Academic Susan Carland, one half of Australia's Muslim power couple, is donating a single dollar to charity for each hate tweet she gets. Since making the pledge a little over two weeks ago, she's already been forced to donate more than $1000.

The former Muslim Australian of the Year and wife of Fairfax columnist and host of The Project Waleed Aly believes Twitter is toxic for women and Muslims.

"I'm worried that it's going to slowly send me broke," she says. By drawing attention to it, she knows this article is only going to make things worse.