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Mattdmk's avatar

I'm relatively new to CHH and I have to ask, what's with the name? Why do cartoons hate her? Is there an article that explains the pseudonym?

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John Murphy's avatar

She’s mentioned it in other articles before (I don’t really want to dig right this second), but it’s a play on those horrific clickbait ads that say “Doctors HATE him” or “Linguists HATE him” because there’s this “One weird trick” that is going to solve EVERYTHING.

So when CHH picked her name, she was mostly doing web cartoons, and thus picked that name as a nod to a truly chronically online deep cut. Ya know, for the Gooners.

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Cartoons Hate Her's avatar

Thank you John, lol

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Bill Williamson's avatar

I've heard of Sabrina Carpenter - that's it. I remember when there was controversy over Madonna's videos for “Like A Virgin,” “Express Yourself,” and “Like A Prayer” for starters; anything by the 2 Live Crew; Cyndi Lauper’s “She Bop” (both the song and video); and songs by Kiss and AC⚡DC; and all of that was pretty tame. Being 58 gives me that perspective because I read articles and saw shows about songs like “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” "Satisfaction,” and “I Think We're Alone Now” stirred up things in the 60's. This stuff just gets recycled.

I bet they're not making as much noise about some male artist with a similar cover.

Sexual and misogyny are alive and well, and nauseating me.

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