Ruining a young woman’s life for sport

Today, Explained by Vox

Sep 23, 202628:23News & Politics

It’s called the “burnerverse": an online community of anonymous college sports fans who mostly trash talk other teams, except when things turn very, very dark. This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh and Avishay Artsy...

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