BLOG – Teacup Storm Over HK Magazine Crap Rape Joke


HK Magazine found itself at the centre of a social networking shit-storm this week over a humorous ‘suggestion’ that folks celebrate the apocalypse by ‘molesting’ pretty women on trains.

The original Facebook post was removed but the hard copy and PDF copy remain available.

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Redditors fought over the issue whilst Facebook fans left outraged comments, including SlutWalk – which HK Magazine supports and, arguably, also adopts a humorous approach in its ongoing campaign against public harassment…

Screenshots below from the mostly-female-led magazine’s publicly accessible FB page… 24pU7.png (562×1156)

And on Twitter…

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Another apology was posted today…

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