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</style><![endif]--><!-- __merge_tags_in_links__ --><style></style></head><body class="a" style="margin:0px auto;padding:0px;word-wrap:normal;word-spacing:normal;background-color:#FFFFFF;"><div role="article" aria-roledescription="email" aria-label="email_name" lang="en" style="font-size:1rem"><div style="display:none;max-height:0px;overflow:hidden;"> X serves up Gamergate on demand.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ </div><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" class="gg"><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><table role="none" width="670" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="aa" style="width:670px;table-layout:fixed;"><tr><td class="bodyWrapper" align="center" valign="top" style="padding:10px 5px 10px 5px;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-width:0px 0px 0px 0px;border-style: solid; border-color: #FFFFFF;border-radius:10px 10px 0px 0px;background-color:#FFFFFF;" class="c"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr id="header"><td style="padding:15px 15px 0px 15px;"><div style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:0px;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="f" align="right" valign="top"><p> May 22, 2026 | <a data-read-online-tooltip="true" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.FIK02fInvGXCNK3vQPbydX2TX2bVgL9wMkHYjIaKRxzwHQdT9n_6meO8J-GEjF21YVc_w612HsU8k6JEJ_CzfuGsC-HwftyZ_CBHEcsbzZXA4bOgPydXoE2Deay0BrNzdprvY_c5jaiIJz2C9gSKl1nx4EZvNJSGmviBhZYnQAAdUdIswvzRMX_d1TafQxXeiSsluZ9VbWKsIUFOeSEmPwmUD25qJX_Z-mOCxq7s2N97bXZQRfiRxHKIRpMMahuVAz01KtMTa7vH36zyfxts9pVh42IrW14Ii_4iPSZuRo7jchYMz9sOLdKwnJt_FmXbqHqhL9a6DVGcB_zT9tBt1KEtvg4yC03bzWKo3aIl5qVL4JXtgzzoXpAc_1QLIOiIJlJHSWEo8E23-3ZRVkWc59ss7n0jMtPNK-CSs6ePrpQBa0Vkv_Z68EWp70ni9bSb7Lf5G6oTS800U9UKl5TV7ZweJoY9f58zhch6SzynYlWq0dmyF5tblC0PgAyao9qtuzi9k7ctuogz4Nx2npUOfuckh1xe-6RmCovruspGBlzBVAjdneHmMAGPw6BhayCCTZ9fL_cRAKjEWT5M0NdWTOP8Fj9tQJmmQx3aKBvaG8e5Uf5FrV11izbydOagKB7SwMt6r-_53ouh9F3k1e_NLjmwf5Vb0lO1EEVfhzgK3ruwhMLu3mZJ2cLP8xnu8qkhYoxbKnfXncPrj8O7UMXKBL9Tp57sVqzuGw5_wirFAfP_rbjXdpLrym0IP5QUY9oNkd4l_WA4BkXYPueBcPWL1ZpioMWboxZC0Q6FpH0wh70/4qu/ETYKicnaTSGk5WJbHnepyg/h0/h001.TJ6ptwqSeEsVPTE7mbi3G5kIuf8pW_NU-5Qz7svKQyY">Read online</a></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="center" valign="top" style="padding:15px 0;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><h1 style="text-align:left;font-family:'Trebuchet MS','Lucida Grande',Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight:Bold;font-size:32px;color:#2A2A2A;padding:2px 0;line-height:38px;"> Elon Musk's war on 'The Odyssey' is recycled ragebait </h1><p style="text-align:left;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-size:20px;color:#3E3E3E;padding:5px 0;line-height:24px;"> X serves up Gamergate on demand. </p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style="line-height:0;"><div data-open-tracking="true"> <img src="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/o/u001.52hRbZ5bjhIlawsIDKScVg/4qu/ETYKicnaTSGk5WJbHnepyg/ho.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" border="0" style="height:1px !important;width:1px !important;border-width:0 !important;margin-top:0 !important;margin-bottom:0 !important;margin-right:0 !important;margin-left:0 !important;padding-top:0 !important;padding-bottom:0 !important;padding-right:0 !important;padding-left:0 !important;"/> </div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr id="content-blocks"><td class="email-card-body" align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:15px;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Over the course of just one week in May, Elon Musk posted more than 60 times on X about Christopher Nolan’s upcoming adaptation of <i>The Odyssey. </i>The world’s richest man is apparently preoccupied daily by the movie’s casting choices, and he’s ensuring that millions of X users see what he has to say about them. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Musk, who identifies as a <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.ke39WvCfsq8Y99teWgMXH6KQXCZdg_AbKsxfdKhyKmmP8a0yLwxbT2cHOZZHE0PHAlmsg3pKeicLK0QrMun5YePHxUYe-Ju_U836SegTY2_FNN-q3RZmKWo4Gc2hzjDsAwjwtFDZ5vKMGuDBmDumx-KnmGkkjleAeQZIj5xGWA010PoKh8AwxicFYNklkd-XqBiWNk8pNR1BPLHAhUo8udAFpJIwQiTmzP2mYB7cLVVXn0VVjUotPgFxi-VCPDv6GyDQQzYo1Cbzy_lgokyk2YbOjhCXppjOaJWxa70l9TqJz-CkAQ59vGlZtq5B7NHB/4qu/ETYKicnaTSGk5WJbHnepyg/h1/h001.MAEFfCA6Ue_iZGvJe74ovMGHFN0H-zOV7YOWtGQMz48" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Homer fanboy</span></a>, has claimed <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.ke39WvCfsq8Y99teWgMXH6KQXCZdg_AbKsxfdKhyKmmvKGbtIUCcoxYMNWgneBolgvijP3eCd1iyPD2jHAvt5jDEBKgHfEFA652DFJsuDnQ_It4J3QHXvwfHBbcRFCrnmT6LT6DMAbAI7JEELJIZedfEQrZuJX8digbSMhZIIMSkif4CF8NgQRsN6W9s8AWhXBJL5GludVAVMSvpMAlIok4LQytYfBk8ltSjiZ_D7ZhaJnRkJy8vKXral8hs6GOXo3rpD42prSS79cTZstMSUs1Mk4lRGJAOoIUjZvqQwmA/4qu/ETYKicnaTSGk5WJbHnepyg/h2/h001.ClIbLp1riwHHu2ePfm1wdmBVTy09pHQ7RI_TrsWhCaA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>his issue</span></a> is that none of the actors cast in Nolan’s adaptation are Greek. Of course, he only calls out the actors who are Black, Latino, or transgender (meanwhile, the lead actors and the majority of the cast of <i>The Odyssey </i>are white). Musk also <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.ke39WvCfsq8Y99teWgMXH6KQXCZdg_AbKsxfdKhyKmkXpwiSfqV5yjm_w16egxPdPzWFMIQces-Ki1c8i4U0FHAHCbiHrS0Rzzy11TTPF7zXmkDQiLfOxYvRVOipjl631ulGqsQx-ecQvfoIZyjTgxIRpMIRy9UtvaBhlab-eitGRigMI3FQsmfIOGQnT1eCuEkvv135Fzu72aiSy1krJfu1wexqdsDv4j78ziUGwrolWPEhreqfq-o-PzPR1AGlQHKaVX2PV7yNH7lxBFm92DOEGTwD3btojkx2rjZQvHM/4qu/ETYKicnaTSGk5WJbHnepyg/h3/h001.jnEehWJwMTTOV3SvYzgPC350PufOIwsV4i7y42JV3FU" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>praised </span></a>the 2004 Brad Pitt movie <i>Troy</i> in comparison, even though Pitt and the other actors in that movie aren’t Greek either. They’re just white and cisgender. