Dr Zuleyka Zevallos

For academics/activists who regularly write on anti-racism, gender equity, LGBTQIA issues or similar, reporting hundreds of tweets is taxing

Twitter then takes days to review & most of the time will deem racist/sexist/homophobic/transphobic tweet to be OKAY. Whose safety counts?

Twitter is designed to discourage informed discussion on diversity & social justice by allowing anon accounts, & normalising hate speech.

We all have our own ways of managing online abuse, so no need to @ me. Point is that it's NOT accepable to tolerate online harassment.

Abuse should NEVER be part & parcel of educating the public, organising social movements, serving our community, or engaging with others.

The argument of an "echo chamber" is only ever made by people from majority groups, whose voices already heard, who are well represented.

I've said this many times: I do not accept that harassment is the price for public engagement. Abuse should not be tolerated as the norm.

And even then they barely take care of it

Exactly. It's not worth it 99% of the time, but I do make an effort when it's really extreme, as it has been tonight.

I've been reading your threads and I sincerely admire you, and your approach to issues.