, "I'm all for dunking on me, but no need to spread lies."[23]

In June 2023, when MrBeast said that he was invited on the Titan before the Titan submersible implosion, she accused him of lying, as his text was blue (meaning the text was sent, not received). He responded by saying that it was a screenshot he took of his friend's text.[24][25][26]

Suspension from Twitter

@JUNlPER's page on October 6, 2023.

On October 6, 2023, Junlper was suspended from Twitter.[27] The previous day, Elon Musk made a change where headlines would not display above news articles.[28] In response, Junlper used this change in functionality to make a satirical tweet in which she claimed that "growing evidence suggested that" Musk was a pedophile. Junlper and her alt account were subsequently banned hours later. She was briefly unbanned.[29][30] Junlper briefly operated from @junegoblinmode[29] but was again suspended on October 7. On October 8, she created the account @JUNlPERBOT[31], which was subsequently suspended.[32]

There has been no official statement given on the reason for suspension. The move was condemned by journalists Erin Reed and Ben Collins, as well as civil rights attorney Alejandra Caraballo.[29][33] Mike Masnick of Techdirt contrasted the suspension with Musk's previous claims of being a 'free speech absolutist'.[8]

Personal life

Junlper is a food inspector for the state of Wisconsin.[1] She is a transgender woman[2] and co-hosts the internet culture podcast Western Kabuki.[9] She has been described as a leftist and self-identifies as a Marxist.[27]

Notes

  1. ↑ Stylized with a lowercase "L" instead of an uppercase "i".
  2. ↑ She is also known as June,[1] Juniper (with an 'i' rather than a lowercase 'L'),[3] pudding person,[1] transgender marx, and transsexual marx.[4]
  3. ↑ Juniper uses both she/her and they/them pronouns. This article uses she/her pronouns for consistency.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Weekman, Kelsey (December 29, 2022). "We Spoke To Twitter Troll Juniper About Manufacturing Moral Panics, Creating 'Goblin Mode', And Dealing With Elon Musk". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
  2. 1 2 Jennings, Rebecca (June 28, 2023). "Welcome to the era of the trans it-girl". Vox. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Dodgson, Lindsay (February 24, 2022). "The person behind a fake Julia Fox headline about "goblin mode" says they did her a favor by distracting from her breakup with Ye". Insider. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 Dickson, EJ (April 27, 2022). "Meet the Shitposter Who Started a Right-Wing Moral Panic About the Snickers Dick Vein". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 3, 2022. After her tweet went viral – as well as a follow-up photo of an apparently veinless Snickers bar, which she says she pulled from an old Reddit post – many on Twitter believed it to be true, to the degree that Snickers itself had to post a tweet reassuring fans that the vein wasn't going anywhere.
  5. ↑ @JUNlPERBOT (November 1, 2023). "turned 28 today. let's get this fuckin party started!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. ↑ Edwards, Christian (December 6, 2022). "'Goblin mode' chosen as Oxford word of the year for 2022". CNN. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
  7. ↑ Leung, Yasmine (February 24, 2022). "'Goblin mode': How the fake news spread amid Julia Fox, Kanye break-up". The Focus. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
  8. 1 2 Masnick, Mike (October 6, 2023). "Elon Musk Decides 'Who Needs Headlines, When We Can Just Have Pretty Pictures?'; Suspends Account That Made Fun Of Him". Techdirt. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  9. 1 2 Knee, Miles (February 10, 2023). "'Hogwarts Legacy' Is the Biggest Game on Twitch – But It's Facing Culture War Fallout". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  10. ↑ Jennings, Rebecca (February 15, 2023). "How the Harry Potter video game became an ethical minefield". Vox. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  11. ↑ Valens, Ana (June 7, 2023). "The Right Wants To Stop Trans Adults From Transitioning, Because Kids Weren't Enough". The Mary Sue. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  12. ↑ Ibrahim, Nur (July 3, 2023). "No, This Video Doesn't Show Biden's Body Being Wheeled Out of the White House". Snopes. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  13. ↑ Khemeani, Purvi. "'Didn't Ask for Your Woke Pronouns': Twitter User Schools Elon Musk After 'Fauci' Tweet". news18.com. News 18. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  14. ↑ Leung, Yasmine (February 24, 2022). "'Goblin mode': How the fake news spread amid Julia Fox, Kanye break-up". The Focus. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
  15. 1 2 Bellware, Kim (December 6, 2022). "What is 'goblin mode', anyway? It's Oxford's 2022 Word of the Year". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  16. ↑ "Check Yourself, Have You Fallen Prey To "Goblin Mode"?". Dictionary.com. June 7, 2022. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
  17. ↑ Schuessler, Jennifer (December 4, 2022). "The Word of the Year Goes Goblin Mode". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
  18. ↑ "Oxford Word of the Year 2022".
  19. ↑ @SNICKERS (April 19, 2022). "Good news, contrary to what's trending on Twitter... THE VEINS REMAIN!". Retrieved May 4, 2022.
  20. ↑ Placido, Dani Di. "Tucker Carlson Is, Once Again, Mad About 'Woke M&Ms'". Forbes. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  21. ↑ O'Rourke, Ciara (April 26, 2022). "No, this isn't a real Fox News chyron about Snickers". PolitiFact. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  22. ↑ Harrison, Christian (March 6, 2023). "MrBeast under fire after fans mess with Feastables competitors at supermarkets across U.S." dotesports.com. Dot Esports. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
  23. ↑ Menon, Aravind (March 8, 2023). "No Need to Spread Lies: MrBeast Addresses the 'Job' Advert Which Has Confused the Internet". EssentiallySports. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
  24. ↑ Plunkett, Luke (June 25, 2023). "YouTube Star Mr. Beast Says He Was 'Invited' On The Titanic Submarine". Kotaku. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
  25. ↑ Del Rosario, Alexandra (June 26, 2023). "MrBeast claims he was invited to join that Titan voyage. Why some fans aren't buying it". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
  26. ↑ Madian, Shodi (June 26, 2023). "MrBeast reveals Titanic Submarine Invite, Twitter Reacts". spieltimes.com. Spiel Times. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
  27. 1 2 Tenbarge, Kat. "X's fresh temporary ban of several prominent journalists raises alarm". nbcnews.com. NBC News. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  28. ↑ Sands, Leo (October 5, 2023). "Elon Musk strips news headlines from X, posing challenge for media outlets". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on October 10, 2023. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
  29. 1 2 3 Rogers, Zachary (October 7, 2023). "Elon Musk Bans Popular Poster Who Skewered Him For Eliminating Headlines on X". The Messenger. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
  30. ↑ Hurler, Kevin (October 6, 2023). "12 Times Elon Musk's Headline Decapitation Hilariously Backfired on Him". Gizmodo. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
  31. ↑ "was not planning on launching the JUNLPER BOT until later this week but it was a good time as andy ngo decided to dox me, figured it was a good time to launch it and address him, but yes it is official". bsky.app. Junlper. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  32. ↑ "@JUNlPERBOT". twitter.com. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  33. ↑ Wiggins, Christopher (October 7, 2023). "Elon Musk and Libs of TikTok Team Up on Transgender Activist". The Advocate.
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