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Musk’s real issue is with the casting of Kenyan-Mexican actress Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy, a character considered the most beautiful woman in the world. Musk <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.ke39WvCfsq8Y99teWgMXH6KQXCZdg_AbKsxfdKhyKmlX92HaOoPoZxWgguyetzEQQcyLpDFzYLjOdUvexuGrv7wztH85Nlv5EG-ICdg2amnT0-SXdZxzyH8zR68XWwDAiiXW_hlWN34xjhpfawVHdyI2uV8BoaUxIrxmQsZfdnPIwUTPCs0IqmKt2DQR52_lvYWy_bNVfw_pkDi0VLLEfMmrN3v2fnTDuYWcut7m6bTwvAUaTEcX6tAD-Hs_EbWiCaU0Bjg0kpdRhjoDA5EVsB5cn7Aar1uk0wdaDxc0_Z4/4qu/ETYKicnaTSGk5WJbHnepyg/h4/h001.yG-37Q7A1E56yWM0pV-mesatcRAVHJ8Venl-x5WJC-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>objects to</span></a> the idea that anyone would consider Nyong’o the most beautiful in the world, which is straightforwardly racist. He also objects to the casting of Elliot Page, a trans man, who is rumored to play Achilles (but that’s just speculation). Musk has shared transphobic posts about Page and AI-edited images of <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.ke39WvCfsq8Y99teWgMXHyi-XtWOqiOpoCpsNEmZ_WsqM-X_vR_vA41EvBya_uk3fmJBnh9LT6xTSxX66AWviKxBlo7HTwUVFXBIj-y2rDkrwlh7jYYGBrgCc5hV2WYNyur-b_8au5lxkCcMc2JNqpXP9RWd9_Wbsxm-ikRHgAdXlstmGWnrWhvJnkGRGPve7uvFoGQOYk4-tv12edVlTvf5nkkT5z-97Pn0ug68yBzCVJQGIcnGuvROQczv5f_q2MyK7rODV939pODQKMxdb5tko7EWOlfUZ9sMCLmA70I/4qu/ETYKicnaTSGk5WJbHnepyg/h5/h001.FB6KFAnm5lfFWxG0hFC3QpAduZGxZcbvrNEB-6N5lJ8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Page</span></a> and <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.ke39WvCfsq8Y99teWgMXHyF4MOBUVMiIM5WCVezJIVbgZoryP0wVzTvuVbxcw_KSIZfxHJdPqFEp8Gu8TzoXBgZo0DvXQFxrHRelB5dCcGW6AHkRWBk61bJCFi7CseICInlPLp7su_g23vng_Nh6PgbBxSQxICfJhhACpj7kwvf9HYrOFR7yPxL0dp1JB4uZSeJanX_RDXIhWZYEVCbpNDvC-OjLctBRhgcuwSx06HvfH-8zq3H12stEVXS6Y15cZE2Pxy__Ws0BL6RpH_5IO2p433FfycsRNfmpsy9k2h8/4qu/ETYKicnaTSGk5WJbHnepyg/h6/h001.hUx8AMqCf9iQjg4wiqSgmHOSrFXUV0EW2BhGxerZfIA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Nyong’o</span></a> to mock them. He also spread a <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.mgrYDGQaI8Xjr2QXpQav5b_mNKuK8r9kkefH6cJ4P110gu8-2gDYBrB9C6m6RJV-mq8M6O83hEOv8PuXKLgpvw5VwqgC3lOYX8m76ga6fBfI8rp-YuY5K2_Xg0nmzLkCWQtnwA-I_Vjx-R-8x8FbuDoECgPvpqr-NW7myLHawZZvjqbMDNaFFOGH4YiqZVEVVAY1cjoJBw-d4nrwZEeLy6tFRs_jvPr38EJcfdknsyjW-wu6yWcvdAuNrPkfBxKo-19MNpHPUqlrRUHcM1t2sYSgQzHld_BIyDzgWMwfXWHoCRH0f7Mk5b9UChUqKOYONNf3KeHKAnI6PwHXaDBv81zdG_1YNAxquavBN-q8btknJMk32EzT353sCQxDopEq/4qu/ETYKicnaTSGk5WJbHnepyg/h7/h001.RV3ChCiMK296Dy6z16A5HgpEHzesAUs8Md_su0gZyZk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>debunked</span></a> conspiracy about the Oscars’ diversity standards and used it to target <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.ke39WvCfsq8Y99teWgMXH6KQXCZdg_AbKsxfdKhyKmlc0lhjl5xQOCv_q_ewhBCzDS9tXk5IHzaRQbOrCFRA7_Y5Pjl9TfmaksekIpaDOUB9MvuNxtAhmjKM6tev1u687I9TfLY6emWn_ey8opygZnCdRPMh80-y7vLVXxOdAhEXTmksOjKlSOrDVDU5v-wlHhqmbF8wjSOSq--QZhZ6o1RXuqs4VBcIXTmAxSt1hzXYfoRCBS-uLlSnP9MHIiIHXS9doqTeWQ0-aIW1ogY65IWRAbmrtfPxIRFsQFvn4Rc/4qu/ETYKicnaTSGk5WJbHnepyg/h8/h001.l8O9p-DTUYrSJ3e8-AW6__LOqUtCH09UE1A9Gs0F968" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>gay and Black</span></a> leaders of the Academy. And he also found the time to lob <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.ke39WvCfsq8Y99teWgMXH6KQXCZdg_AbKsxfdKhyKmkKVk31STH1V8IVOalEYOSOw3YUt0RxfhoEoosoV_JgzDOuf1iLcU7VWJtR7yD8Ph-tDLisKFnIlFJTTk7n9fhF-P1FUQZnIarLwmOQWRhM4Z_2w8L6eEkRUduPCla52G4rFcatUXbucKdvQMwC5hWLycwmw7Fo0YekwVI8Y_wBreC81g0QZAo4WNyXYL5coxO7A3gZ4CgcV3-21HaR6zFKZkwM8qj_jFVWj7viERr_nuvhzpJMLvlGsmnkpvTrEUY/4qu/ETYKicnaTSGk5WJbHnepyg/h9/h001.I3OvavPPgJUPorGsTpCPyA8tWYhBP2m5TyBzSH0g7ic" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>sexist remarks</span></a> at the first woman to translate <i>The Iliad </i>and <i>The Odyssey. </i> </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:20px; " class="dd"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:0 auto 0 auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="width:630px;"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/uploads/asset/file/0ae247e4-6805-4c19-9d0f-51ff45cc9e2e/Screenshot_2026-05-20_at_8.54.13_PM.png?t=1779324871" alt="" height="auto" width="630" style="display:block;width:100%;" border="0"/></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" class="t" style="width:630px; padding: 4px 0px 4px 0px;"><p>L: <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">Lupita Nyong'o poses at the opening night of "Tru" at House of the Redeemer on March 19, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Bruce Glikas/Getty Images)</span><br><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">R: A fake “first look” image of Nyong’o as Helen of Troy that was also shared by Elon Musk on X. This is an edited image from the film “12 Years a Slave,” where Nyong’o is playing a slave. It was altered to appear like a setting from “The Odyssey,” with a set-up designed to get people to insult Nyong’o’s appearance. </span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> It should go without saying that Musk’s racism has catastrophic consequences on millions of lives, especially in the Global South. At the