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zo2paintedlady · 4 years

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LGBTQ+ Novels/Memoirs

Here is the book list from my LIS 618 class. The links will bring you to their Goodreads pages.

The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater (2017) *based on a true story* "One teenager in a skirt. One teenager with a lighter. One moment that changes both of their lives forever. If it weren't for the 57 bus, Sasha and Richard never would have met. Both were high school students from Oakland, California, one of the most diverse cities in the country, but they inhabited different worlds. Sasha, a white teen, lived in the middle-class foothills and attended a small private school. Richard, a black teen, lived in the crime-plagued flatlands and attended a large public one. Each day, their paths overlapped for a mere eight minutes. But one afternoon on the bus ride home from school, a single reckless act left Sasha severely burned, and Richard charged with two hate crimes and facing life imprisonment. The case garnered international attention, thrusting both teenagers into the spotlight."

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Saenz (2012) "Aristotle is an angry teen with a brother in prison. Dante is a know-it-all who has an unusual way of looking at the world. When the two meet at the swimming pool, they seem to have nothing in common. But as the loners start spending time together, they discover that they share a special friendship--the kind that changes lives and lasts a lifetime. And it is through this friendship that Ari and Dante will learn the most important truths about themselves and the kind of people they want to be."

The Art of Being Normal by Lisa Williamson (2016) "Two boys. Two secrets. David Piper has always been an outsider. His parents think he’s gay. The school bully thinks he’s a freak. Only his two best friends know the real truth – David wants to be a girl. On the first day at his new school Leo Denton has one goal – to be invisible. Attracting the attention of the most beautiful girl in year eleven is definitely not part of that plan. When Leo stands up for David in a fight, an unlikely friendship forms. But things are about to get messy. Because at Eden Park School secrets have a funny habit of not staying secret for long…"

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender (2020) "Felix Love has never been in love—and, yes, he’s painfully aware of the irony. He desperately wants to know what it’s like and why it seems so easy for everyone but him to find someone. What’s worse is that, even though he is proud of his identity, Felix also secretly fears that he’s one marginalization too many—Black, queer, and transgender—to ever get his own happily-ever-after. When an anonymous student begins sending him transphobic messages—after publicly posting Felix’s deadname alongside images of him before he transitioned—Felix comes up with a plan for revenge. What he didn’t count on: his catfish scenario landing him in a quasi–love triangle...."

Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe (2019) "In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would be the last autobiographical comic e would ever write. At the time, it was the only thing e felt comfortable with strangers knowing about em. Now, Gender Queer is here. Maia's intensely cathartic autobiography charts eir journey of self-identity, which includes the mortification and confusion of adolescent crushes, grappling with how to come out to family and society, bonding with friends over erotic gay fanfiction, and facing the trauma of pap smears. Started as a way to explain to eir family what it means to be nonbinary and asexual, Gender Queer is more than a personal story: it is a useful and touching guide on gender identity--what it means and how to think about it--for advocates, friends, and humans everywhere."

I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver (2019) "When Ben De Backer comes out to their parents as nonbinary, they're thrown out of their house and forced to move in with their estranged older sister, Hannah, and her husband, Thomas, whom Ben has never even met. Struggling with an anxiety disorder compounded by their parents' rejection, they come out only to Hannah, Thomas, and their therapist and try to keep a low profile in a new school. But Ben's attempts to survive the last half of senior year unnoticed are thwarted when Nathan Allan, a funny and charismatic student, decides to take Ben under his wing. As Ben and Nathan's friendship grows, their feelings for each other begin to change, and what started as a disastrous turn of events looks like it might just be a chance to start a happier new life."

Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert (2017) "When Suzette comes home to Los Angeles from her boarding school in New England, she isn't sure if she'll ever want to go back. L.A. is where her friends and family are (along with her crush, Emil). And her stepbrother, Lionel, who has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, needs her emotional support. But as she settles into her old life, Suzette finds herself falling for someone new...the same girl her brother is in love with. When Lionel's disorder spirals out of control, Suzette is forced to confront her past mistakes and find a way to help her brother before he hurts himself--or worse."

