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Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald
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From the time she bravely defected from Czechoslovakia - alone - at the age of 18, @Martina has been a singular role model in how to live life in the truest & most individualistic sense. Her NYT op-ed on Serena isn't the standard opinion, but she has always spoken her truth:
It's impossible to put into a tweet- or a long article - what has made @Martina such an inspiring, singular pioneer on so many levels for decades. That's why she was my childhood hero & why we're making a film about that! But there's simply nobody like her variety.com/2018/film/news…
Just one little fact lots of people don't know: in Reagan-era 1983 - 35 years before Caitlyn Jenner or RuPaul's Drag Race - Martina hired a trans woman as her coach, Dr. Renee Richards, & proudly traveled the world with her as she dominated women's tennis. bbc.com/news/magazine-…
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