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I am not a white man or the richest person in the history of humanity, so my being targeted by the #Saudi regime because I helped a Saudi woman escape won’t be taken so seriously. But it is dangerous and serious and I am sure orchestrated by a senior aide to the crown prince.
The orchestrated #Saudi regime “electronic flies” attack as their cyber/troll farms are known, included 3 death threats in 3 days
I was accused of masterminding Rahaf’s escape, and on MBC - the Arab world’s largest media company owned by the #Saudi regime - described as “calling for sex in the streets”
I was called a “red-haired porn activist” in #Saudi regime sanctioned newspapers (because sex is the biggest weapon against a woman of course)
My face was photoshopped onto the body of a woman standing with adult film star Mia Khalifa because proximity to porn
#Saudi regime trolls went through my pictures online and used them to attack me: this one with two Nigerian author friends was used several times in a misogynist and racist way (Translation: A swamp of filth with Africans)
And this one was used to “prove” I was a Muslim Brotherhood supporter - so from a “porn activist” to “Muslim Brotherhood”
So - I don’t havea bajillion dollars at my disposable but I can tell you that if #Saudi regime is angry at Bezos for WaPo pursuing justice for Jamal Khashoggi, they are furious & embarassed that an 18yo woman escaped & are trying to “ruin” my reputation for “masterminding” it.
I am still here, fuckers. And yes, you #Saudi regime and Trump regime and ALL regimes should fear feminists, including me because I’m a FEMINIST GIANT and I am never shutting up.

“I am deliberate and fear nothing,” Audre Lorde.
Remember when the billionaires and the powerful men fight: I don’t own a media empire, I am not employed by anyone, and I have no institutional backing whatsoever. And I have the #Saudi regime this riled up. One woman on Twitter, my reputation & history as a feminist writer.
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