The Post-VMAs Pop Cultural Comedown : How Did We Go From “FEMINIST” to the “Fappening” ?

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  • The Post-VMAs Pop Cultural Comedown: How Did We Go From “FEMINIST” to the “Fappening”? | Alternet
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    his isn’t just about the hypocrisy of a bunch of dudes who rail against NSA snooping but pat themselves on the back after launching campaigns of privacy violation and intimidation against women. It’s also about the intersection of a sociopolitical culture that still hasn’t figured out whether women can be trusted — trusted with their bodies and sexualities, trusted to have opinions on culturally male mainstays like video games — and an Internet culture that, simply put, values the sanctity of anonymity over the safety of users.

    This won’t be the last horrible week, or the last photo hack. It almost certainly won’t be the last celebrity badly misunderstanding the difference between silence and consent. And as long as Anita Sarkeesian continues making videos, her naysayers will resort to threats and epithets because they don’t have any real ammunation against her generally commensense arguments. But if each incident also brings a fresh wave of outraged déjà vu — wait, we’re still dealing with this BS? — there may be real change on the horizon.