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The Perils of Reporting While Female

Trolls, death threats, and constant harassment — the risky business of being a woman journalist in the social media era

Laura Kiesel
Published in
8 min readJul 31, 2019

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“Feminist cunts should die.”

This was the subject of an email I received a year and a half ago. Wary but curious, I opened the message and confirmed that the feminist cunt in…

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Laura Kiesel
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Writer w/bylines in the Atlantic, Guardian, Salon, Vice, Politico, etc., covering feminism, sustainability, health. My Patreon is @ https://bit.ly/2YrfCPA