Marta García Aller: between lewd comments and political labels
A Twitter thread reduces Spanish analyst Marta García Aller to a sexual object and political target: desire, insults and dismissal in just a few lines. A pattern that haunts women commentators.
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What lies behind the contempt for Marta García Aller?
A thread with just over ten replies condenses, in a few lines, the usual cocktail that women commentators with a public profile receive: barely disguised sensual desire, political insults and professional dismissal. The Onda Cero and Lasensla analyst becomes the target of a trend that reduces her to a sensual object —«I cling to those Sunday treats like a koala»— while labelling her a «feminista radical» or «Irene Montero's thinking sister».
A mix of prurience and sectarianism
Those who criticise her don't bother to rebut her arguments; they prefer to caricature her with the «know-it-all» glasses or call her «Alsina's silly daughter». The same person who desires her sensual accuses her of belonging to Podemos. Consistency is not their strong suit: she is attacked for being clever, for being full of herself and, at the same time, for being nothing special.
A repeating pattern
This is not an isolated case. Every time a woman gains ground in public debate, the same technique appears: first, sensual her; second, link her to the radical left; third, deny her authority. The sum of these three blows seeks to silence her voice without having to listen to it.
The paradox is that, the more she is attacked with this mix of prurience and sectarianism, the bigger the shadow she casts becomes. The noise does not hide the substance: behind the lewd comments lies antiestéticar of a woman who speaks her mind without asking permission.
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A thread with just over ten replies condenses, in a few lines, the usual cocktail that women commentators with a public profile receive: barely disguised sensual desire, political insults and professional dismissal. The Onda Cero and Lasensla analyst becomes the target of a trend that reduces her to a sensual object —«I cling to those Sunday treats like a koala»— while labelling her a «feminista radical» or «Irene Montero's thinking sister».
A mix of prurience and sectarianism
Those who criticise her don't bother to rebut her arguments; they prefer to caricature her with the «know-it-all» glasses or call her «Alsina's silly daughter». The same person who desires her sensual accuses her of belonging to Podemos. Consistency is not their strong suit: she is attacked for being clever, for being full of herself and, at the same time, for being nothing special.
A repeating pattern
This is not an isolated case. Every time a woman gains ground in public debate, the same technique appears: first, sensual her; second, link her to the radical left; third, deny her authority. The sum of these three blows seeks to silence her voice without having to listen to it.
The paradox is that, the more she is attacked with this mix of prurience and sectarianism, the bigger the shadow she casts becomes. The noise does not hide the substance: behind the lewd comments lies antiestéticar of a woman who speaks her mind without asking permission.
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