The harassment and hatred the ‘Ghostbusters’ star has endured all summer is emblematic of a certain kind of misogyny: that directed specifi...
The harassment and hatred the ‘Ghostbusters’ star has endured all summer is emblematic of a certain kind of misogyny: that directed specifically against black women in pop culture.
Leslie Jones has given us so much, from hilarious Game of Thrones recaps toGhostbusters to her entire Twitter presence. She even provided a ray of hope at the Rio Olympics, patriotically swimming upstream against the river of shit and the riptide of white privilege that is Ryan Lochte. For summoning the kind of unbridled cheer usually reserved for Channing Tatum’s personal emails, Jones has been rewarded with a flood of hateful vitriol. The latest, ugliest attack came on Wednesday, when hackers covered the comedian’s personal website with images of her passport and driver’s license, alongside naked photos allegedly cribbed from her iCloud. They also uploaded a tribute video to immortal meme Harambe, likely as a racist troll.
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Leslie Jones has given us so much, from hilarious Game of Thrones recaps toGhostbusters to her entire Twitter presence. She even provided a ray of hope at the Rio Olympics, patriotically swimming upstream against the river of shit and the riptide of white privilege that is Ryan Lochte. For summoning the kind of unbridled cheer usually reserved for Channing Tatum’s personal emails, Jones has been rewarded with a flood of hateful vitriol. The latest, ugliest attack came on Wednesday, when hackers covered the comedian’s personal website with images of her passport and driver’s license, alongside naked photos allegedly cribbed from her iCloud. They also uploaded a tribute video to immortal meme Harambe, likely as a racist troll.
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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/08/24/the-hacking-of-leslie-jones-exposes-misogynoir-at-its-worst.html
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