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Abigail Curlew

“People will try to find where you live”: On doxxing and the social media surveillance monster

CW: violence, transphobia, sexual abus

10 min readMar 22, 2019

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“People will try to find where you live”: On doxxing and the social media surveillance monster

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Abigail Curlew

About Abigail Curlew

Abigail Curlew is a journalist, doctoral researcher, and trans feminist who specializes in advocacy around LGBTQ+ human rights…

7 min readJan 18, 2019

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Abigail Curlew

Ten ways parents can be supportive of their transgender child in a transphobic world

Coming out as a transgender person is a stressful and anxiety-ridden process. This is especially the case for children who live in a…

10 min readDec 17, 2018

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Ten ways parents can be supportive of their transgender child in a transphobic world

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Abigail Curlew

Using Access to Information Act (ATIA) to rupture state violence

The security and intelligence agencies under the Canadian state — along with the entirety of the carceral and criminal justice system —…

8 min readNov 28, 2018

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Using Access to Information Act (ATIA) to rupture state violence

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Abigail Curlew

The Specter of the Trans Activist

The specter of the “male-to-female transactivist” has been allegedly haunting the contemporary Western world, we’ve been accused of…

8 min readSep 16, 2018

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The Specter of the Trans Activist

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“Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria” and transphobic science: the case of fraught objectivity

With the recent and tumultuous controversy concerning “Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria” (ROGD), the science, and what counts as science, has…

14 min readSep 9, 2018

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“Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria” and transphobic science: the case of fraught objectivity

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The manufactured free speech crisis and how we should respond

On the heels of the academic new year, as students are preparing to return to class and instructors are scrambling to put their syllabi…

11 min readSep 4, 2018

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The manufactured free speech crisis and how we should respond

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Abigail Curlew

The DIY Gender Police: doxxing through visibility and ubiquitous presence

This is the second post of a small series on DIY gender police, or anti-trans activists who take it upon themselves to police and harass…

7 min readSep 1, 2018

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The DIY Gender Police: doxxing through visibility and ubiquitous presence

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Abigail Curlew

Ford’s snitch site and the chilly climate of surveillance culture

In the past week the Ford administration has been increasing the political stakes around their discriminatory sex-ed repeal. In order to…

6 min readAug 25, 2018

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Ford’s snitch site and the chilly climate of surveillance culture

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Abigail Curlew

The DIY Gender Police: the surveillance of trans folks by anti-trans activists

This is the first post of a small series on DIY gender police, or anti-trans activists who take it upon themselves to police and harass…

6 min readAug 25, 2018

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The DIY Gender Police: the surveillance of trans folks by anti-trans activists

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Abigail Curlew

Abigail Curlew

Abbie writes about (trans)feminism, surveillance, security, nerd stuff, queer intimacies and the cultural politics of the Internet.

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