When Avengers: Age of Ultron writer/director Joss Whedon suddenly quit Twitter this week, just days after the release of his polarizing new blockbuster, many speculated that his decision was motivated by a barrage of hate from internet trolls — specifically, attacks from "militant feminists" angry about the depiction of Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) in the Avengers sequel.
In an interview with Buzzfeed, Whedon dismissed those claims. "That's horses--t," he said. "Believe me, I have been attacked by militant feminists since I got on Twitter. That's something I'm used to. Every breed of feminism is attacking every other breed, and every subsection of liberalism is always busy attacking another subsection of liberalism, because god forbid they should all band together and actually fight for the cause."
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