Online misogyny and trolling
Subject in Society & Culture
Online misogyny and trolling has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Daily. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Emily WilsonClassicist and translator, the first woman to translate Homer's Odyssey into English
Wilson contends that the trolls attacking her translation are not actually interested in the Odyssey but in modern ideas of masculinity, whiteness and Western identity.
“It's all just online performativity about modern notions about masculinity and greatness and... and actually whiteness and westernness as well. None of that is about the Odyssey”
The Daily: What’s Epic About the ‘Odyssey’? Everything. (Jul 12, 2026) · Listen from 20:44
Podcasts
- The Daily · 1 episode
Episodes
What’s Epic About the ‘Odyssey’? Everything.The Daily · Jul 12, 2026 · 51 min
Natalie Kitroeff talks with translator Emily Wilson and novelist Madeline Miller about the Odyssey ahead of Christopher Nolan's film adaptation.