beginning of Donald Trump’s second term, Musk was illegally handed control of the federal budget and <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.1VO3scX3vUs5xrMMWwJojt_DBgGEHDO-a75y8fejFdu_bEmFrOK-WbnH-K1IEthchXXN2bOMvE_RIv_e_wHRxFVmhOb74FS0lHhO1NMUb2SdEe9E60Ecus0TbqlpxnduEYG-EVFY5xrAUPvsB-0et3RHQ3uKnxVtYrOHgd16KSyyvzZylHQwB1O5aOiHXVphw17f5oPTnGpgIBwwLg1p18FreFVi7e_SUbps23iCbctKW_DOYUkcdEhwquZI3P2kJn74Pv-BTqSp02PdVlOHpkaWk_EB2Ti_oY8jYphOvVf_rp02ZPnZS7IC2cNMUksXPbOqdiMYq8smHb29KlIJb-9ME09hSVj3l1lpCx_yE60/4qu/ETYKicnaTSGk5WJbHnepyg/h10/h001.A7fuEFTmm1Czmbx57rnkD8s-_1yjARRcML1tZqwBPyo" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>dissolved USAID</span></a>, a program that delivered humanitarian aid and medical supplies around the world. Now, more than <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz7g8d1wzxz6XGccxDgdVrAXR3iqoQd0wBfosNnaDvdxexa0ZCiqrZ5tQcUV0HoWDSaVvODIGzmh-RNp8-xBjbbsxh1Uylf505twFj0JE8k5sHRo2E6PoYhpJy5IenOzVw_bqus1wPPrDQV83HkEJmNwAHZL-D1quRGOx2o9sFcvOQJT5sw4DOqVjRrJtHoioEv1FPYSK7iWHdAmWMeA7LJIANlE7qt_maxV9WkGu25TSflNG4SbKSZ8KuLeBWwhJFKylFSTzj0ye_6ToEZMX1gIGp2Oo-PA1b52r-DFJKP1krF3rg48TwwpwnCFI7uA_1g/4qu/ETYKicnaTSGk5WJbHnepyg/h11/h001.GwbcJ7Hs9WIf6KJjIqX9Xv3GllqM3GSNiq4qnPx0Vuw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>9 million people</span></a> will die unnecessary deaths, including more than 2 million children under 5. Musk also “accidentally” <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.uP0QS_diFLgi8m-4cLSdATZxPzwAuOxbPiu_KooIzNrQXz0-5kHGsyEgG61CEPvfEd4_PBEMAvSu-DpUsiwv55Q0J2vxqx16Xmf6JOrT0yW0j6UnXxuU1wLQjpBse5Dya24TXV6-viLQq5qL7e59ON7PbV3Mtyf23jE-uHUAyu19J6yGC4AXks5RT2RZxjqNkz03sx9uy_TBw3ODb5DC39Uy2IkLD1cQH4USsS-NKLot182EscfUMhpxs5LtM8RzaDmFwXZ7EUL6YMromV_E-BCrW1rvgSc5efljSLTqjwjq7zAaJOxRx6WkFqPnNELV/4qu/ETYKicnaTSGk5WJbHnepyg/h12/h001.7qLSbtq1nyQNOupmFivTX1dFdLeh9sbCLfOqYvGPNc0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>cancelled</span></a> Ebola prevention efforts, and <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz1IYZEwEZ-788IYvwgWX1GL9ESE831XLlIx3N5tpucukBnIqysTXi2ZJt0ec5iEAHU1IBq22oM8tSyqbcRB0yHBN3tbFcl85PRxVKK3BALm8Wmb-E9XzYB5pQxNDPSmU5Qt8akYA0qX-R8MgbNRlbsgcQNrIOpZQIjaJEMT-PQAqSksKyh_-nix-zTvcZJyxqCpGRFTr2kqvO-BkNt5cnUlFD0ZJ70wLe5RRDhkZ_X54kKT8Z5vBntUZmIZr0NYiyTdn04sj5m5AKNTarIUpaiWv95_xOXYFgqSxOQoFKxwecQ4Fl22BC-A1jjtCFhdFVQ/4qu/ETYKicnaTSGk5WJbHnepyg/h13/h001.nL7CfUsj8gRehMKVzPOoYi2-eCRm5cunm2bza4JBNv4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>now the US</span></a> is “simply choosing not to stop” an outbreak that has killed more than 100 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Musk’s racist comments about <i>The Odyssey</i> can’t just be viewed through the lens of an online edgelord identity. It is the same rhetoric driving his global campaign of violent white supremacy, as well as the Trump’s administration <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.1VO3scX3vUs5xrMMWwJojjW4W5YcBiBStV4NgXIksDfpkxJe7OJ-MQWO7cdEv-hJ7O28CfwXKR0G61hoS3rzYvupjL_15kt6nq0yhPdqC2hbn9UM-na5srdjbXqiKZGsxi7wW8qiBo8sWjtucEE9NYKXOfbYQHEiUB8Pjqn2xdtaU0x7btThNcAeIQGNOygSc-1IgMIdobQxJBJPgyNeNbBghhmD107klup71EVTXnRFfAT2O-msf2bZxXPvxAk6PS7TdCY-1ojQCflxAH7ZrYono2xAECHRXE-P_1K2O5g/4qu/ETYKicnaTSGk5WJbHnepyg/h14/h001.oA24gXBttmlFMsJUylcDN0ynO4VoWzPuS6b-AToUYQU" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>“anti-DEI” </span></a>agenda more broadly. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> At the same time, his crusade also can’t be separated from edgelord culture, which is when typically anonymous online commenters incite harassment, rage, and division through edgy and offensive content. Musk’s behavior on X and the way he has frankensteined the platform to champion his bigotry are reminiscent of how 4chan and 8chan users first coordinated harassment campaigns against marginalized women in the 2010s. Now, Musk has turned Twitter into a Gamergate-on-demand machine. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> With social media as their weapon of choice, fanboy reactionaries <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz--xJVozfK7Ct3jzS52YbAiDG92kRPN0Rjo2OAvV-N3eMf9VZ936xdwSA1-42UdOvWnccTFMXHRkc95pohKkj3eL3dqhN8UbCJruR_SARq4sG2iSBrGDz-t5FY15ugmXPMDtqu4Y1su8c8kYEnfEX_lafOxUhw2N_EqKXh0119y1ssK54_O9w0M60TeQXkpnFM8C6glLQPLDwQfC8qY9M0hC6lmlbfhuGs4Ny7tbDCTRL1brByOWH1hg1cQoGR6sh-Q4p-B0mejI-7LNTivLSrcIb4ePectuAGreXQgSrhHDiIwl3dgydOeeoLi94jaHs10FG-Zjgv8XM2_jSCQrERa7lUMaqtjZqGsjsDlsdTTB/4qu/ETYKicnaTSGk5WJbHnepyg/h15/h001.7sgEu4SXhRjmbUwbg8RSpETH-mTT-cbFiq-Zr2Bv6Bc" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>paved the way</span></a> for Trump’s campaign in 2016. They <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz1IYZEwEZ-788IYvwgWX1GItTuRFT4GX2Rs0NN30av4bwZJ7eysW7gzOnSwbgLoYyd2yQ7P_hnYDCoSIzXTPA3CQMxmoDWWaDhgodUJ1o0u75fJRlghiMw6wht7qJbpiReK3O7qsmg8C2nIYwb0XGvbfgiPHfklbd7J5yP0zEkyJm3RA4Tdo_ELD9NsbIGNvR_OiC4g4L8vUx6eas2R4BEe935a7nRQkgsIJEJXZlvhlquodU8Dxf0iF9AnvqlrMJp__UJZPYYyYzYGJVoSgtv73cNiZHZVsRuJ0b_9V_F6jkGbqNsub2v8Y-bsBSizmazVl-oHvXxFWawwKnt8Hd20/4qu/ETYKicnaTSGk5WJbHnepyg/h16/h001.J90Ay2igLibkJnPpZZhlZ-TCqQdiVG3ADudUjL3DMPs" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>did it again</span></a> with anti-MeToo harassment campaigns in time for Trump’s re-election in 2024. A lot of the creators and audiences in this genre have stayed consistent. But Musk has far more power, resources, and influence over society than anyone posting on anonymous forums or making Justice for Johnny Depp videos. