herself pretending to yell at the sign in Arlington Cememtary because she and her friend had a joke about doing things in front of signs like taking a picture smoking in front of a no smoking sign -- that sort of thing. Anyway, there was a sign that something like 'quiet and respect' or something so they took a picture pretending to yell and flipping off the sign.
It's covered in Jon Ronson's book, So You've Been Publicly Shamed. She lost her job. Had trouble finding a new one. It had a very long tail and part of the point the book makes is that there really was no context for her in the public eye other than this one story and it had a huge impact on her life.
Just thinking about how completely that story and this story do not seem equal in terms of consequence.
