MP Georgie Purcell: Why I’m wearing my gendered online abuse to Victoria’s parliament

‘The scars and damage of online harassment to female politicians are a burden across party lines. It’s something we share together, sometimes even laugh about,’ Victorian MP Georgie Purcell writes about the dress she will wear on International Women’s Day. Photograph: Ellen Smith/The Guardian

The day I delivered my inaugural speech in the Victorian parliament, I walked out relieved and immediately checked my phone. I saw the first Twitter notification.

“Whoreable person.”