To Those Who Have Confused You to Be A Person: Words as Violence and Stories of Women's Resistance Online by Alia Dastagir (2/25/25)

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An urgently needed reckoning with the harm, harassment, and abuse women face on the internet, with insights from clinical experts on how to survive the trauma-by an award-winning reporter

When Alia Dastagir published a story for USA Today as part of an investigation into child sexual abuse, she became the target of an online mob launched by QAnon and endorsed by Donald Trump Jr. While female journalists, politicians, and influencers receive a disproportionate amount of online attacks because of the nature of their professions, all women online experience hate, with psychological effects akin to physical violence. In To Those Who Have Confused You to Be a Person, Dastagir argues that the generic advice to "just ignore it," "grow thicker skin" or "eff the haters" is minimizing and counter-productive, even when well-intentioned.