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How Literary Idols Get Burned on Twitter
RESPECT
Germaine Greer, Gay Talese, and Gloria Steinem have fallen foul of social media for their unpopular views. Why have such cultural titans angered modern activists?
Lizzie Crocker
Published
Apr. 17 2016
12:15AM EDT
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