Depp v. Heard: Twisted Panties

A contemporary counterpart of Lady Whistledown weighs in on the trial that’s become a cultural flashpoint on free speech and #MeToo

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Greetings from The Twisted Panty!

The trial may be over, but idle minds continue to look for ways to kick a girl while she’s down. Social media influencers are no longer content to see the defeated movie star penniless.

They want her permanently squashed under the dominating boot of hashtag superiority. Of course 300 fake Twitter accounts do not a majority make. Even if their influence spreads as far as TikTok and Instagram.

It only takes a few social-media accounts to wreak havoc on a disliked target

But who needs a life? Especially when celebrities provide an endless supply of meretricious fodder like #turdgate?

Ah #turdgate! At last there’s an appropriate metaphor for the pop swizzle some folks call a zeitgeist. Who needs a toilet when you have luxury sheets with an infinite thread count?

If this sounds like sour Gilbert grapes or something, it’s not