Petra Marquardt-Bigman. Photo: Hen Mazzig.
I will always be grateful to Twitter for having brought Petra Marquardt-Bigman into my life. It was there, on a platform that is frequently, and justifiably, maligned for promoting strife and conflict, that we first “met” and began to “talk” about things that mattered to both of us.
One day, I messaged her to tell her that I was on my way to Israel. Might she want to meet in person? She agreed right away.
We met at Café Suzanna, a Tel Aviv institution that occupies a good chunk of a block on Shalom Shabazi Street a quaint and trendy street that runs toward the sea through the city’s historic Neve Tzedek neighborhood. We met again the next day, and on my next trip to Israel, Petra invited me to spend a weekend at her apartment that sat at the top of one of the high-rises towering over the beaches of Bat Yam.
AMERICA. THIS is a LEADER.@realDonaldTrump you are a weak, scared, stupid, inept, negligent, vindictive, narcissistic, criminal.
I hope you live a long life in prison where you become the most popular boyfriend to the all inmates. https://t.co/gn5maHZl1y
Now that she’s been called out for it, she’s attempting to explain herself.
You see, she never meant to come off as nasty and homophobic and pro-prison-rape, despite coming off as all of those things.
Let her be clear:
Let me be clear: I said nothing about LGBTQI/queer LOVE.
Rape is an act of violence. Trump has perpetrated violence on hundreds of millions of people. My hope is (and this is the first time in my life) that the tables are turned and he is the victim of perpetrators. #LGBTQIAallyhttps://t.co/HvejpMI1wA