Blocked and Reported
A Podcast About Internet Nonsense
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Inside The Vicious, Deranged, Literally, Metaphorically Violent World Of Young Adult Fiction Twitter
December 7th, 2020 | 57 mins 6 secs
jessica cluess, online outrage, online shaming, social justice, ya twitter
One would not expect an online community devoted to discussion of dragons, vampires, and teenage heroes to be a cesspool of almost unimaginable toxicity. And yet! In this episode, Jesse walks Katie through a recent history of young adult fiction Twitter, aka "YA Twitter," attempts to explain how it got to be such a Hobbesian hellscape, and dives into the latest 'scandal' involving allegedly racist and violent tweets.