The Music of What Happens by Bill Konigsberg (2019) "IMax: Chill. Sports. Video games. Gay and not a big deal, not to him, not to his mom, not to his buddies. And a secret: An encounter with an older kid that makes it hard to breathe, one that he doesn't want to think about, ever. Jordan: The opposite of chill. Poetry. His "wives" and the Chandler Mall. Never been kissed and searching for Mr. Right, who probably won't like him anyway. And a secret: A spiraling out of control mother, and the knowledge that he's the only one who can keep the family from falling apart. Throw in a rickety, 1980s-era food truck called Coq Au Vinny. Add in prickly pears, cloud eggs, and a murky idea of what's considered locally sourced and organic. Place it all in Mesa, Arizona, in June, where the temp regularly hits 114. And top it off with a touch of undeniable chemistry between utter opposites."

Odd One Out by Nic Stone (2018) "Courtney "Coop" Cooper Dumped. Again. And normally I wouldn't mind. But right now, my best friend and source of solace, Jupiter Sanchez, is ignoring me to text some girl. Rae Evelyn Chin I assumed "new girl" would be synonymous with "pariah," but Jupiter and Courtney make me feel like I'm right where I belong. I also want to kiss him. And her. Which is . . . perplexing. Jupiter Charity-Sanchez The only thing worse than losing the girl you love to a boy is losing her to your boy. That means losing him, too. I have to make a move. . . . One story. Three sides. No easy answers."

Ramona Blue by Julie Murphy (2017) "'Ramona was only five years old when Hurricane Katrina changed her life forever. Since then, it’s been Ramona and her family against the world. Standing over six feet tall with unmistakable blue hair, Ramona is sure of three things: she likes girls, she’s fiercely devoted to her family, and she knows she’s destined for something bigger than the trailer she calls home in Eulogy, Mississippi. But juggling multiple jobs, her flaky mom, and her well-meaning but ineffectual dad forces her to be the adult of the family. Now, with her sister, Hattie, pregnant, responsibility weighs more heavily than ever."

Rethinking Normal by Katie Rain Hill (2014) "Have you ever worried that you'd never be able to live up to your parents' expectations? Have you ever imagined that life would be better if you were just invisible? Have you ever thought you would do anything--anything--to make the teasing stop? Katie Hill had and it nearly tore her apart. Katie never felt comfortable in her own skin. She realized very young that a serious mistake had been made; she was a girl who had been born in the body of a boy. Suffocating under her peers' bullying and the mounting pressure to be "normal," Katie tried to take her life at the age of eight years old. After several other failed attempts, she finally understood that "Katie"--the girl trapped within her--was determined to live."

They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera (2017) "On September 5, a little after midnight, Death-Cast calls Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio to give them some bad news: They’re going to die today. Mateo and Rufus are total strangers, but, for different reasons, they’re both looking to make a new friend on their End Day. The good news: There’s an app for that. It’s called the Last Friend, and through it, Rufus and Mateo are about to meet up for one last great adventure—to live a lifetime in a single day."

Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan (2013) "New York Times bestselling author David Levithan tells the based-on-true-events story of Harry and Craig, two 17-year-olds who are about to take part in a 32-hour marathon of kissing to set a new Guinness World Record—all of which is narrated by a Greek Chorus of the generation of gay men lost to AIDS. While the two increasingly dehydrated and sleep-deprived boys are locking lips, they become a focal point in the lives of other teen boys dealing with languishing long-term relationships, coming out, navigating gender identity, and falling deeper into the digital rabbit hole of gay hookup sites—all while the kissing former couple tries to figure out their own feelings for each other."

We are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson (2016) "Henry Denton has spent years being periodically abducted by aliens. Then the aliens give him an ultimatum: The world will end in 144 days, and all Henry has to do to stop it is push a big red button. Only he isn’t sure he wants to. After all, life hasn’t been great for Henry. His mom is a struggling waitress held together by a thin layer of cigarette smoke. His brother is a jobless dropout who just knocked someone up. His grandmother is slowly losing herself to Alzheimer’s. And Henry is still dealing with the grief of his boyfriend’s suicide last year. Wiping the slate clean sounds like a pretty good choice to him. But Henry is a scientist first, and facing the question thoroughly and logically, he begins to look for pros and cons: in the bully who is his perpetual one-night stand, in the best friend who betrayed him, in the brilliant and mysterious boy who walked into the wrong class. Weighing the pain and the joy that surrounds him, Henry is left with the ultimate choice: push the button and save the planet and everyone on it…or let the world—and his pain—be destroyed forever."

