Foreign Policy How WikiLeaks blew it The story of WikiLeaks,once an exciting tale of overcoming government secrecy and empowering online activists and journalists,is now a story primarily concerned with the vagaries of diplomatic immunity,British-Ecuadorean relations,and Swedish rape laws, writes Joshua A Keating. So how did it all go wrong for WikiLeaks? One mistake WikiLeaks has made is that,over time,it has allowed itself to be associated with a particular political agendanotably Assanges. Leaks.including the Afghanistan war logs,and,of course,the tens of thousands of secret US State Department cables were going to provoke the ire of the US government no matter what the site did.But the biggest problem is Wikileaks has become far too associated with Assange. An organisation is rarely helped when its leader stands accused of sexual assault,but WikiLeaks might have been able to survive the allegations against Assange more easily if he werent so completely identified as the groups public facea state of affairs that seems to be his own doing, Keating says The Independent Real life or just Twitter? Twitter is just an online community,not the real world. Stop taking it seriously,writes Rob Harries. It seems not a week goes by without some news story involving Twitter abuse. Just last week we had national coverage of a few stupid and offensive tweets sent to British Olympic diver Tom Daley.Its true that Twitter takes things to another level. It is almost custom designed for abuse,flaming and trolling but it is not a serious or important forum for communication and threats of violence are often cartoonish in character. They are the rage-filled fantasies of someone lame enough to want to imagine a hypothetical situation and actually spend time tweeting it. The Guardian Glad Aniston is engaged,but. Referring to Jennifer Anistons engagement and the media frenzy over her relationship status,Chloe Angyal writes,Everybody,relax.We finally found someone to marry the worlds most pitiable spinster. I am,of course,referring to world-famous,drop-dead gorgeous,multimillionaire Jennifer Aniston. For years,we have watched as she hopped from boyfriend to boyfriend,always ending up single and alone and bitchily jealous of Angelina Jolie,that tattooed,big-lipped sorceress. This is the narrative that gossip mags have fed us,something straight out of a romcom. A woman is successful,and beautiful.but shes just so unlucky in love. She has wonderful friends,a great wardrobe and a flawlessly decorated house,but is incomplete because she cant find a man to marry her. There are plenty of gleefully unmarried women out there,just like there are plenty of miserably married women. Theyre all real,complete women, Angyal says. The Root Is misogyny the new I Love You? Reflecting on trends in popular culture,like the use of misogynistic language as terms of endearment,Danielle Moodie-Mills writes,The blogosphere was all abuzz with Kanye Wests latest musical release,Perfect Bitch. Questions have been percolating about whether the song is about his partner in the limelight,Kim Kardashian. West,confirmed the speculation via Twitter but later removed his message. Kardashian,reportedly flattered by the label,commented he meant bitch in the nicest possible way. That leaves us to wonder if the label of being someones perfect bitch should be a sought-after title worn with pride. So is misogyny the new I love you?
