{"id":4417,"date":"2015-05-22T11:51:47","date_gmt":"2015-05-22T11:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twitchy.com\/2014\/11\/03\/why-did-lena-dunham-cancel-book-tour-stops-in-belgium-and-germany-any-guesses\/"},"modified":"2015-05-22T11:51:47","modified_gmt":"2015-05-22T11:51:47","slug":"why-did-lena-dunham-cancel-book-tour-stops-in-belgium-andgermany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/4417","title":{"rendered":"Why did Lena Dunham cancel book tour stops in Belgium and Germany?"},"content":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/iowahawkblog\/status\/529280577837727744\n

As Twitchy reported over the weekend (here<\/a> and here<\/a>), 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.<\/p>\n

And now comes news that Dunham has cancelled upcoming European stops on her book tour in Belgium and Germany:<\/p>\n

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Lena Dunham cancels book tour dates following claims she 'sexually abused' her sister http:\/\/t.co\/IvRL6xH8bb<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/kAPlk89vdB<\/a><\/p>\n

— The Independent (@Independent) November 3, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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To my Belgian readers, so very sorry to miss the Antwerp Book Fair today but I can't wait to come back and eat fries with you. Much love.<\/p>\n

— Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) November 2, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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German readers: I am deeply sorry to miss tomorrow's event in Berlin. I am so grateful for your energy and support. Mit viele liebe.<\/p>\n

— Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) November 3, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Although The Independent<\/a> 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:<\/p>\n

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.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We’ll update this post with any new information on the cancellations as soon as we hear it.<\/p>\n

Related:<\/p>\n

How did reviewers who lauded Lena Dunham’s rape survivor chapter ‘miss’ molestation story?<\/a><\/p>\n

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

‘Trigger warning please’: National Review’s Lena Dunham cover ‘makes me want to die’<\/a><\/p>\n

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http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/iowahawkblog\/status\/529280577837727744 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 … Continue reading Why did Lena Dunham cancel book tour stops in Belgium and Germany?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4418,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[2488],"class_list":["post-4417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anxiety","tag-lena-dunham"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/14322667114848-screen-shot-2014-05-13-at-2-44-31-pm.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}