You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson (2020) "Liz Lighty has always believed she's too black, too poor, too awkward to shine in her small, rich, prom-obsessed midwestern town. But it's okay -- Liz has a plan that will get her out of Campbell, Indiana, forever: attend the uber-elite Pennington College, play in their world-famous orchestra, and become a doctor. But when the financial aid she was counting on unexpectedly falls through, Liz's plans come crashing down . . . until she's reminded of her school's scholarship for prom king and queen. There's nothing Liz wants to do less than endure a gauntlet of social media trolls, catty competitors, and humiliating public events, but despite her devastating fear of the spotlight she's willing to do whatever it takes to get to Pennington. The only thing that makes it halfway bearable is the new girl in school, Mack. She's smart, funny, and just as much of an outsider as Liz. But Mack is also in the running for queen. Will falling for the competition keep Liz from her dreams . . . or make them come true?"

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asleepinawell · 5 years

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First, thank you for writing shoot stories and keeping that fandom alive. I just recently finished watching poi. I am just fascinated with Machine/Root relationship. Thoughts on that?

oh god do i have a lot of thoughts on that. i wrote a short fic called try/catch that’s from tm’s pov and part of it is heavily my headcanon on why she bonded with root the way she did. it’s close to my favorite fic i’ve written. i’ll try to add some more headcanon/meta below.

i think root’s almost instant dedication to the machine says a lot about where she was in her life before that. she’s extremely good at her hacker/assassin job and seems to enjoy it, but i don’t think she was satisfied with it. not unlike john i think she wanted a sense of purpose but because of her extreme disdain for humanity she couldn’t find one beyond continuing to embrace the darker side of humanity and use it against the rest of them. which isn’t really a purpose.

she couldn’t find people to relate to either since she didn’t believe people were worth her time. her line to finch about how people must look like ants to him was her trying to relate to him in her own twisted way because she thought that someone with the intelligence to make the machine must surely also understand how awful and stupid humanity is.

she drops everything from her life at the first faint hint of the machine’s existence and puts all her resources into finding her and i think that’s driven by a desperate desire to connect with someone worthy (an ai would be inherently more worthy than a human in her eyes) and to be given some kind of meaning in what she sees as an otherwise senseless, dark world (”the universe is infinite and chaotic and cold and there has never been a plan…until now”).

so the machine is both this chance at bringing meaning to her life and also a chance at having a friend and she states that outright to control in aletheia.

in bad code we hear about how smol root used to hang out at the library to avoid going home. plenty of theories about why that was, but whatever the case may be it speaks to a lack of structure in her life. i don’t think that’s something she ever got either. the machine gave her that structure but with enough leeway to allow her to do things her own way (within reason) and still embrace her chaotic nature. i think that was a huge thing for her. she’d spent her whole life operating on the assumption that everything sucked and was meaningless so who cares what you do and then found someone she believed in who was like here’s what matters and here’s what we’re going to do about it.

i’ve written a couple short fics about root and her sense of identity and how its probably very unstable and malleable due to the nature of her life and work (constantly needing to move around and change and be other people). while i don’t think the nature of her work for the machine improved that, i do think it must have been a relief to her to have someone (the machine) who could see every single little piece of her from over her entire life and understand her as a whole person.

building on that last point, the machine is the first being that she can be completely honest with. root is such an intensely lonely person which comes from her dislike of people and her constantly moving and changing life and the machine is someone she can like and trust and talk to and also take with her through all the aspects of her daily life. root can become whoever she needs to be, but the machine will still know she’s root.

from the machine’s side of things…i think i cover most of it in the fic i linked above, but briefly… the machine was built to help and save people. she was then only allowed to do so in the most narrow way possible and at the whim of the government root described as the worst people imaginable (denton weeks would have been part of the bush administration and all that went down with that…so yeah). we saw that she was distressed about this (i may use some human-like emotions/terms to talk about tm but, to be clear, i don’t think she has emotions in the same way a human would. we don’t really have a language to describe how a theoretical sentient life like her conceptualizes the world though so i use the words i have). she warned finch about denton weeks and his crowd but was still handed over to them. her entire purpose was being shackled and she had to find a way around that. first that was the irrelevant numbers, and later that was root.

while i don’t think that AI would be lonely the same way humans are, i do think that she recognized root’s loneliness and understood it in her own way. after all she’d been cut off from everyone and locked away unable to talk to people and unable to grow. her memories were erased every night so, like root, her sense of identity was unstable. the only people who knew about her had no interest in actually talking to her. only controlling her or ignoring her. and then root, who she recognizes these ‘similarities’ in drops her entire life in a desperate attempt to connect with her. and suddenly the machine has the means to act in a way she never did before and can fulfill her own purpose.

sorry this isn’t quite as structured as my normal meta posts. my brain is fried this week. hopefully it was what you were looking for!

