Dee Barnes

@sistadbarnes

Sojourner of Truth, Duppy Conqueror Journalist, Soul Rebel Emcee, Rasta Lioness Queen, SEEN! Breaker of Chains and Mother of Dragons !

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Joined April 2009

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  2. Gawker 👀 a person who stares openly at someone or something. After a bad car accident on the highway, gawkers 👀 often slow down for a look.

  3. The legacy of Gawker is complicated but the impact it had on my career/writing is very significant. A lot of great writers came from there

  4. gawker made good writers WANT to actually write online–also the reasons why any of us are actually trying to do this for a living

  5. Thiel is about to watch Gawker's diaspora of reporters seed their loathing of him into every outlet they work for

  6. Peter Thiel has successfully created a blueprint for billionaires to destroy any news org they don’t like. Awful.

  7. Most of the people celebrating Gawker shutting down are as good a confirmation you can hope for that it made enemies of all the right scum.

  8. Gawker isn't closing bc of a sextape or bad choices, but bc of a vindictive billionaire. That's bad news for everyone. Except billionaires.

  9. Ugh. Gawker was a mess repeatedly & often, but a rich jerk with a grudge being able to shut down reporting & commentary should worry us all.

  10. I'm so sad and angry right now. Every news org should mourn gawker's loss and worry about being next.

  11. Gawker’s closing is your daily reminder that there’s nothing that can't be crushed to death by a big enough bag of money

  12. I marvel at the arrogance it takes to dance on Gawker's grave, as if your personal sense of propriety will always prevail with Thiel types.

  13. aka rubber necker. 😂

  14. Happy Born Day to the one and only Plugwon!!! 🎂🔌1

  15. They protect us when we need it most.

  16. Ability can take you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

  17. Gawker 👀 a person who stares openly at someone or something. After a bad car accident on the highway, gawkers 👀 often slow down for a look.

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