‘Pretty girls support Palestine’ and ‘Zionism is sexy’ — is sex appeal key to online war discourse?
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Which is sexiest: Zionism or a #freepalestine?
It might seem like an odd question, and I’m not here to compare Gigi Hadid to Gal Gadot. But online and in protests, sentiments like “pretty girls support Palestine” or “Zionism is sexy” are proliferating in the wake of the war.
But what does hotness have to do with — checks notes — war in the Middle East, shipping blockades, Palestinian liberation and Israeli military tactics?
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