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Together they identified the man, and she contacted Netsafe. She reached out to her community of online bloggers. In Ms Gee Bee's case, she tackled her attackers directly.

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So what are you going to do if you're a troublesome, lippy little lady? Do you stop being so outspoken? Ms Kerr admits there are days when the cyberhate "makes me never want to blog again".Īustralian celebrity and TV personality Tracey Spicer spoke publically about "being silenced" by trolls, revealing that she toned down her opinions to protect her family against cyberhate.Īnd as trolling gets worse, the risk is that we lose our prominent female voices. She writes in the London Review of Books that the West has a long history of telling women in the public eye to sit down and shut up. Historian Mary Beard, herself a victim of cyberhate, points out that this behaviour dates back to ancient Greece. "For me that's the equivalent of saying you were drinking alcohol and short skirt you deserve to be raped." says Ms Kerr.

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"If we are outspoken or visible in any way," says Ms Gee Bee, "we should expect to become a target for harassment and bullying."įellow plus size fashion influencer and blogger Meagan Kerr says that's akin to victim blaming. It's even worse if you have the nerve to be famous.

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The effects of cyberhate makes it difficult for influencers like Ms Gee Bee to do their jobs.Ĭyberhate academic Dr Emma Jane calls it a form of economic vandalism because it stops women's ability to work, and maintain and build professional networks. It's not just an emotional battle, but a financial struggle one too. Any woman who dares venture out of the kitchen onto social media knows they're diving into the internet's pool of misogyny. Ms Gee Bee's story is shocking but not surprising. She became highly anxious when using social media, checking her email or even touching her phone. "He was harassing me over a number of weeks and others over an even longer period of time," says Ms Gee Bee. Then he progressed to impersonating her on Instagram, asking for sex. Every time she blocked his account, he made a new one. In 2016, she documented her experiences with one such man, who repeatedly sent explicit photos and sexually threatening messages. She doesn't go a week without getting an unsolicited dick pic. Rachel Gee Bee, a New Zealand plus-size fashion blogger, is just one of numerous female influencers who are harassed online. "Some victims I've talked to have been so frightened for their safety and the safety of their children that they've moved house," says Ms Gorman.

"Associating the word 'troll' with extreme behaviour online is really problematic," says social justice journalist and cyberhate expert Ginger Gorman. It sounds like something from a fairytale, but the reality of online harassment is more grim than Grimm Brothers. The first thing you learn when researching internet trolling is not to call it trolling. Warning: this story contains explicit content, which some readers may find distressing.