As Ditum concedes, the correction to the “Upskirt Decade” has had its own problems. Notably, innocent people have been destroyed by false accusations — and banning a song like “Blurred Lines” is never the answer.

It is also just a fact that the same irresponsible, strafing media is still at work. It’s just shifted its attention to politics. “These moments did not signify justice, exactly,” Ditum writes of the new witch hunts, where the press napalms anybody they don’t like, “but they did represent a change: the snark, spite, and violation that had been part of the acceptable treatment of celebrities (particularly women) were no longer to be tolerated.”

I’m not sure that it’s any better if the snark, spite, and violation are now happening to people who aren’t famous.