What Emily of Meese’s Gaming learned from a ‘hate raid’

This story was originally published on Passionfruit.

We’re reaching out to some popular creators to get their best tips and tricks for success and better understand the ups and downs of life as a trailblazer on the internet.

This week, we caught up with Emily, aka Meese’s Gaming, via email. Emily is a feminist gamer who streams games like Animal Crossing, Stardew Valley, and League of Legends. She is an advocate for inclusive gaming, and her videos often criticize misogyny in the gaming world. Her videos have gained her an audience of over 37,000 followers across TikTok, Instagram, and Twitch. 

She shared with the Daily Dot how she defines success, having self-confidence in the online public space, and why one of her best experiences with a fan actually came from a hate raid (a term for when a creator’s account is flooded with hundreds of harassment messages from fake bot accounts). 

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