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Still, here’s something to consider: Musk is also <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz2ZFD9IHYK9741cHi8TQjLT1mT7mhvbMfv4C1q2rbaR6fpHzTOFO9_6OV2qkS7UGwR-7Z7QpimUHO0PPj4WfyWljY6WIxeUz048jiE_f31z3-fgL-0JdB_rj92TUyNveBJ-1KdDya6agxZgIfqT7mc4-FNEWna1C4jfCvjzSknAaoXG-rB7qlxCKuYM8ID40mE0yqBPZNjjS-CRZziCNyZcS1dnwwrQ29cpX3jTCxQl1UBvAdxSaW6Pxv8546rX2mpPtgpXko72aJ547JMefBLiN1kjz5ufkFF1BARAv7pYvp2KiGH4sfMo0wyBNbbPyTCnN6cNKa_2SC9OXjttLTn8/4qu/ETYKicnaTSGk5WJbHnepyg/h17/h001._vpnl3LPZtTlnWWfQ9p2oNn48mg4T4trlPDu202uDS0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>really unpopular</span></a>. And now that his reactionary playbook is backed by Trump’s authoritarian power—not to mention, has been recycled a dozen times with different pop culture behemoths—it seems like it’s starting to lose its spark. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><i><b>By the way—I’m doing another </b></i><a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.qLvgS-v8BmU0grOUAz36WQ9jqDJbBJH4uw7dF_ZGiL3TUpx-u3isxQzYpcJ9utuv2iXyV8ngj1HGgJlYCdUk2-ZoVbNkA4_aItmkb7uMHmSlDkepCPypQQLWjoUJshIKFnfg0zd9-P3XE-fhkjabvNIP9sFJ2c1BwcLQfuWYIZo/4qu/ETYKicnaTSGk5WJbHnepyg/h18/h001.UJ5x2JPgr3pdgLfP6f6vneozHFoMXA_FNJ1qLVIEOdU" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span><i><b>newsletter bundle</b></i></span></a><i><b>, this time with Ryan Broderick’s </b></i><a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz4JcF11mtysACtkIpNRxdk_zPmpiUxjGOh4nmJ3XPgyIrAmS4AXSfhDWdhYSF0XmK_4LMGQe1haBI_P7KvC-RdgvCege6Bhch1_LjpuT_iQ0mqXYxaIeTPB3SYEHYazhEgZtSmw338FVMKilWkFnDUdixgIwYdBaLhFOoHiwEfqSfUSBPWo0F4Q7egnsgTvWxYe0VMtmFvxnbtQ5cTB6nxH49GayBeW02-368SQZbZKiTRtT89we7XbWuDWNN1_DjA/4qu/ETYKicnaTSGk5WJbHnepyg/h19/h001.V4jIPC6RkgjA3bv9WWFZUNHge45g98lkfGAi3IN1uYs" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span><i><b>Garbage Day</b></i></span></a><i><b> and Dave Jorgenson’s </b></i><a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001._yeVCSYkUOByEgYW77YkBnis8dYec2RY3Zu6Q6JIWvRcZDZ3_AaMX_TNwoSlmmquYXKuM_kZbe1C5Hznq7ECvFBT5yvRDZeHeBkjuEUuBcJ5QZbDy03-vbus2I80rn_H1Bhdtv_epjswBIUW8UBE2_8Ag5OWavgad0D8-qrlomRBe73Yi2ClHvDI8nv7EISf_GBDWB6msW8gf0HJq8LuzczxWfROPa6bFTFXd5JIWP-cgRE9wLjuEohG6fOhau84/4qu/ETYKicnaTSGk5WJbHnepyg/h20/h001.LHjHbNHyYTyk_Nx2BtbUMpPA2j_ipo_wKrqlCU5Lmr4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span><i><b>Local News International</b></i></span></a><i><b>! You can get all three of our newsletters for 30 days for 50% off! This is a limited time opportunity, so don’t miss out on Spitfire News for just $2.50. </b></i></p></td></tr><tr><td id="the-gamergate-to-x-pipeline" class="dd" align="left" valign="top" style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:normal;padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;"><h1 style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:normal;mso-line-height-alt:175.0%;">The Gamergate to X pipeline</h1></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> As Gamergate went mainstream, the targets shifted, but <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz5Tpa8foT7ZWUns-P0sTb7iD1Rqro6pkol9L3RFbwrUy2KE4Q9hX3hb2VwY7xSkdGC814F7z3635n4CUdz-53uujlnc9-N_VZcYrDgMDEhtuZTeJQGM3GE1FHkE1J8j-9drSGt8p4GHJQAFHG-WvsJqt9vTiWyuRy05ThYyF9J_UhxuoGHXvcR5p2wNF6hZBeOrIA4KMuuj3Bb-iLR76xvfrIaZCGuAGuAqkDlCLsSvFkQ35MtY1OVGuwv4mV9M2btgCCKiGFnqyYhysgego6Q8Hj2Uanmall7-hJcqWVNKLv0yyr6yB90g_v0_otGq1Gw/4qu/ETYKicnaTSGk5WJbHnepyg/h21/h001.5v4dQ2EZHIpodLwWVrLqR9ABYbEr0a16gH8SYDSf2iE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>the tactics</span></a> largely stayed the same. Back in 2014, the harassment campaign against women in the video games industry was coordinated on then-niche anonymous forums. Within the next few years, reactionary fanboys would also set their sights on women in the <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz9lcRL3zr2PiTWMXmlCfGkdJhAZTMlui_ThZYblDtY32cSG6Nc8DhI-ToPzA1CniA5FYMws_dNmZBTF1-4SyZBDV58q25WftAVyLTfh-PD94IXdhS_1DmDuHGc8tFj6Ka77SuLXRiCwmfYpC69jUr0CxvtI7Toa3pnyt04MCxaAnIxJM2MhjM-v_iVFLzbFOQlhNp78VAmtsfFgyJGqCfaHcvceiHJj2n0k_8AqPKsUFEDFSPJLOr1wGcRKEjGY2K3A7zDtB1e3uZ71dkfVD4itHgKPd5RqhMxhqnNy1ZFh7JvIhKiybJLswSPu8hc51LuX4NiS7lwVh0b3yE8AOQq0/4qu/ETYKicnaTSGk5WJbHnepyg/h22/h001.X4i8xadX2fK-BtCeJRwilvkqxwM_tn5oPLBcs_5AqG0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>comics industry</span></a>, <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.FIK02fInvGXCNK3vQPbydX2TX2bVgL9wMkHYjIaKRxxBq86FcUO7lK-U_ICXTWxWU2PNG9T8u0f_dL_ExbdnoqAB_9acQigHz4h82C6Sy-SvTCOvz1LvJczwUiBTP5JkvhU7SjB6kaALWG60r_GNPKdYKwMVkPjgTfkTzLB-UFo3qSnVRZlfonhnvXDyiwGWShPqGCdxCt76f0_kWvPhOOxmRspffrT-F_33vuiiRw3tgYTEjSDBI149pQSEiUe_bsIlEWlpAfzTRt-943b6mnAPQ14hjr8I-50it6g1ZfwCASbANl9RqF4ov0UQ1Iu3V0XrM94_NM8BJ1tWsJzpAHyoaW9SenvTsdcKKD3eib1-fLtqCmYmpw5Lp_vPme_WJb8UeKEiiyW3ZmQdEATXORLiKrcbPfsasGikC1lPHLdbvlbp8MKS77uXjS3oznxi-xGiaZxyQHZC2Nw-wx5W_xiQg26pSp9nehgKq8mAhBf-DXwotWMd2iwbg_DGqHkwM4q2C7jf6YgYebgbQdnoX4STBgDCU-POCT9zU8vtOBcCL1hqA22pDzLRrrtU3NNRfBL3qWW0hO6wESwvc9efe5_wuk0pFzfwCQCKdyuaDVNn3wfy4oirzfxtw_lTRhnNpTThstu2mtxKrIieY7jhdrs_gE87YfMz6e9-4lJIA8QXp4NDghXTWpk-eKRYDtrYLDzzzfl7drlKm3EtUCYyRXQX6Ja_LZVq7ov3RoH1ctbbbRuK-HUhBkwJaOPna4XRYPxRUA0yQKSB27Zt27N4Y83a6psUg00B11C61YhQsAw/4qu/ETYKicnaTSGk5WJbHnepyg/h23/h001.oNyclzrr9DzDzOe15MmqwDrXkfrIxmvDf6TgYouNKpk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Hollywood actresses</span></a>, and female <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.1VO3scX3vUs5xrMMWwJojp8SmT4YmTJM_Px-2d0DyYWkrOdTohwHaXHdpv5YkUPJaV0VHC3241RjSt2EIea2BHW6cVsJn2lnl1KrfWFq92Gvhb6QhhA4yDMWUaYAQpZTt8KF5lFG4xoYSHBVNdzknvV_XtdJjKBKcgTfvFueaGANEYglAl9BcS7fKsvSW1FkohvUjsa6Hn7nmiTSSTp5kkRhYwjExACEI6IX68KzoGmNDv_FmdMlyjtQ4AYoL3401f6grks6KN_ejRC24kSigQHKosp-hnZRvu15fSK9HlMjmd_6nNwVr59rFWFbZn0ZWi_IgGhnihZnnGeGLezEpnwD149AGeMAsucv1j01NrA/4qu/ETYKicnaTSGk5WJbHnepyg/h24/h001.gFCBeOrC_sWHo8HgP5S2K-kYvWylcUkDtqIc9hkBzlA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>studio executives</span></a>. By hitching their conspiratorial, bigoted wagon to Star Wars and Marvel superheroes—pillars of American pop culture—reactionary content creators and their audiences found massive success. