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Thursday, October 4, 2012
Luv Lindy West at Back Fence: "I Can't Divorce the Internet"
Posted by Alison Hallett on Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 10:57 AM
This video of the hilarious Lindy West at the recent Back Fence, PDX—talking about her relationship to the internet and internet trolls—is wonderful:
WORKING FOR THE INTERNET IS WEIRD, DUDES. This piece is pretty great. I've never received one-hundredth the scrutiny Lindy has, and I'm pretty sure I couldn't handle it—even being called a cunt by a stranger once every few months or so freaks me out. (5, 4, 3...) I really like that she talks about how comments actually affect her, instead of just pretending she doesn't read 'em like everyone else does. Good stuff.
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