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Dec 20 2019 08:22am
So it turned out a trans author tweeting about how hard women have it and violence against women by disgusting men was the exhibitor of toxic masculinity himself with an extensive record of domestic violence against his wife stemming from jealousy of her being an actual woman. This deadbeat dad refuses to make child payments despite making quite a bit of money as an author and once news of these events got out the lgbt cabal has started harassing his wife for being transphobic 😧

https://www.thepostmillennial.com/a-bestselling-trans-authors-tweet-thread-about-abuse-goes-viral-then-came-the-allegations-of-her-own-abuse/

The author, who writes under the pen name “Meredith Russo,” is formerly known as Meredith Stroud and Travis Lee Stroud. Her 2016 novel If I Was Your Girl received multiple awards and near-endless commendations from literary elites. On the back of the book’s success, Stroud, 32, was invited to publish an article in The New York Times on the struggles of being a transwoman. Stroud’s subsequent book, Birthday, received awards from Refinery29, Bustle and Nylon.

However, some Twitter users brought attention to a blog post from 2016 where the author’s arrest record and past relationship history were detailed, prompting the author to use block lists to squelch criticism.

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Russo shared disturbing details of some of the alleged abuses she suffered during her marriage to Meredith Stroud.

“When my son was born in 2014, I had severe pre-eclampsia and injuries from giving birth. I had to have major reconstructive surgery. I was extremely weak and in severe pain,” Russo said.

“Meredith was extremely abusive to me during this time, calling me a ‘feeding station, not a parent’ because breastfeeding my son was one of the only things I could do, and because I was asking [Meredith] to help with things like diapers,” Russo also alleges.

During this same time, Juniper says Stroud would tell her to commit suicide. “[Meredith] kept mocking me when I was in pain, and told me I was so useless as a parent I should just kill myself.”

Russo says she was first forced to call the police in late 2014, “[Meredith] was having an outburst. I got scared and called 911. [Meredith] took the phone from me, and was heard trying to prevent me from calling for help.”

As a result, Stroud was booked on charges of interfering with an emergency call.

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At the time, Stroud was recorded by the court as having an income of $8,300 gross per month, having acquired a substantial six-figure advance from Flatiron Books, the publisher of Stroud’s debut novel, If I Was Your Girl. The court would later order Stroud to pay $1,068 per month.

But Russo says Stroud has not paid child support in years, and currently owes over $20,000 in back payments. In July of 2019, Russo attempted to start a GoFundMe to raise the money needed to legally compel Stroud to pay what was owed. Other than the child support arrangements, Russo did not request alimony or any other financial compensation from the seperation.

After the divorce, Russo says Stroud denigrated her in public, telling fans and followers on social media that Russo was “a TERF who had abused and left” Stroud due to her transition from male to female.

“Many trans people are the victims of violence and discrimination, so [Meredith’s] target audience found that totally relatable and credible. They had no reason to doubt her,” Russo said, noting that both she and her current wife are members of the LGBT community. Russo identifies as non-binary, while her current wife is a transwoman.

“I’ve been harassed quite a bit by Meredith’s social network. I lost a lot of friends and have been largely ostracized from our local LGBT community.” Russo says, “I’ll often be online and someone I don’t know will suddenly jump into a thread to announce I’m the TERF who ruined Meredith Russo’s life.”

Stroud continues to publicly call Russo an abuser, and claims she’s attempting to “destroy” [Stroud’s] career and finances.

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Dec 20 2019 08:43am
I dont hit women, but id probably hit Meredith.
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So it turned out a trans author tweeting about how hard women have it and violence against women by disgusting men was the exhibitor of toxic masculinity himself with an extensive record of domestic violence against his wife stemming from jealousy of her being an actual woman. This deadbeat dad refuses to make child payments despite making quite a bit of money as an author and once news of these events got out the lgbt cabal has started harassing his wife for being transphobic 😧

https://www.thepostmillennial.com/a-bestselling-trans-authors-tweet-thread-about-abuse-goes-viral-then-came-the-allegations-of-her-own-abuse/

The author, who writes under the pen name “Meredith Russo,” is formerly known as Meredith Stroud and Travis Lee Stroud. Her 2016 novel If I Was Your Girl received multiple awards and near-endless commendations from literary elites. On the back of the book’s success, Stroud, 32, was invited to publish an article in The New York Times on the struggles of being a transwoman. Stroud’s subsequent book, Birthday, received awards from Refinery29, Bustle and Nylon.

However, some Twitter users brought attention to a blog post from 2016 where the author’s arrest record and past relationship history were detailed, prompting the author to use block lists to squelch criticism.

...

Russo shared disturbing details of some of the alleged abuses she suffered during her marriage to Meredith Stroud.

