A Woman Wrote A Powerful Series Of Tweets On Child Abuse After Trolls Attacked Barkha Dutt

"Childhood sexual abuse is real. REALLY fucking real."

Journalist and author Barkha Dutt recently opened up about being a child sexual abuse survivor in her new book This Unquiet Land - Stories from India's Fault Lines.

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Dutt faced misogynist attacks from online trolls and Men's Rights Activists after the revelations became public.

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Twitter user Harnidh Kaur wrote a series of tweets about child sexual abuse and how much damage the trolls were doing.

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Users have retweeted and responded to the thread with great support.

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"I've been working with issues concerning feminism, equality, abuse, for a really long time. I've had people from all walks of life open up about abuse that they didn't even *realise* was abuse till they read what I had to say," Kaur told BuzzFeed.

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"Recently, Barkha Dutt opened up about sexual abuse she suffered as a child, only to face a volley of online trolling and abuse. I'm a poet, and a writer, and I thought there's no better way to explain the gravity of this by illustrating it for everyone to see. Words have so much power, and ability the ability to create empathy. I just tried to consolidate as many experiences as I could into a relatable narrative," she added.

For more information about child sexual abuse, visit Childline India Foundation.