http://prernalal.com/2009/09/homophobic-twitter-war/ No Borders and Binaries Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:23:47 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://prernalal.com/2009/09/homophobic-twitter-war/comment-page-1/#comment-7729 The Labor Day weekend Twitter war over homophobia. Hint: The lesbians won. Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:08:16 +0000 http://prernalal.com/?p=1356#comment-7729 [...] As Margaret Cho once said, “As if you could win a war without lesbians.” We all began to celebrate! Champagne corks flew through the air and…well, okay, that probably didn’t happen but I know I opened a beer and composed a few hundred haiku in its honor. The moon shone brighter, the air smelled sweeter and everyone felt the inexplicable urge to dot their “i”’s with hearts. Our collective joy was short lived, however. By 9 p.m. #yaygay had disappeared from the trending topics and not because our enthusiasm and dedication had waned. The prevailing belief is that #yaygay was yanked. It’s possible that there was never a victory in the first place. [...] [...] As Margaret Cho once said, “As if you could win a war without lesbians.” We all began to celebrate! Champagne corks flew through the air and…well, okay, that probably didn’t happen but I know I opened a beer and composed a few hundred haiku in its honor. The moon shone brighter, the air smelled sweeter and everyone felt the inexplicable urge to dot their “i”’s with hearts. Our collective joy was short lived, however. By 9 p.m. #yaygay had disappeared from the trending topics and not because our enthusiasm and dedication had waned. The prevailing belief is that #yaygay was yanked. It’s possible that there was never a victory in the first place. [...]

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