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27 July 2013

After the Jane Austen announcement I suffered rape threats for 48 hours, but I’m still confident the trolls won’t win

Let's start feeding the trolls.

By Caroline Criado-Perez

On Wednesday the 24 July, the Bank of England made the historic announcement that, in response to over 35,000 people signing a petition, they were confirming Jane Austen as the next historical figure on banknotes.

“this Perez one just needs a good smashing up the arse and she’ll be fine”

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