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> These campaigns all utilize an eerily similar playbook. This includes but is not limited to: making false allegations against women, accusing women of making false allegations, doxxing marginalized creatives and sending them rape and death threats, spreading lies and creating conspiracies about their targets, blaming industry trends and societal woes on “forced” diversity in media, and harassing public figures and journalists who opposed them or reported on their activities. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Through coordinated astroturfing, these oftentimes meager groups can appear as expressions of authentic mass opinion. They work to mass-downvote Reddit posts, mass-dislike YouTube videos (the trailer for <i>The Odyssey </i>is now the most-disliked in Nolan’s career), and artificially sway Rotten Tomatoes scores. In recent years, fearing their backlash, major studios <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.mgrYDGQaI8Xjr2QXpQav5eF7TZoCe3KwqifCworuuSRXxVBoq8GnQ0Els2txNYYOVtGyiejVZ5KyRzetxitisaqgjoa5LFVwGQJdIRKAS0HxcPUa0quaGZPjD7vtiVyoCy5GWUfdxcsenG9H1ao_vfWFNYXIlxeKi0lgAKXeMGUgxrA8xSHX5irE6SA564zISRTf9tWoJ2nYvJ_2o2XlL4_Eu7m8Acw_xI5x7-jRwxBxvJS8i1cIuVtsgox-Rpsvksu5n2Zyz5kvjNfG63pkGfMbe6n5cSRT0ok_TGfRP30-NurjNoRnCFcRhpERCa0tk6vEF2KJF01mshmkC7fndyU0ghyD0bIuXhvuI5lE5rY-3M4EnaNqJzmCB6CmI4Vm/4qu/ETYKicnaTSGk5WJbHnepyg/h25/h001.98nXj4dKQd7FBuqDK2kgqxLUKIpAtCb65XfIth2xfHY" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>have assembled</span></a> “superfan focus groups” to determine moments in trailers and elements of posters that could trigger bigoted fans. The result is a further erosion of diversity gains that weren’t even truly equitable or representative to begin with. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> There’s an obvious societal impact when these kinds of abuses, biases, and disinformation go viral repeatedly. The impact on the individual people targeted also can’t be understated. Back in 2018, Asian-American Star Wars actress Kelly Marie Tran deleted her Instagram account. She was facing an onslaught of racist abuse and wrote about it for <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbzwcmijWHR_CFdJCBKFpDH5mPfn9ogV3iUipPVvq_ge4wxQH1tfI9Q9Q0uo9dy8WjbcCjbopE1EESkJQTRokWdiKUKrEKT6aCpDtwyvIYFbAQiuLYI0_kN-pojM-Pgn7b2zMEruzuc46r7aNML6boykmzDeBj269Yo3hv6m9Sx0Lh_d08459FwjhdBdkC7SUZwOM6oIsVS9_64ibIEt_KO36J54I8LjUu7btkafmuVz4Ii-r9zBQTGr5kCfnIAn9sBLXvnVFkR9Dg_mb1qwHiXAX2ZpTjagdC1-8RyTXdocYt/4qu/ETYKicnaTSGk5WJbHnepyg/h26/h001.-gMGNluaOHe_pU6t9z0IJ5v4bZouO3vn6T6FfpFm5QU" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>the New York Times</span></a>: </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding:12px 19px 12px 19px;" class="dd"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" class="d2" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;border-color:#030712;border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;border-style:solid;border-width:0px 0px 0px 2px;"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding:7px 12px 7px 12px;" class="dd"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td align="left" valign="top" class="i2"><p style="color:#2D2D2D;font-weight:normal;margin:0px;text-align:left;">“It wasn’t their words, it’s that I started to believe them. Their words seemed to confirm what growing up as a woman and a person of color already taught me: that I belonged in margins and spaces, valid only as a minor character in their lives and stories.”</p></td></tr><tr><td height="10" style="line-height:1px;font-size:1px;height:10;"> </td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" class="h2" style="color:#0C4A6E;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:normal;padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px;"> Kelly Marie Tran </td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> It’s easy to see the similarities between these campaigns and what Musk is saying about <i>The Odyssey. </i>But with X, Musk can conduct astroturfing at scale. He’s been <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz4y2e3JRXYLdN8WM8otMb6cNtEVPPMIQ0kdo-0LNb8qWQYadDV71nFJAuvNQhj7qLvCs3jMEUVO45NYRe8J81DvDnR9JnGd9IBBtfaZ_oqE5vH2j7bJsu5wGdCFs4axU3VLux8p1vLVNOHrwCGK2v_TCRDqVoTtOz4w8NNecCRGiqqHVYEDwE94_ib7coXQoUJWQBg5HlPuFBTszQxD0ecrSsBNgQnJREm3JBvyVfczPXEeHhDq2pBw0YboZflIHFZLtjbbwd8x-ZIPiCZIA_iU5Gq5dl6oz2F0FsZgRJSbUDFcGYXzZAZZgxg1PcI7MQfRAlkv6urOmUwXUI-GSNkX4ZsTsSzCVoyTLPLq_8bCi/4qu/ETYKicnaTSGk5WJbHnepyg/h27/h001.du2BHci2s8gCcSzxScR8r1Q6Rf-TqFBPhD5Nw-UG_20" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>practicing this</span></a> since taking over the platform. Musk has changed who is verified, who is amplified, who appears on For You Pages the most, and whose opinions get the most views. He has used this power to his own personal advantage, boosting <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz3f_18OMckNrSy3knBcuNRfp7m3Fv72kpvIJfeAZ0i-Y795hpwD6u7ndrNuLiTw-9nJqhyXdeje7G3CDQNoPn3a-IwLWYi_fD1Te611CoM_HZ1BJng1ABAGvdO3rEgtbc0PeEYqTV6sJ2UtCqO5pU1nPpPnk_bP6FZFE_nnfffy1Q7HnwcXn6zxS4zJ2F-vb5ybIBpcqpYmJoeevWaaUDVU_gf8hwqImHXBk9xTaMQirsGtY_W6H1S_x4McD2tgavLKEGphp3CJMiycTrBuE88BYZ-7u0f8c4Rw6Z3Rt-ovQl2MJRxEysJeqyms5mlaBDw/4qu/ETYKicnaTSGk5WJbHnepyg/h28/h001.VMNni4afwrnTHWv_p1jQmF9ErPEwbFPbGKrw-_sBOls" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>damaging