Comicsgate

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English

Etymology

From comics +‎ -gate.

Proper noun

Comicsgate

  1. (informal) A right-wing campaign in opposition to diversity and progressivism in the North American superhero comic book industry.
    Coordinate terms: Celebgate, Gamergate
    • 2021, Lisa Nakamura, Hanah Stiverson, Kyle Lindsey, Racist Zoombombing‎, Routledge, →ISBN:
      Gamergate, “the Fappening” (or Celebgate), and the subsequent Comicsgate are examples of campaigns that deployed active memetic warfare in racialized and gendered ways to attack and drive away a constructed enemy.

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