Are the Anti-Phantoms More Often Directed at Women?

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Anti phantoms are more often directed at women than men. Amber herd has more reason to actually have fans than any of those people. There 's definitely, like, little groups on twitter and tumbler that are supporting amber herd. It's still really massdock to just make jokes about domestic violence on the innerne all day long.

It’s not just Johnny Depp’s fans — it’s Amber Heard’s anti-fans, too. The Atlantic's Kaitlyn Tiffany explains the Depp-ressing social media hate campaign.

This episode was produced by Amina Al-Sadi with help from Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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