 Later that day, she and the "Times" announced she would not join the paper after all; the "Times" said it had been unaware of her comments.Calling the episode an example of "context collapse", and describing herself as a member of the LGBT community, Norton said her use of slurs had been specific to the context of engaging with the language of hackers.She also said her friendship with Auernheimer (with whom she was no longer in contact) had been an effort to discourage his racism.