Pokimane Slams Sexist Fan in Viral Twitch Clip

Being a popular female on the Internet, Twitch streamer Imane “Pokimane” Anys has to deal with a lot of sexist nonsense, including from her own viewers and donators. During a recent stream, one viewer attempted to guilt the streamer into reversing their ban after they made some repulsive comments. As you would expect, this didn’t work. Rather, Pokimane took the opportunity to slam the twitch viewer and their behavior.To understand the situation, you have to go back to 2008 when a World of Warcraft team played under a name that targeted and harassed Rumay “Hafu” Wang, another popular Twitch streamer. According to Hafu — who brought up the incident in light of the spotlight that has been put on the work culture of Activision Blizzard — it was all swept under the rug at the time, by, you guessed it, Activision Blizzard.On Twitter, and during a recent stream, Pokimane brought up this incident and expressed her disgust that it was allowed to happen. As Pokimane talked about all of this, one of her viewers was banned. Rather than leave like their ban suggested they should, the viewer threatened to unsubscribe if the decision wasn’t reversed. This prompted Pokimane to view…
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