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The Hacking of Leslie Jones Exposes Misogynoir at Its Worst

ENOUGH

The harassment and hatred the Ghostbusters star has endured all summer is emblematic of a certain kind of misogyny: that directed specifically against black women in pop culture.

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Gregg DeGuire

Leslie Jones has given us so much, from hilarious Game of Thrones recaps to Ghostbusters to her entire Twitter presence. She even provided a ray of hope at the Rio Olympics, patriotically swimming upstream against

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