Yesterday, BetaBeat learned that the TSA screener who slipped a note into Feministe blogger Jill Filipovic’s TSA-screened bag—which read “GET YOUR FREAK ON GIRL,” was posted on TwitPic, and promptly went viral—was removed from federal service. Filipovic recently got back to BetaBeat with her response on the matter.
Over email, she noted (emphasis Read More
Last night, we wrote about the TSA screener who was reviewed for disciplinary action after placing one of the TSA’s customary notices in Feministe blogger Jill Filipovic’s bag with the words “GET YOUR FREAK ON GIRL” written on it. Ms. Filipovic posted the note to TwitPic, and then blogged about it. The TSA announced today that the screener was fired. Read More
Jill Filipovic—she of the daily feminism essential-reading blog Feministe—recently took a trip through one of our nation’s great airports. When she got off the plane, she found a note in her bag. She Tweeted the note, it went viral, and the TSA has now publicly acknowledged it and the disciplinary action being taken against the TSA screener who put it there. So what was the note? Read More
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