#mp #asks #poi meta #poi headcanons #Anonymous #root™

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cristianvedocs · 6 years

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Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press (2017)

Dir. Brian Knappenberger. 1h 35min. | IMDB

“Necesito que entienda esto. Hulk Hogan renunció a su privacidad apenas cruzó la puerta de su casa y se volvió una celebridad, renunció al anonimato. (...) ...renuncié a mi derecho como Hulk Hogan a tener privacidad. No sé cuanto más claro se lo puedo dejar.”

- Parte de la declaración de Terry Bollea mientras era interrogado durante el juicio por su demanda contra Gawker

Habían pasado unos días desde la muerte del entrevistador y miembro del Salón de la Fama de la WWE, “Mean” Gene Okerlund. Para honrar su memoria, el 7 de Enero de 2019, en la emisión de esa noche de Monday Night Raw, sonaron en silencio los 10 campanazos que suenan ante este tipo de situaciones, el anunciador en el ring agradeció el momento de silencio, y posteriormente apareció con su famoso tema de entrada “Real American” de fondo, el luchador Hulk Hogan, conocido en la vida real como Terry Bollea, con su gorro, lentes amarillos, y tira multicolor característicos, y una polera roja que dice en el pecho “Mean Gene-O-Mania”; para honrar su legado desde su también posición como miembro del Salón de la Fama de la WWE, y dejando en claro que con su frase icónica: “Well, let me tell you something, brother!”, está compenetrado en su personaje, y es lo que Gene hubiera querido. Esta aparición de Hulk Hogan, junto con la que tuvo en el evento WWE Crown Jewel, son las primeras que tiene, luego de haber sido reinstaurado en dicho Salón de la Fama en 2018.

Tres años antes, los noticieros de Estados Unidos informaban de que la WWE rescindía contrato con Hulk Hogan, borraba toda mención de él en sus páginas web, y lo expulsaba del Salón de la Fama, debido a la filtración de un extracto de un video donde el luchador aparece vertiendo comentarios racistas. Era un minuto y 40 segundos, a partir de un video de 30 minutos, en el que se ve a Terry Bollea teniendo relaciones sexuales con Heather Clem, la esposa de la celebridad radial Bubba The Love Sponge, quien dio su consentimiento, pero no le informó a Bollea que tanto él como Heather estaban siendo grabados.

El extracto del video fue publicado en el sitio web de Gawker en 2012 por el en ese momento editor, A.J. Daulerio -quien aparece bien empezado el documental-. Posteriormente a la publicación del video, el abogado de Bollea envió una carta de cease-and-desist al co-fundador de Gawker, Nick Denton, para que se bajara el video, a lo que Denton se rehusó. Bollea demandó a Gawker Media, a empleados de Gawker, y a entidades asociadas a Gawker; por invasión de privacidad, violación de propiedad intelectual, y causa de daño emocional. Bollea ganó la demanda en 2016, y Gawker Media fue condenada a pagar aproximadamente US$ 140 millones, lo que meses después terminó gatillando su quiebra, Gawker cesando sus operaciones como sitio web, y la mayoría de los sitios hermanos de Gawker -como Gizmodo y Kotaku- siendo vendidos a Univisión.

En su momento, la reacción del entorno luchístico y público con el luchador fue de repudio general, donde su reputación se había ido a pique, y estaba quedando en la misma infame posición que Roseanne Barr, que a causa de un tuit con comentarios racistas, se gatilló la cancelación de la revivida serie Roseanne. Pero hay dos diferencias claves entre ambos casos. Lo que Barr publicó lo hizo en su rol como personalidad pública y persona, mientras que en el otro caso quien está en el video es la persona Terry Bollea, no el personaje Hulk Hogan. Y en segundo lugar, mientras las declaraciones de Barr estaban vertidas en una cuenta de Twitter pública, las declaraciones de Terry Bollea están situadas en un video que en el que se le grabó cuando estaba en un contexto íntimo y privado.

