‘It was like being skinned alive’: Ginger Gorman goes hunting for trolls

The Australian journalist found herself besieged by online trolls after unknowingly profiling two paedophiles. In her new book, she turns the tables
A man, “XT”, is going cold turkey. He’s withdrawing from black market Xanax, which he’s been using to self-medicate feelings of loneliness, a breakup, a traumatic childhood. In another hemisphere, many time zones away, Ginger Gorman puts aside her day’s work to distract him from his physical and mental distress. They wi