ɪn ɐ pˈoʊst baɪ dˈɛdspɪn ɐsˈɪstənt ˈɛdɪɾɚ ɹˈɪk tʃˈændlɚ, ɐ sˈoːɹs hˈuːm sˈaɪt ˈɛdɪɾɚ wɪl lˈeɪtʃ kˈɔːld "ɐ ɹᵻspˈɛktᵻd dʒˈɜːnəlˌɪst"klˈeɪmd ðæt ɪnðə mˈɪd nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti z, ɐ fɹˈɛnd ʌv hɪz wʌz flˈɜːɾɪŋ ɪn ɐ bˈɑːɹ wɪð ɐn ɐtɹˈæktɪv wˈʊmən wˈɛɹɪŋ lˈɛðɚ pˈænts ænd hˈoʊldɪŋ ɐ lˈɛðɚ dʒˈækɪt.
In a post by Deadspin assistant editor Rick Chandler, a source (whom site editor Will Leitch called "a respected journalist") claimed that in the mid-1990s, a friend of his was flirting in a bar with an attractive woman wearing leather pants and holding a leather jacket.