Why did Lena Dunham cancel book tour stops in Belgium and Germany?

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As Twitchy reported over the weekend (here and here), Lena Dunham is facing a growing backlash over passages from her new memoir, “Not That Kind of Girl,” that detail what some on Twitter allege was sexual abuse by Dunham of her younger sister.

And now comes news that Dunham has cancelled upcoming European stops on her book tour in Belgium and Germany:

Although The Independent suggests the reason for the cancellations was due to the media storm over the alleged abuse allegations, there’s no confirmation of that at all:

A representative for Dunham has yet to confirm whether the author has plans to cancel any more dates on the European leg of her tour.

We’ll update this post with any new information on the cancellations as soon as we hear it.

Related:

How did reviewers who lauded Lena Dunham’s rape survivor chapter ‘miss’ molestation story?

‘I feel sick’: It’s not just ‘right wing’ disturbed by Lena Dunham’s story about ‘being a weird 7 year old’

‘Trigger warning please’: National Review’s Lena Dunham cover ‘makes me want to die’

 

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2014/11/03/why-did-lena-dunham-cancel-book-tour-stops-in-belgium-and-germany-any-guesses/

‘Happy place’: Emmys viewers can’t unsee ad for Depends

http://twitter.com/#!/blowryontv/status/504066608164114432

Something tells us NBC expected a different demographic for Monday night’s Emmy awards than MTV did for last night’s Video Music Awards. That something is the advertisements, which caught a few by surprise.

http://twitter.com/#!/Matt_Rust/status/504076732400672768 http://twitter.com/#!/ChristeneCarr/status/504066627642851328 http://twitter.com/#!/ventalation/status/504066395492319233 http://twitter.com/#!/HAlanScott/status/504066502018887680 http://twitter.com/#!/Amy_Ruthie/status/504066324214325248 http://twitter.com/#!/makhondlovu/status/504066726007291905

Well, Perez Hilton enjoyed it.

http://twitter.com/#!/PerezHilton/status/504066174473469952

What do the professionals think? Let’s check in with TV Guide’s Michael Logan.

http://twitter.com/#!/TVGMLogan/status/504068571555954688

 

 

 

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2014/08/25/happy-place-emmys-viewers-cant-unsee-ad-for-depends/

‘God, no’! Sexes unite against ‘worst human rights violation since’ men in tank tops [pic]

http://twitter.com/#!/gabrielmalor/status/476038862557704192

We’re sure you have very nice calves, Gabriel. But there has got to be a better way than this to show them off:

http://twitter.com/#!/businessinsider/status/476036237791608834

The look has a few supporters:

http://twitter.com/#!/gabrielmalor/status/476038549813592065 http://twitter.com/#!/JimmyPrinceton/status/476039356826660866

But overall? Unless your name is Angus Young …

http://twitter.com/#!/TheBrandonMorse/status/476038572605063168

It looks like what we have here is a major fashion faux pas:

http://twitter.com/#!/RyanSloaneCNN/status/476039346777505792 http://twitter.com/#!/instapundit/status/476040950301466625 http://twitter.com/#!/SonnyBunch/status/476036951431479296 http://twitter.com/#!/TheBrandonMorse/status/476037497911140352 http://twitter.com/#!/EdMorrissey/status/476039322953863168 http://twitter.com/#!/michaelscherer/status/476041308445106176 http://twitter.com/#!/JohnEkdahl/status/476036430934712325 http://twitter.com/#!/lachlan/status/476040104407216128 http://twitter.com/#!/TheBrandonMorse/status/476036619011518464 http://twitter.com/#!/BenHowe/status/476037095564521472 http://twitter.com/#!/ctsa/status/476037589879623684 http://twitter.com/#!/bennyjohnson/status/476038406812598274

Boss: "So that's a short suit, huh?" Douche: "Yes, sir!" Boss: "You're fired."— Stephen Green (@VodkaPundit) June 09, 2014

http://twitter.com/#!/jimantle/status/476040193737502720

It’s a scientific fact that short suits are bad for mankind:

http://twitter.com/#!/JonahNRO/status/476041236579880960

Remember that, guys. Also:

http://twitter.com/#!/JonahNRO/status/476041475567153152

Men, don’t let this happen to you:

Bobby Hill

See how sad he is? If you love the ladies who love you, just say no to short suits.

http://twitter.com/#!/BethanyBowra/status/476041177842454530 http://twitter.com/#!/mooshakins/status/476037627549089792 http://twitter.com/#!/conkc2/status/476040875659632640 http://twitter.com/#!/ElissaRoberson/status/476047729030729731

Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2014/06/09/dear-god-no-sexes-unite-against-worst-human-rights-violation-since-men-in-tank-tops-pic/

Caption this photo of Jesse Jackson and his new BFF Justin Bieber

http://twitter.com/#!/thepoetmo/status/527661776964714496

Now this is a strange pairing. It seems America’s most hated Canadian*, Justin Bieber, took in a Knicks game at New York City’s Madison Square Garden last night with the iconic civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson. What are they talking about?

Over to you Twitchy readers. How would you caption this photo? Let us know in the comments!

* Not scientific, but probably accurate.

Editor’s note: This post has been updated to correct a spelling error.

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2014/10/30/strangest-thing-ive-seen-caption-this-photo-of-jesse-jackson-and-his-new-bff-justin-bieber/