Feminist writers are so besieged by online abuse that some have begun to retire
By The Washington Post 02/20/2015
“I don’t know that I would do it under my real name,” she says she tells young women who are interested in writing about feminism. It’s “not just the physical safety concerns but the emotional ramifications” of constant, round-the-clock abuse. …”
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