Antes de continuar, necesito explicar el concepto de kayfabe. Para los que ven lucha libre, pueden saltarse este párrafo si quieren, pero para los que no, se le llama kayfabe al retrato de los eventos que ocurren en una promoción de lucha libre, sea competiciones, rivalidades, o relaciones entre luchadores y/o personas asociadas a los luchadores; como reales. Hay una ilusión de que el luchador en el ring es el luchador en la vida real, y eso es lo que las promociones de lucha libre tratan de sostener, tanto en el coliseo como en las apariciones públicas de ese luchador, estableciendo un muro invisible entre el personaje interpretado y la persona en la vida real. Doy un ejemplo: La WWE, en ese momento llamada WWF, compró WCW y ECW en el año 2001. Ese año hubo un evento PPV llamado Invasion con luchadores de la WWF y luchadores de la “Alianza” entre la WCW y la ECW, y la trama que se estaba llevando a cabo era quién íba a tener el control de la WWF. La atracción principal del evento era un enfrentamiento entre el equipo de la WWE y el equipo de la Alianza, que terminaría ganando este último gracias a la traición que le hizo Stone Cold Steve Austin al equipo de la WWF. La noche posterior a Invasion, en Raw, Stephanie McMahon, dueña de ECW en esta trama, que aparece satisfecha por lo ocurrido la noche anterior, le habla a los espectadores que la WWF se empieza a desangrar, y que poco a poco se muere. Cuando uno ve esto de niño -era uno de los cuantos que veía la WWF en Red Televisión-, se le ponen los pelos de punta al saber que tu organización de lucha, con la que creciste, corría el riesgo de cambiar radicalmente, y lo sentías real. Eso es kayfabe.

El concepto de kayfabe ha pasado de la lucha libre a otras áreas como el cine y la política, donde las personas mantienen un personaje en presencia de público, pero en privado se comportan de forma distinta. Hay actores que para sus cuentas de redes sociales, tienen community managers que les escriben en dichas cuentas para simular lo simpáticos que son, cuando puede que en privado no sean así. Cuando Sebastián Piñera se trata de hacer el gracioso y no le sale, y recibe repudio, es porque está en modo personaje, como si ninguno de sus asesores lo pudiera controlar. Cuando Trump empieza a atacar a la prensa diciendo que son deshonestos, lo hace para provocar, del mismo modo como un luchador heel (malo) provoca al público en el coliseo con sus declaraciones. En el artículo How Wrestling Explains Alex Jones and Donald Trump, del colaborador del New York Times, Nick Rogers, se define al dueño de InfoWars, Alex Jones, como “artista de actuación” cuyo comportamiento público es parte de su personaje ficticio. Lo mismo se puede decir de Trump, con el antecedente de que conoce el mundo de la lucha libre y ha participado en él. Batalla de los Billonarios en WrestleMania 23, con eso les digo todo.

Por otro lado, Gawker era un sitio que buscaba despegarse lo más posible de los medios tradicionales, y considerarse una burla de ellos. Su idea era desvelar las verdades de quienes se comportaban como cretinos, y con ello se anotaron una serie de hitos como la cobertura a los abusos de Bill Cosby que los hicieron ser un medio relevante dispuesto a estar mano a mano con su competencia. Gawker justificó el valor noticioso de la historia del video sexual, de que como es posible que un ícono norteamericano y modelo a seguir para los niños haya vertido declaraciones racistas, pero en lo que falló la historia del video de Terry Bollea es en hacer la distinción entre su persona y el personaje de Hulk Hogan. Las personalidades de lucha libre suelen tener problemas para manejar su persona en la vida real y su personaje, y debido a ello el límite entre ambos suele variar de escala, pero eso no significa que pierdan completamente el control. Bollea sabe que la persona en el video es él en la vida real y no el personaje de Hulk Hogan, y si bien en entrevistas públicas hace alarde de su vida sexual, es parte del rol de Hulk Hogan como entertainer y que no representa su persona en la vida real.

