Female Bloggers Face Threats: What Can Be Done?

May 1, 2007 — -- It's the online attack that has become almost synonymous with the harassment of women in the blogosphere.

Kathy Sierra -- whose popular blog addressed the seemingly neutral topic of "creating passionate users" in the world of computer software -- reported finding threats on her life, a picture of a noose accompanied by the comment "the only thing Kathy has to offer me is that noose in her neck size," and a photo of her muzzled by what appears to be a piece of lingerie with the title "I dream of Kathy Sierra."

"I will never feel the same. I will never be the same," Sierra wrote after the threats surfaced.