SwedishJewFish is back . . . and could use our help . . .Let's show her what our community can do

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Sunday August 11, 2019 · 9:45 AM PDT

2019/08/11 · 09:45

SwedishJewFish is back! In 2016, she wrote compelling diaries on the exploitation of models by men like Trump, Epstein, and others who used modeling to lure young women. After promising another chapter in the story, she disappeared. Now she's back, and we learn why she disappeared and why she could use our help to start a new life away from her abuser.

I’ve been staying away from blogging and trying to reduce my computer time due to personal health issues, but yesterday I saw a new diary from SwedishJewFish on the Epstein story and I knew I had to read it.

Like many of you, I remembered SwedishJewFish because she wrote compelling diaries in 2016 on the exploitation of models by men like Epstein, Trump, and others. Her diaries touched many of us. Then, after promising to write another chapter of the saga, she disappeared.

Many of us wondered and commented on her disappearance. Had her stories touched a nerve? Why had she not completed her series? Was she writing somewhere else? Had she left our community for a reason?

A few days ago, I saw her comments on a few diaries relating to the Epstein matter. In one comment, she promised she had a story ready and would answer the questions about her disappearance.

Yesterday, her story “The Ghosts of Jeffrey Epstein “ made the rec list, and we learned why she had disappeared. She had left an abusive husband who threatened the life of her and her daughter. She had been in hiding, trying to start a new life.

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At the end of the diary she revealed that a friend had just started a GoFundMe page to help her raise the money she needed for rent, food, and a lawyer to help her through the divorce and to resettle away from her abuser.

The fund was just started last night, after she published her diary. This morning, it has about $1400 in it. Let’s show her what this community can do by donating whatever we can, and by sharing her story on Facebook etc. Welcome back, SwedishJewFish. We need your voice now, more than ever.

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Sunday, Aug 11, 2019 · 6:28:45 PM +00:00 · hummingbird4015

Wonderful to see this on the Rec List. I can’t think of a better diary for the rec list than one that helps someone in our community.

Several people have asked about the wisdom of sharing her story so I just want to assure everyone that the GoFundMe page that SJF authorized and linked to in her diary has a “Share” button right next to the “Donate” link which is why I felt OK about doing this diary and sharing her story to a wider community.

Sunday, Aug 11, 2019 · 8:56:47 PM +00:00 · hummingbird4015

To allay any concerns, know that SJF weighed in with a comment confirming it’s OK to share the GFM link and her diaries.

Monday, Aug 12, 2019 · 5:40:19 AM +00:00 · hummingbird4015

From Angela Marx

Before anyone decides to write another story for SwedishJewFish and her GoFundMe — please note that Daily Kos now has a new rule about fundraising for issues other than political campaigns.

The #NewRule is (per the Help Desk): One story PER MONTH about any single fundraiser for any specific person/event. Please feel free to contact the Help Desk and confirm this if you would like.

So no more stories for SJF can be posted until September.

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