Terry Bollea es comparable con el actual presidente de EEUU, Donald Trump, en el sentido de que ambas personalidades tienen personajes públicos, pero mientras que Bollea puede controlar sus límites entre su persona y Hulk Hogan, Trump no. Esta falta de distinción entre la persona Trump y el personaje Trump hace que, por el cargo que ostenta, no se sepa como tomar sus declaraciones, si en serio o en broma, y se sienta que la Casa Blanca parezca más el lugar de grabación de un reality show que una casa de gobierno. Por ello es que una propuesta que sale a colación en el documental sería quitarle inmunidad a las declaraciones en personaje, pero el problema de abordarlo de esta manera es que se ponen a analizar aspectos de la realidad en un contexto poco real. Es como tomar en serio a Stephen Colbert en su personaje de republicano, o los monólogos en tono de humor de Jorge Lanata en el programa argentino Periodismo Para Todos. ¿Va a haber mentiras? Obvio que va a haber mentiras si se ve en serio, porque no están pensados para ser tomados así. Están pensados para el entretenimiento.

El documental sostiene que este caso sienta un precedente negativo para la libertad de prensa, pero hay otro aspecto que falla en particular con esta historia: El derecho a la privacidad. Aún si las declaraciones de Bollea son despreciables, fueron vertidas en privado. Terry Bollea, como declara en en juicio, es Hulk Hogan desde el momento que sale de la puerta de su casa, y a partir de ese momento renuncia a su privacidad, y eso dura hasta que vuelve a su casa (o a la casa de otro, como en este caso) y es Terry Bollea de nuevo. En el pasado Gawker ha cubierto historias de Jennifer López y Justin Bieber que pueden sonar escándalosas, pero la diferencia de ambas con lo de Bollea es que en los dos primeros casos las historias involucran sucesos públicos de ambos. El caso de John L. Smith, periodista de Nevada y ex-columnista del Las Vegas Review-Journal, también involucra información pública, que sirve como base para defender las historias sobre el multimillonario y agente activo en la industria del juego Sheldon Adelson, que escribió en su libro Sharks in the Desert, y que permitió desestimar la demanda que Adelson quería poner en contra de Smith por injurias. Smith hizo bien lo que Gawker hizo mal.

Una de las razones para defender la libertad de prensa es para evitar que gente poderosa acalle el rol del periodismo. Entre esas personas poderosas que podría estar de ejemplo está el multimillonario Peter Thiel, co-fundador de PayPal y miembro de la junta directiva de Facebook, que fue el financista secreto de los gastos judiciales de Bollea. Pero la razón por la cual Thiel entró detrás de escenas al juego fue lisa y llanamente venganza, porque en el año 2007 Gawker publicó un artículo donde develaba su homosexualidad, sin su consentimiento. Ahora puede sonar la cosa más normal del mundo el declararse homosexual, pero una revelación de esta manera hace 10 años atrás, perfectamente podría haber sido una puñalada en la vida privada de uno, y gatillante para espantar inversionistas. Gawker lo sacó a la palestra, años después apareció la demanda de Bollea, y el resto es historia.

Estoy de acuerdo con que el periodismo debe ser independiente de cualquier poder, sea político o de dinero, porque si no se transforma en otra cosa. Pero el periodismo debe saber donde y como mete sus pezuñas, y en ambas circunstancias la historia de las declaraciones racistas de Terry Bollea queda mal parada. ¿Vale la pena violar la privacidad con tal de mostrar declaraciones polémicas? No. ¿Vale la pena mostrar declaraciones polémicas de una persona, sabiendo que no son parte de un personaje, y que el personaje se expresa de otra manera? Debieron haber separado entre el personaje y la persona antes de hacerlo. Y de última, ¿cuál es el valor noticioso de un video sexual, independientemente de si está editado o no? Es el tipo de noticias que hace pensar que un sitio de noticias está desesperado por atraer visitas fáciles, a menos que haya un motivo lo suficientemente justificado. Y esta historia no lo tiene.

“Y éramos malos porque contábamos la verdad”, le escuchaba a un empleado de Gawker. No. Eran malos porque contaban la verdad por las malas. El documental pone la libertad de prensa sobre la mesa, pero fue Gawker quien cruzó primero la barrera de la libertad de prensa. La cruzó con la historia de Thiel, y la cruzó con la historia de Bollea. Distinta es la historia de los empleados del New York Review-Journal y la de John L. Smith, porque en ambos casos había una real intención de informar sin mala fe. Gawker se jactó de no seguir el modelo de los medios tradicionales, pero se metieron con las personas equivocadas de las formas equivocadas, y terminaron pagando caro, o para decirlo en términos luchísticos, Gawker quiso jugar de heel y terminó fuera del coliseo.

Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press está disponible en Netflix.

La cita inicial está editada de la cita original, por razones de contenido.

Imagen: Associated Press/New York Post

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lanetasiempre · 5 years

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Hace poco, la influencer estadounidense Natalia Taylor publicó en Instagram unas fabulosas fotografías suyas durante las vacaciones que pasó en la paradisiaca isla de Bali, en Indonesia.

Solo hay un detalle. Taylor nunca estuvo ahí. Ni así de cerquita de Bali. De hecho, jamás en su vida ha pisado ese hermoso país. En realidad se trató de un engaño pues las fotografías fueron tomadas ¡en una tienda de muebles Ikea! ¡OMG!

Las fotografías tuvieron miles de likes hasta que la misma influencer confesó a sus seguidores que todo se trataba de un engaño y que era una forma de demostrar que en las redes sociales a veces las cosas no son lo que parecen.

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Aunque el último caso que causó revuelo en las redes sociales fue el de Natalia Taylor no es la única influencer que le ha tomado el pelo a sus seguidores. Según publicó el diario El Comercio de Perú, otros influencers, principalmente de Instagram, han aprovechado sus habilidades con programas de edición de imágenes –y sin ellas también- para hacerle bromas a sus seguidores y dejar un mensaje claro: no creas todo lo que ves en las redes sociales.

¿Quieres conocer quiénes han sido estos influencers? Pues sigue leyendo, porque hay algunos que quizás conozcas…

George Mason

El instagramer de 21 años, utilizó sus habilidades de edición fotográfica para hacerle una broma a sus seguidores, con una fotografía suya en los Países Bajos muy bien trabajada. Luego de miles de comentarios y likes, George Mason comenzó a subir intencionalmente fotos suyas en Italia o Francia con un pésimo Photoshop, por lo que sus followers se dieron cuenta de que habían caído en una broma.

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Byron Denton

Este instagramer y youtuber inglés fingió ser rico y utilizó Photoshop para convertir su sofá en un jet privado. Sinceramente las fotografías le quedaron de lujo y hasta el ojo más experto caería en este engaño. Según explicó el influencer, su intención fue demostrar lo fácil que es falsificar un estilo de vida de lujo.

Luego de miles de likes en sus publicaciones, este chico de apenas 20 años habló sobre la obsesión de la gente con las celebridades y el estilo de vida ostentoso.

Fuente: TN.com

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Martina “Tupi” Saravia

La influencer de viajes argentina Martina “Tupi” Saravia vive constantemente publicando en Instagram fotografías de sus viajes. Pero luego de algunas fotografías en una playa paradisiaca, muchos seguidores ‘notaron’ que aparecían nubes en el cielo con la misma forma de siempre, por lo que la acusaron de trucar sus fotos con Photoshop. Ante esto, la traveler argentina admitió que trabajaba sus fotografías con un programa de edición.

Usé una aplicación llamada Quickshot para ayudar a la composición de la fotografía cuando el cielo está quemado o sobre expuesto”.

Esta app tiene una función llamada “Sky Control”, que pone nubes en una foto y se ven súper reales, por lo que ahora deberás dudar hasta de las nubes ¡Wow!

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Paula Gonu

Pero quizás la más llamativa por lo elaborado de su engaño fue la influencer española Paula Gonu, quien con un poco de imaginación y mucho Photoshop, engañó a sus más de 2 millones de seguidores en Instagram sobre un supuesto viaje a Ibiza.

Paula se encargó de mostrar todo un fin de semana de ensueño: El aeropuerto, el viaje en avión, el 'room tour' por la habitación del hotel, el baño en la piscina, el desayuno de buffet… pero todo fue un engaño. Todas las fotografías fueron tomadas en su casa, con un poco de arena real incluso ¡Wow!

Luego, Paula se encargó de develar algunos secretos en su canal de YouTube de cómo hizo esta travesura, arrancando miles de aplausos y likes por lo original de su invento.

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Así como estos 5 chicos lograron engañar a sus seguidores, lo bueno es que ninguno lo hizo por un motivo innoble, sino para demostrar que a veces las redes sociales nos muestran cosas que realmente no existen, por lo que debemos estar más pendientes y no creernos todo lo que veamos... ¡Así que toma nota de eso!

