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6 November 2011

On rape threats and internet trolls

What I've learned about the sexism directed at female bloggers.

By Helen Lewis

On Thursday, I posted a blog about the sexist abuse that female bloggers routinely face online. I’d seen my fellow NS blogger Laurie Penny retweeting some of worst insults and threats that she gets, and remembered that I’d seen other women describe similar experiences.

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