#RIP Hana Kimura

[arcadebroke]

[andjoshiforall]

💐💐💐💐💐💐

[miomomono]

happy 24th birthday, hana kimura. you will always be someone to everyone. we love you! 🌸

[rashido95]

Happy birthday, Rest easy, Queen.

[issafreeworld]

Internet harassment

Welcome back to my weekly post, I would like to take this week's topic on online harassment and its negative impacts on digital citizens, also known as the toxic side of the internet and social media. Online harassment can simply be understood as receiving hateful and mean messages, dead threats, on any form of digital device. Many of the techniques used in networked harassment, such as doxing (publishing personal information online), revenge porn or image based abuse (spreading intimate photos beyond their origins), social shaming, and intimidation (Marwick & Caplan, 2018). Researchers found  41% of Americans have been personally subjected to harassing behavior online, and an even larger share (66%) has witnessed these behaviours directed at others. Further, harassment is often focused on personal or physical characteristics; political views, gender, physical appearance and race are among the most common (Pew 2017). With a doubt that online harassment can cause lots of harm to the mental health of the person receiving them, it can result in depression, low self-esteem, anxiety, trauma, etc. However, cyberbullying and online harassment also damage the economy, according to ABC, they could cost Australians an estimated 3.7 billion dollars on medical bills and loss of incomes, that is a big number and could cause serious impact on Australian economy. 

People experiencing online harassment are most likely content creators, they are most likely to receive hurtful comments. Most serious of all is internet trolling, it damages their self-esteem and reputation, internet trolling unfortunately has repercussions in their offline-lives. Many social media platforms realise this and have tried to prevent online harassment happening to content creators, such as Instagram and Facebook that allow their users to report inappropriate comments, Youtube lets their content creators to delay potentially negative comments, etc. Online harassment has been taken more seriously in the last decade to protect the digital community. Yet, they haven’t had an efficient way to completely stop this, and digital citizens 

The most recent incident is the suicide of Hana Kimura, a Japanese professional wrestler who became famous after joining the Netflix reality show “Terrace House”. After leaving the show, she constantly received negative comments about her actions and behaviour on the show, although her behaviours were absolutely normal, maybe just not as mature for her age. But the question I want to ask, does she really deserve to be bullied? Everybody grows at different rates, so does Hanna. She posted her last photos of her cat with the goodbye caption “I love you, have a long, happy life, I’m sorry” on Instagram, that was her last goodbye to this world and also to people who bullied her. She apologies for not meeting people’s expectations, for not being the cast that people don’t want to see. This has become a reminder for everyone about cyberbullying, and also the language digital citizens used to comment about one another. So please remember this ,sometimes a comment doesn’t sound offensive to yourself, does not mean the same for others, people should be more mindful of what they put out on the internet. 

Even though online harassment is a serious topic, yet there hasn’t been much action from the justice system to protect the people from cyberbullying. Something could be done to prevent online harassment from happening, such as Criminal Code Act 1995 (e.g. using a carriage service to make a threat; using a carriage service to menace, harass or cause offence); Enhancing Online Safety for Children Act, 2014. As the world moves into a digital based time, it’s very important for authorities and digital citizens to take cyberbullying more seriously and should act to hold people accountable for their bad behaviours online.

Reference:

Milne.E , Week 11lecture, Swinburne University, 2020.

 (2020). Hana Kimura: grief as Japanese wrestler and reality show member dies aged 22. [online] Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/24/hana-kimura-grief-as-japanese-wrestler-and-reality-show-member-dies-aged-22 [Accessed 6 Jun. 2020].

Alice E. Marwick & Robyn Caplan, 'Drinking male tears: language, the manosphere, and networked harassment'  Feminist Media Studies Volume 18, 2018 - Issue 4: Pages 543-559 

[ebhonii]

doesn’t make sense

[dopeking95]

[silversoma]

TW: Suicide

I had plans to do a piece for her weeks ago as I caught up with Terrace House on Netflix USA. I wish I had done it earlier.

I’m so so sad to hear about Hana Kimura’s passing... while watching Terrace House I could easily see myself being friends with her.

Hana was charming, witty, honest, and stood by her friends. I saw myself in her, someone who desperately wanted to be loved and was excited and working to find it. I wanted do draw her a tribute that represented who she was in life. I am sad to know that she was in so much pain that she felt she needed to leave this world.

My prayers go out to her family and friends in this awful time.

If you or someone you know needs help please offer support and love. Bullying is never acceptable. There are people on the other end of your tweet. Act with love.

[arcadebroke]

Was able to get a poster from the first Hana Kimura memorial show. She's the reason I started watching Stardom, I will have it framed asap.

[andjoshiforall]

💐💐💐💐💐💐

[miomomono]

here is my hana kimura mv that i posted to twitter on may 22nd, the day the hana matane show aired. she was one of the biggest inspirations in my life, and i miss her so much! 🌸

[partyanimal2019]

Calling Out The Cyberbullies

Alright, so, I would like to go ahead and offer all of those nasty cyberbullies out there who have let their vicious and mean words make Japanese female wrestler Hana Kimura take her very own life today.  Now, instead of returning the favor by wishing death upon these ruthless people, because, of course i’m not that kind of person anyway, I would instead like to say that i’m definitely praying for their lost souls at this moment in time because I really want all of those ruthless keyboard warriors out there to just easily realize that their nasty actions towards Hana Kimura were just simply uncalled for on just so many levels.  And they should also realize that they really should’ve kept their mouths shut in the beginning if there wasn’t anything nice to say about Ms. Hana Kimura at all.

Of course I don’t have any tolerance for cyberbullying on any kind of web site at all, including Tumblr, of course.  And it’s obvious that nobody else has tolerance for cyberbullying WITHOUT.  A.  SINGLE.  DOUBT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  So therefore, I hope that the keyboard warriors are feeling ashamed of themselves right about now.  AND most importantly..................

Rest in peace to Hana Kimura at this time this afternoon.

[christoplack]

Following the tragic loss of a very talented wrestler named Hana Kimura who made the heartbreaking decision to end her life at merely 22 years old amid cyberbullying, I felt it was a very relevant time to touch on this subject.

According to a UK study in 2018, children and young people under 25 who are victims of cyberbullying are more than twice as likely to self-harm and exhibit suicidal behaviour.

Cyberbullying should be considered by policymakers who implement bullying prevention.

If you experience any cyberbullying, do not respond, do not retaliate, keep a record of everything, block the person doing the bullying and finally, tell someone.

If you're a parent, it's also crucial to teach your child safe online behaviour and set ground rules. Talk to them about self-respect and help them understand it's important to be true to their values. Once they post something online, it may never go away.

Kindness begins with the understanding that we all struggle.

[aaronpullinteeth]

The death of Hana Kimura has hit me really hard. Bullying is never ok. Ever. Sitting safely behind your keyboard in your home where no one can get to you, while you rip and tear at someone's life, heart and mental health for what? The satisfaction of hurting a person? The power? The hope that you can make an impression on someone regardless of what kind of impression it would be? Well I hope you're happy. A 22 year old woman is dead now because you had to have your say and spit your venom. I hope you're fucking happy. Fuck bullies. RIP Hana.