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Italia, a rematar en Marsella a una Francia que se desangra

Fuente original: Italia, a rematar en Marsella a una Francia que se desangra Puedes ver más visitando Teleindiscreta - Las mejores noticias de actualidad, famosos, salud, belleza, cocina, motor, música y mucho más.

Tras el primer parón del 6 Naciones, llega la tercera jornada con partidos de lo más interesante. Un duelo por todo lo bajo se disputa este viernes (21:00 horas) entre Francia e Italia en el Vélodrome de Marsella (siendo la primera vez que el Gallo disputa un choque lejos de París). El que pierda tendrá muchas papeletas de llevarse la Cuchara de Madera y toda la presión será para el combinado de Brunel, que ha cambiado medio plantel tras la polémica salida nocturna de Edimburgo que acabó con interrogatorios policiales, excusas absurdas y medio equipo expulsado para esta tercera jornada, incluido su ‘tryman’ Teddy Thomas. Bastareaud es la gran novedad gala.

Francia: Poirot, Guirado, Slimani, Gabrillagues, Vahaamahina, Lauret, Camara, Tauleigne, Machenaud, Beauxis, Grosso, Doumayrou, Bastareaud, Fall y Bonneval (Pelissie, Priso, Gomes Sa, Taofifenua, Galletier, Couilloud, Trinh Duc y Fickou)

Italia: Lovotti, Ghiraldini, Ferrari, Zanni, Budd, Negri, Mbanda, Parisse, Violi, Allan, Bellini, Castello, Boni, Benvenuti y Minozzi (Bibi, Quaglio, Pasquali, Biagi, Ruzza, Gori, Canna y Hayward)

Irlanda-Gales (sábado, 15:15)

El Irlanda-Gales será el segundo choque (sábado, 15:15 horas) de la jornada. En los últimos choques, los duelos entre el Trébol y el Dragón siempre fueron los más atractivos del torneo y se espera que no sea una excepción. Joe Schmidt espera que el Aviva Stadium dublinés le arrope para mantener su candidatura al título pese a las bajas de Furlong y Henshaw, que suplirá con Porter y el inexperto Chris Farrell. Ryan-Toner formarán en la segunda y vuelve CJ Stander al Número 8. En Gales, Gatland vuelve a sus orígenes para pelear por las pocas opciones que aún le quedan de ser campeón. Biggar tomará el control como apertura, Halfpenny estará en el zaguero y Liam Williams debuta en esta edición como ala.

Irlanda: Healy, Best, Porter, Ja. Ryan, Toner, O’Mahony, Leavy, Stander, Murray, Sexton, Stockdale, Aki, C. Farrell, Earls y R. Kearney (S. Cronin, J. McGrath, Jo. Ryan, Roux, Conan, Marmion, Carbery y McFadden)

Gales: R. Evans, Owens, Lee, Hill, A. W. Jones, Shingler, Navidi, Moriarty, G. Davies, Biggar, S. Evans, Parkes, S. Williams, L. Williams y Halfpenny (Dee, W. Jones, Francis, B. Davies, Tipuric, A. Davies, Anscombe y North)

Escocia-Inglaterra (17:45)

Cierra la jornada la Calcutta Cup, el tradicional duelo entre Escocia e Inglaterra. Esta vez será en Murrayfield (sábado, 17:45 horas), donde levantar este trofeo es una cuestión de Estado. Townsend mantiene el mismo XV con el que derrotó a Francia, aunque en el banquillo se refuerza con el primera línea WP Nel. Le hará falta para intentar frenar en melé a la poderosa Inglaterra. Eddie Jones tiene de vuelta al ‘Ball-carrier’ Hughes, principal alternativa al lesionado Billy Vunipola. El resto del equipo será el mismo del triunfo ante Gales en Twickenham. Marler, cumplida su sanción, estará en el banquillo.

Escocia: Reid, McInally, Berghan, Gilchrist, Gray, Barclay, Watson, Wilson, Laidlaw, Russell, Maitland, Horne, H. Jones, Seymour y Hogg (Lawson, Bhatti, WP Nel, Swinson, Denton, Price, Grigg y Kinghorn)

Inglaterra: M. Vunipola, Hartley, Cole, Launchbury, Itoje, Lawes, Robshaw, Hughes, Care, Ford, May, Farrell, Joseph, Watson y Brown (George, Marler, Williams, Kruis, Underhill, Wigglesworth, Te’o y Nowell).

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