Georgie Purcell, who represents the Animal Justice Party in the Victorian Legislative Council, has revealed confronting images from online trolls.
Ms Purcell, 31, took to Instagram on Monday to shares a series of vile profiles – some faceless and nameless – shamelessly commenting on her image, mocking her sex worker past and even demanding nudes.
In the post, the tattooed MP looks defiant in black bike pants and a crop top, paired with a geometric bum bag. She rests her hand on her hip and hides her gaze behind reflective sunglasses.
Ms Purcell captioned the frame, ‘Always a fun time skimming through my DMs’, as shocking screen grabs hovered around her image.
‘I see boobies,’ read one message, while another asked Purcell to, ‘show nudes.’
‘You suck so bad. Trying to stop people enjoying their lives. Hey stop spending two hours on makeup a day, how does that feel? Not fair? You suck!’ read another.
Elsewhere, another message referenced Ms Purcell’s sex worker past.
‘You sell your body for a penny and then become a people representative?’ the comment began.
Georgie Purcell, who represents the Animal Justice Party in the Victorian Legislative Council, has shared confronting images from online trolls. Pictured
Ms Purcell, 31, took to Instagram on Monday to shares a series of vile profiles – some faceless and nameless – shamelessly commenting on her image, mocking her sex worker past and even demanding nudes
‘Honestly, sex workers should have the same rights as animals, not humans! Dirty,’ the troll continued.
In her caption, Ms Purcell revealed she’s often trolled and has set up alternate avenues of communication with her followers.
‘I miss so many genuine messages wading through sh*t like this, so I have a highlight pinned to my profile with my contact details,’ she wrote.
Ms Purcell is the youngest woman in any Australian parliament and the second youngest ever to be elected to Victoria’s Legislative Council.
As well as racking up over 180,000 followers on social media, and holding a double degree in in law and communications and politics, the MP uses her past as a sex worker to uproot sexism and misogyny.
In the post, the tattooed MP looks defiant in black bike pants and a crop top, paired with a geometric bum bag. She rests her hand on her hip and hides her gaze behind reflective sunglasses
Ms Purcell captioned the frame, ‘Always a fun time skimming through my DMs’, as shocking screen grabs hovered around her image
Ms Purcell previously opened up to Daily Mail Australia about the horrifying moment photos of her working as a stripper while studying law at uni were leaked online.
Then aged 19, she thought her future dreams of working in law or politics were over she came across the photos posted on Facebook.
‘I worked far away from where I studied and grew up so I wouldn’t meet anyone I knew, and while I felt there was nothing wrong with that line of work, I knew many others would think otherwise,’ Ms Purcell said.
‘Then one day I was sitting at the hairdresser and when I logged into Facebook, I saw I was tagged in a picture without my consent which showed me working as a stripper and there were tonnes of comments.’
‘I grew up in a small country town in Geelong so everyone kind of knows everyone and it just spread really quickly and viciously,’ she revealed.
Ms Purcell is the youngest woman in any Australian parliament and the second youngest ever to be elected to Victoria’s Legislative Council
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