There are some common phrases that come out when people want to derail a legitimate debate on the Internet (particularly on Twitter): “You’re overly sensitive” or “If you weren’t so hostile, people ...
We are living through a jubilee of internet forgiveness. After many years of being what it is and doing what it does, the Web seems unexpectedly prepared to forgive its debts, free its captives, and ...
A Stephen Colbert joke about the Redskins controversy led to a fierce Twitter backlash and #CancelColbert becoming a huge trend, and Suey Park, the activist who started the trend got in a heated ...
To be Internet famous is to be at least partially fixed forever in one’s own strange moment of viral fame. Now nine year-old Charlie remains eternally a brother biting baby; Ghyslain Raza is still the ...
Suey Park, the activist responsible for the #CancelColbert trending topic, appeared on Huffington Post Live Friday to discuss racism and satire with host Josh Zepps, but it didn’t reach a much wider ...
The social media prowess of one Asian American activist is driving the mainstream media to distraction. Why do they care so much? (Writer Suey Park in an interview with HuffPost Live) By signing up, ...
Update: Following the publication of this article, Park deleted the tweet in which she responded to the news of Colbert's hiring. The above quotation was recovered from manual retweets of Park's ...
An activist raised in Lake Zurich said she had to move frequently and use disposable phones after tweeting a response to a perceived racist joke by “The Colbert Report.” The woman, who goes by the pen ...
A Chicago activist will appear on the new series “The Internet Ruined My Life” to explain how tweeting a response to a perceived racist joke by “The Colbert Report” led to death threats, the Syfy ...
It all started with the Washington Redskins. When owner Dan Snyder created a foundation to benefit Native Americans, Stephen Colbert spoofed the approach. In late March, his show’s official Twitter ...
Okay, quite a lot of people are wondering exactly what Stephen Colbert will do concerning #CancelColbert tonight. And I have one or three theories. Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving ...
The cross-promotion of more white male celebrities prove it: The entertainment industry has perfected the development of white, cis, straight, male characters. The marginalization of “other voices” — ...