information</span></a> against his enemies, and also to boost culture wars that appear to justify the ruling class’ corruption. Musk is sharing <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.ke39WvCfsq8Y99teWgMXH6KQXCZdg_AbKsxfdKhyKmkWR4joFhAVDryHQDLPpHp-JeJ4p9bQSRrk4G9m0wsSJGQGLeEAX2VDdWSA1VWN_RQINtC8cmXFzSUEavHA07SFhxduPcrQRl2rdfZ9x6UC1z8fxlDB0NYh7pPk4cjh0-XhciX8oJPhk5SQkI5hoA5h8B3VEXyyAGEGYCJOpTwnA9sH0PvkmG8KVKqh49pIp_Q5LomSC-5wUzfKULj2q0qmn-0nvAPdV4VHlmkJmoUEPnirvRdajc0Ho0C-8gMlfrU/4qu/ETYKicnaTSGk5WJbHnepyg/h29/h001.DIVbwvinAFi1HXSLcNLmUhGR8y0I18Gytc8NF94p9QM" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>posts</span></a> that claim <i>The Odyssey </i>is the left’s attempt to destroy western civilization, which conveniently shifts the blame from billionaire oligarchs. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Musk has also been stoking a conspiracy that Nolan only cast Nyong’o and Page (who is one of his longtime collaborators) because of the Oscars’ <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.mgrYDGQaI8Xjr2QXpQav5b_mNKuK8r9kkefH6cJ4P11pxtElAq0KkTJweI9SMzgb3VEUQY1bUaW76dXBo-kuu5D_vN6OerUsmCaRnbTbU11RSbXlnQKu_-C9obCcXQ7TDtUJe75aeF-hlqkxssaN_ztrIjzK2ZI0GYFKWfb-NkiGy0SGe2UoI0wUv5kpOX0WhP_bmpGC4fCoVSacFmDzlSW3oKObLYa33yFYhSxBjxKK-VIuDMJ6_J3jFrPo4sqgnN7Vl63yNLX_MfLy8CIrziRjiFXKmE8hbFjGCXrkKi0ZtmABXxNQ43aFubGgo9MBoQIWCnY8tOby4KT-uVG4Sf988Ky9Xps_pgLR-FyDggqYNuv7Em7t9fX2oiBxtB7a/4qu/ETYKicnaTSGk5WJbHnepyg/h30/h001.wJ6QKlkHzue9n6cfzGbqH_n4VDY-fWpmz6Z35KxHJZ8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>diversity requirements</span></a> that were implemented in 2020. Musk <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.ke39WvCfsq8Y99teWgMXH6KQXCZdg_AbKsxfdKhyKmnplG4epkBTKOuBdiV3LhhSYigHVuaC3TirhRbe0l-8so1LChjMAz283FWYFaMBZGIdMYt4iRbRKNBi1l6VCUsE1qB_Mg1epamyNjaurP7UGdSMDTpngHIKyFokyZm2_L9yjqJfOQVkgOCB6I7ZDxrvYPFIt0n4QRDGckANbKF8YHfBGk0tvDUWNC71O_MIQfvrU6QaI4ucGCh029tKpgdD4rmxFrkoRJGEEfr6pXRljZkwl9inwq0GDZKwOC9x0ms/4qu/ETYKicnaTSGk5WJbHnepyg/h31/h001.ae3rt3yx9eAI5PoUjiCCmBaiBrfFxPZYbFEtX6sQ3W8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>cursed out</span></a> the former president of the Academy for “giving” actor, producer, and six-time Academy Governor DeVon Franklin the job of introducing the new standards. But here’s the thing: <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.mgrYDGQaI8Xjr2QXpQav5b_mNKuK8r9kkefH6cJ4P11pxtElAq0KkTJweI9SMzgb3VEUQY1bUaW76dXBo-kuu5D_vN6OerUsmCaRnbTbU11RSbXlnQKu_-C9obCcXQ7TDtUJe75aeF-hlqkxssaN_ztrIjzK2ZI0GYFKWfb-NkiGy0SGe2UoI0wUv5kpOX0WhP_bmpGC4fCoVSacFmDzlSW3oKObLYa33yFYhSxBjxKK-VIuDMJ6_J3jFrPo4sqgnN7Vl63yNLX_MfLy8CIrziRjiFXKmE8hbFjGCXrkKi27MllBSVkERzORxHIN3MYx2zF-ahsYelWqqZ1Mfqu8UqjI9mIukPYx6AW7oleCMxdBrRBFehsVgyTn-F7OrKei/4qu/ETYKicnaTSGk5WJbHnepyg/h32/h001.BM_22Hs6VUoqbtOYVsPDtuqLpmemnpF6P7dBeAn1ykw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Every single</span></a> Best Picture nominee in history already satisfied the diversity requirements. They’re not very stringent. And Nolan won Best Picture with <i>Oppenheimer</i>’s predominantly white cast in 2024. But that didn’t stop racist posters. One who Musk retweeted was <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.ke39WvCfsq8Y99teWgMXH6KQXCZdg_AbKsxfdKhyKmnpNyHwNHShb2pLBuYp3Rn2KH5XJJ4mAJ18IDc0sznSehkVZJKTTN3ZoF7O0BbmdI9QjureYd_iumSlvZ7nhWZIsNB5mPUNGljk_sxdObd7gGsvFjplHXtprHw2NamF3oTbTTmFFdV20Hq2OAodcy0xZGN5vqo9z8_hnr-HHbf1KgBVlCs0jmkBtxbqZeoaa_AK1BZi-4MlUFdQMC6MTVtZEldwfKRP8mRsUwcM8MSX6MQTrGOeXm7sai20rX6Wrd8/4qu/ETYKicnaTSGk5WJbHnepyg/h33/h001.n-TSEPYAhaStr-D5lQceLG1UtkSxHUeWgvl55Aqs-IQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Katie Miller</span></a>, the former DOGE advisor who is married to Stephen Miller, the White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> This isn’t a deflection from their bigoted policies so much as it is the pop culture version of them. The Trump administration’s anti-DEI efforts are like Gamergate for government. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> This is why having a blind spot for pop culture in political coverage and analysis paints an incomplete picture. While fandom “drama” may not seem like a priority compared to undermining <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.FIK02fInvGXCNK3vQPbydUSUv4m0__Y6ijlZW5V5tDl3RMKBzNTc-th9gbfQhK4eM7tHb_BLVOGCWLZYB4rQk7ZM-NSAwJ6ax-_DlWnxCbEVpIloJBEJPk4U_NkMbBy_bZBWU9q6UUBMUvqwFcqnkDze0n3a14WmW8EfzGjBvjmXRoyjgEyHWGtT9gfZ-DuLqdRna-gcoemrJXF5wmkT4-O7D-puJQI_QZNgsKNYourzqUoLlugsYh6zPPwdp5aBxgLxxZ7xVj6wWyMUsAP_-CY45UvSFLpw-6USMXF_xYCsMi1x_JUMjLHYihas4_8_hSr2xyBUExy-_FCuw3p8sb9mRKnYUe7xx-G82P6pBwrY5ZyWr5KkQg7MjefV0H3Q/4qu/ETYKicnaTSGk5WJbHnepyg/h34/h001.E-7zn8Ine88cO9wdRDdZIxA14eZYXTUYpM6yaoQpZHM" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Black voting power</span></a>, systematically purging <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz_ZaHDMRhvU89_MM6I7Wc_79fGdKe6MTPvak9Jrm4EIpd_YQrwvGAGMhOQZwz8rj10qS-6ob5Qx4AxnHMrBYcMk6dgOwU6H-nxAqSX8ZEQkt1yBZVAV-_wlCxAKoGmXR3gvImTEOoSLiYMDJHvP9JaAowGf_QyqOIR-sqJUIHi6ZWK49TUN2UrUBCufOGJNxTztiES8SWIuln3ux_X1VaXTwsGDKEgHtRph437hfwCukiAaXJRsEu9SVOWky-P-MccyZc1KbsHoM-CsYIZKZoJFplrtkU4N_a2XbaAjNrmS51xkaDjVnv6Ktn0GY6Kj_r6zJdfxtaFnq8IgceK9uVt8/4qu/ETYKicnaTSGk5WJbHnepyg/h35/h001.GgNOtJ899t83sXTWdTChaU2Tzi5xVpYZ65mwh7qX5lY" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Black women</span></a> from federal jobs, and cutting <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz0l6FMay7MXZ9Fs__AwtVa9Sis7PwpOD7IEZx21dAkUtF3aKdHrBlQN6OAcgm9KFcERybKXdPD-qcqW-YISMJvf3ydheCsrgo8Ck5mqJ2KpFEEyL7bBEtmiPAWr5aCurshDXt1k23_XCa4iCOzlOFXQe-XA85I2RzJ0Zis752mNseiEWvfncR7k0Spocvhd3LcOaORNHJyF69Szu3hmGBo_x4xmKxD9UZP6klFQVJYkDqfsjIyQZWWzMOPXqDR_9IFeHxZm9P29wuDxgQ3NaQCbpnsgTGMwZmiFC7ZjswX_06xIkoKIAHADQTrf7dwN68BqMSXXqh9ou_SqBNVwPlkw/4qu/ETYKicnaTSGk5WJbHnepyg/h36/h001.qVqZDpG2z8rI3w_JSc0wwNPOhVOtfQ1-z7P6JJHC8wE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>“woke” programs </span></a>for environmental racism, the fandom stories are often the ones getting the most attention—by design. