Internet users revealed that Ana Mardoll worked for Lockheed Martin as the activist was still being harassed online. It is a large defence company that is thought to have contributed to the American wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The organisation has allegedly been implicated in the occupation of Palestine, according to Reddit user parsleybutter. Even some online users alleged that the business terrorised Yemen.
According to Lockheed Martin’s official website, they primarily cooperate with American federal government agencies and the Department of Defense of the United States.
Internet users were furious at Mardoll for working with the defence contractor who was viewed as pro-war online.
It was a 500-pound laser-guided bomb developed by Lockheed Martin that maimed over 50 defenseless school children in the 2018 Dahyan massacre in Yemen.
I don't care who you are, if your employer is Lockheed Martin you got the blood of those children on your hands. pic.twitter.com/QtTgXwHf1n
— روني الدنماركي (@Aldanimarki) August 1, 2022
Ana Mardoll responds to Lockheed Martin discourse
“I got this particular job because my family works for the same corporation. I stay because I’m on an unusual arrangement for medical reasons. It’s hard to find a remote WFH job that will give me medical insurance but let me work 10-20 hours a week.”
At the time this piece was being written, the author of No Man of Woman Born had cancelled his Twitter account. However, a Twitter user shared a screenshot of Ana Mardoll defending her employment with the company.
Mardoll said:
“I got this particular job because my family works for the same corporation. I stay because I’m on an unusual arrangement for medical reasons. It’s hard to find a remote WFH job that will give me medical insurance but let me work 10-20 hours a week.”
Mardoll provided additional information about his position inside the organisation, stating that he is involved in “software licencing, obtaining text editors and code compilers for others.”
As internet users continued to criticise Ana Mardoll for his involvement with the group, some also accused him of lying about his age.
Online, the author refers to himself as a “trans lad,” which led many readers to believe he was in his 20s. But then it was discovered online that the writer-activist had reportedly been employed by Lockheed Martin for 15 years. As the author painted himself in a different light, many people felt cheated.
hey question, why won’t you name Lockheed Martin? is it because it’s one of the largest defense contractors that provides arms to Is/[email protected] and played a role in American imperial reaches in both Iraq and Afghanistan? ($75 billion in pentagon contacts in 2020 alone??) pic.twitter.com/d5aopHiGEP
— Brendon Zatirka (@BrendonZatirka) July 31, 2022
Not going to weigh in on the Ana Mardoll/Lockheed Martin thing other than to say him having worked there 15 years is what’s really blowing my mind, because I assumed he was mid-20s because his bio describes himself as a trans boy
— Emily M (@emilynm41) July 31, 2022
The author was also criticised by internet users for reportedly soliciting money from his fans despite working for the biggest defence company in the US.
He resides in Texas with his spouse and “five spoilt kitties,” per his official website.
Mardoll has also disclosed on social media that his “favourite job” is:
