In 2013, Danielle N. Lee, a female scientist who blogged at "Scientific American", was called a "whore" in an email by an editor at the science website "Biology Online" after refusing to write professional content without compensation. When Lee, outraged about the email, wrote a rebuttal on her "Scientific American" blog, the editor-in-chief of "Scientific American", Mariette DiChristina, removed the post, sparking an outrage by supporters of Lee. While DiChristina cited legal reasons for removing the blog, others criticized her for censoring Lee. The editor at Biology Online was fired after the incident.