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Andrew Breitbart infamously said that politics is downstream of culture, and his eponymous conservative outlet pushed Gamergate to its audience in 2014 before driving support for Trump in the following years. Musk has something even better than a conservative news outlet. He can flood the feeds of million of social media users with posts about <i>The Odyssey </i>defiling Greek culture, followed by anti-DEI propaganda posted by the Trump administration’s official accounts. It’s all part of the same funnel into racist extremism and the ultimate example of manufacturing consent. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" style="padding: 20px;"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="none" style="max-width:520px;margin:0 auto;"><tr><td class="q" style="padding:16px 16px 6px 16px;"><a href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.uP0QS_diFLgi8m-4cLSdATZxPzwAuOxbPiu_KooIzNrTBnMakP7Xh04sMc8eKh1P-FOxVMIYSF937djHO4L8ygAi9IV5nWgxsEimqV665w0Mm5-hUb8lRM5g1JJa2P7WG2pYRtevvbsI_qTcLDH_RhU74Bymi7PXf3R8J9H0cgfvOlLREnYWEakGUG_mRGCncpbQjWSNSj2CUza68IGymLgG8JB-Wt154wZKnt0-8XcL19QyYpFfG88GmSX693DO7Jd5iCJDISyDBOoxP0zMZ2q4-RgCmMtILDag1qFqXv4U8o9JV21U8HvnpfLq-wTz/4qu/ETYKicnaTSGk5WJbHnepyg/h37/h001.XeGzFypCFY-rixdfrBoDTdqrbOqj1fjNV_EuLDDUjbE" style="text-decoration:none !important;"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" role="none"><tr><td width="100%" style="padding: 0 0 14px 0;text-decoration:none;width:100%;"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" role="none"><tr><td width="36" style="width:36px;"><img src="https://cdn.bsky.app/img/avatar/plain/did:plc:hyyqshfmzarjhybykciopfw6/bafkreictl3oummttkbwjhxgnga7hxojhttxzmoymfagwdf3rtxzralaoy4" alt="bsky profile: Nikita Gill" style="display:block;width:36px;height:36px;border-radius:50%;border:0;"/></td><td width="400" style="padding:0 0 0 8px;text-decoration:none;"><span style="display:block;font-size:14px;color:#1c2022;font-weight:700;"> Nikita Gill </span><span style="display:block;color:#697882;font-size:14px;"> @nikitagill.bsky.social </span></td><td width="24" align="right" style="vertical-align:text-top;"><img width="24" height="24" loading="lazy" alt="bsky" style="border:0;" src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/static_assets/bluesky-logo-100.png"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr></tr><tr><td style="word-break:break-word;"><p>It’s actually so funny to see Helen of Troy upset thousands of angry men in 2026 in the exact same way she did back in antiquity.</p></td></tr><tr><td height="8" style="line-height:1px;font-size:1px;height:8px;"> </td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" class="s"><p>6:11 AM • May 21, 2026</p></td></tr><tr><td height="10" style="line-height: 1px; font-size: 1px; height: 10px;"> </td></tr><tr><td height="1" bgcolor="#e1e8ed" style="line-height:0px;font-size:0px;height:1px;"></td></tr><tr><td height="10" style="line-height:1px;font-size:1px;height:10px;"> </td></tr><tr><td width="100%" style="padding: 0 0 0 0;text-decoration:none;width:100%;"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" role="none"><tr><td width="260"><p><b style="color:#1C2022">1.39K</b> Likes <b style="color:#1C2022">258</b> Reposts </p></td><td width="200" align="right" valign="top" class="s"><p><div align="right" style="text-align:right;color:#1B95E0"><b>16 Replies</b></div></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></a></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td id="why-the-odyssey-backlash-already-fe" class="dd" align="left" valign="top" style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:normal;padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;"><h1 style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:normal;mso-line-height-alt:175.0%;">Why<i> The Odyssey </i>backlash already feels stale</h1></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Musk is far from the only person melting down over <i>The Odyssey</i>’s casting. You can find the usual suspects who profited from Gamergate, <i>Depp v. Heard</i>, and other reactionary fan backlashes making new content about this. Many of them are full-time creators who need new material to feed the beast. But I also found something refreshing while searching different platforms: viral posts defending Nolan, <i>The Odyssey, </i>and its cast. Many of them were outperforming the hate campaign. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> “Mythology has never and will never be set in stone,” said one queer creator in <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbzxgpDGDt5UAe01pW-E9gqBKhGn_OUHNUMTgnsU4G2vTD0LMOIViQUMmvlM4AyrLpi8QkCL7HsBduMANkVUvGWqkgV1iN4Geh-ibp-YM9pYBjZXaf4q2EpROBbqbCf3MGe5FCAB1h_yW-NBUXgASU7TJVVhMPTukZ2xZ6fJ0L4wOusdGDWFBbfRIMcrie8WDYk2jse3Y_BgyKeyfh3hYRezemeu9EBxU3MWBCL3oW0Wr_v8wTcGq6lQm8p7Nq7GAz6MrscprZ7TmQb5TA2MyQSrE/4qu/ETYKicnaTSGk5WJbHnepyg/h38/h001.G8PTPy4Jg64fihzeMakerak7Dn_9oCIxqE4CsH0YKds" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>a video response</span></a> to the backlash that has more than 2.6 million views on Instagram. “Our modern perception of Greek mythology as we know it are snapshots of a living story that has existed for thousands upon thousands of years, the origins of we will never know. And it’s almost like the idea of what is masculinity changes over time.” </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:20px;" class="dd"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:0 auto 0 auto; max-width:420px;"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="width:100%;"><a href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbzxgpDGDt5UAe01pW-E9gqBJuyUHpkIGk4Fb0TTZCT5rB2lGGkLmjDRIGhv8m10M7HdFijNq2IANnNQnuIFEQ8tu19yfAwmlxgGkItbPP-T4LuJZrWdVD6VUa3BOeTzG-3z0WKwfTtUCKk4BY1NytEkGHAr_PNlsR8smoByKYR5vwJmSS9HkPv_3jshNlP6GIs47E8srO2j1Wnyf0t7LbXGghkvqvrlNT1celSgNiHRqBD6VTBfY2biL7o1M9MEhjBWHgO_aQkwiaJu2pTVIo--I/4qu/ETYKicnaTSGk5WJbHnepyg/h39/h001.ns9-d5GJjzttIZKYu2YcteeYk1rSmActHUa4VvLdYhQ" style="text-decoration:none !important;"><img src="https://beehiiv-images-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/asset/file/8d1d1b38-fe60-4e74-ad55-05ff1e736780/instagram_screenshot_DYYCM31vG3b_1779413469_d19c4b93.jpeg?t=1779413472" alt="Instagram reel screenshot" height="auto" width="100%" style="display: block; width: 100%;" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> This creator, whose name isn’t listed in their profile, defended Page’s rumored casting as Achilles in part because the character of Achilles isn’t the male chauvinist Musk and his fanboys think he is. The queer creator spilled real knowledge about Greek mythology that many of these so-called Homer superfans don’t even know. It’s a dynamic that reflects so many of these harassment campaigns. They seek to push women, people of color, and LGBTQ people out of the fandom spaces that marginalized people often built and maintained. But people like Musk are obsessed with their own superiority, asserting that they are the true fans and anyone who isn’t a straight cis white man is an intruder in their space. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> That mentality was especially pervasive when it came to white men and video games, superheroes, and Star Wars. One of the reasons these campaigns have been successful in the past is because they <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz2I6whTZXVScdasbuNFUsgDlpE84nuuo3StReqGQmKsLeL0i2styWa9KUYTbZZuJah4VrSWQVkx_697DDq_CGk135gS_YW1H9wkjaBIeDb2A_NRvsPoGXp3UjdDl47KD6AxD9Hz-qZM6sPCZq23yWHjQeRQUCxLipT92El7m3G8RTqFFvNKfhLDpGqWoBecshKpPwvgzmevCejT_sROlWMAxLipsFcke5NqpywtqhI3l7nVjXG9RFWqAlfOs3aFCUiRo8-lxLAD6FJY4ubJi7AJPPX_6JBoeRAlFH9Na0Z1-z_udpsdkO7dc589E0qSSSvS770ebEWLGANbZfmYS_UA/4qu/ETYKicnaTSGk5WJbHnepyg/h40/h001.KJQ6_VNEe72rjdGKU5YkTo8YkOXmyOqOUC9Nqav2BwY" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>manipulate bystanders</span></a> into joining mobs and pile-ons under the guise of being righteous. Gamergate pretended to be about “ethics in video game journalism.” The Star Wars sequels were genuinely disappointing, and blaming women and minorities for the failure was a convenient narrative. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> But <i>The Odyssey </i>isn’t even out until July, and Nolan has built up a lot of audience goodwill (separate from everything mentioned here, I’m kind of a Nolan hater, but objectively he makes very impressive movies). He doesn’t usually make a billion dollars at the box office, but he makes up for it in critical acclaim. <i>The Odyssey </i>will probably be a good movie, and haters inventing reasons to hate out of thin air will be obvious. Also, it’s already obvious that Musk and his white supremacist friends on X are phoning in their appreciation for the classics. One of them was just <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.ke39WvCfsq8Y99teWgMXH29W1ZgSQkAktf1O3OhTxwqTCuZ1D5oiF-FAujd9XhhAhq0TY5qVkjBR8S4uLcW08YP09bEr3Cf7nCPLAfTkmdGxCe9e1KFfGqKkFbO_vh2-EwQrPxhXzO9gJy1RikHRSPHK7Tkna8ybT4HmLM3TvcdiTlLd4HsLr_WaU-xjj0xckUFvQ7v7d6szUJPLIPb5QrSO_dnxLomh0fmWNhI5crNwMyYLHi9PUs4VtRDfNk77m2NM0Cma1Kkb46kAUpkZFr8qa_ad320zIJTN0SAxom4/4qu/ETYKicnaTSGk5WJbHnepyg/h41/h001.Po6zMSp8AECXhiDXjZ_RZ9Veoq10gBtAO_hUg9Bgd9Q" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>widely mocked</span></a> for using AI to generate a realistic-looking version of Van Gogh’s <i>Starry Night</i>, while Musk intermittently shares Grok-generated AI images of young, sexy <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.ke39WvCfsq8Y99teWgMXH6KQXCZdg_AbKsxfdKhyKmmnrEoJqAEmcDHhec6LXgQGdJSsxTB6FeUnCqiuyvjy1UGqDx6xEEsSdOF0cRU9JfoJo1aA14Lu-GYXkK1yar3XUUeFCXWBYeFGDu8oG3vYKSczkv8yhlvw0TVfsqKk5pAyZFYbpux7-rqJoSwjCfknBDa81cxp42JsDPAZeHtsaapSrFeju7qHaRs6G_NXujNmDsNPQoJrUYJ4cvNgMZLKAnnkVuSXTUXu6si6TPjAzdKOQUITDroXCPgo8DTZl0U/4qu/ETYKicnaTSGk5WJbHnepyg/h42/h001.RK_yDk_hLUt96Qs1LAb5CEgXpSAM6LuTMotK-yYseGk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>anime women</span></a> in fantasy settings in between complaining about Greek representation. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Odysseus and Penelope don’t have the same hold over the American psyche that Luke Skywalker and Spider-Man do, but aside from that, more people are also catching on to this playbook that gets recycled every few business days on X and in the edgiest corners of the internet. There’s still a lot of work to be done to address the impact of these harassment campaigns, but it seems like complaining about woke casting choices isn’t hitting the same way under Trump 2.0. 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