“When my son was born in 2014, I had severe pre-eclampsia and injuries from giving birth. I had to have major reconstructive surgery. I was extremely weak and in severe pain,” Russo said.

“Meredith was extremely abusive to me during this time, calling me a ‘feeding station, not a parent’ because breastfeeding my son was one of the only things I could do, and because I was asking [Meredith] to help with things like diapers,” Russo also alleges.

During this same time, Juniper says Stroud would tell her to commit suicide. “[Meredith] kept mocking me when I was in pain, and told me I was so useless as a parent I should just kill myself.”

Russo says she was first forced to call the police in late 2014, “[Meredith] was having an outburst. I got scared and called 911. [Meredith] took the phone from me, and was heard trying to prevent me from calling for help.”

As a result, Stroud was booked on charges of interfering with an emergency call.

...

At the time, Stroud was recorded by the court as having an income of $8,300 gross per month, having acquired a substantial six-figure advance from Flatiron Books, the publisher of Stroud’s debut novel, If I Was Your Girl. The court would later order Stroud to pay $1,068 per month.

But Russo says Stroud has not paid child support in years, and currently owes over $20,000 in back payments. In July of 2019, Russo attempted to start a GoFundMe to raise the money needed to legally compel Stroud to pay what was owed. Other than the child support arrangements, Russo did not request alimony or any other financial compensation from the seperation.

After the divorce, Russo says Stroud denigrated her in public, telling fans and followers on social media that Russo was “a TERF who had abused and left” Stroud due to her transition from male to female.

“Many trans people are the victims of violence and discrimination, so [Meredith’s] target audience found that totally relatable and credible. They had no reason to doubt her,” Russo said, noting that both she and her current wife are members of the LGBT community. Russo identifies as non-binary, while her current wife is a transwoman.

“I’ve been harassed quite a bit by Meredith’s social network. I lost a lot of friends and have been largely ostracized from our local LGBT community.” Russo says, “I’ll often be online and someone I don’t know will suddenly jump into a thread to announce I’m the TERF who ruined Meredith Russo’s life.”

Stroud continues to publicly call Russo an abuser, and claims she’s attempting to “destroy” [Stroud’s] career and finances.


Tough to tell who's telling the truth here though I lean towards Stroud but so what tbh? How is a drawn out domestic dispute news?
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Dec 20 2019 11:07am
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Tough to tell who's telling the truth here though I lean towards Stroud but so what tbh? How is a drawn out domestic dispute news?


a domestic dispute that's causing backlash for only one party from a vapid online mob.

who's telling the truth is in dispute, the fact that Meredith is publicly calling out their ex wife and fans are harassing her isn't. unless you dispute it.

Meredith needs to stfu, pay child support, and let the courts decide what's fair rather than her fans.
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Dec 20 2019 11:11am
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a domestic dispute that's causing backlash for only one party from a vapid online mob.

who's telling the truth is in dispute, the fact that Meredith is publicly calling out their ex wife and fans are harassing her isn't. unless you dispute it.

Meredith needs to stfu, pay child support, and let the courts decide what's fair rather than her fans.


Lol. Not if Meredith suffered the abuse in the relationship and not her partner.

Both claim to have been abused by the other. We don't know what went on in that home.

Oh and I misspoke. I lean towards Stroud being the liar given the small amount of info we have here. But calling it either way for sure would be dishonest af.

This post was edited by MxVivianWulf on Dec 20 2019 11:13am
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Dec 20 2019 11:17am
Scratch that. The leaked article goes into way more detail. Stroud is garbage. Fuck that bitch.
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Dec 20 2019 11:19am
How is this a metoo thing?
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Dec 20 2019 11:22am
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How is this a metoo thing?


Fuck knows tbh.

Put 'trans' and 'metoo' in the topic of anything and it's red meat for the morons that hatefollow this shit.
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Dec 20 2019 11:25am
Quote (MxVivianWulf @ Dec 20 2019 11:11am)
Lol. Not if Meredith suffered the abuse in the relationship and not her partner.

Both claim to have been abused by the other. We don't know what went on in that home.

Oh and I misspoke. I lean towards Stroud being the liar given the small amount of info we have here. But calling it either way for sure would be dishonest af.


i guess from my perspective if someone is 20k$ behind on child support i tend to think they're the asshole in the scenario.

i dont see a scenario where someone withholds support for their child based on domestic disputes. unless the disputes were caused by allegations of poor spending of money and not giving the kids enough. which i dont see at all in the info we have.

edit: and if you think the mother of your child is spending your support wrong you take it to court, you dont stop sending checks. (source: thats what my dad did)

Quote (Thor123422 @ Dec 20 2019 11:19am)
How is this a metoo thing?


all male female (or in this case former male female) interactions are subject to Metoo given how wide the Metoo scope has grown. in 2016 it had to be like a rape or assault case. now its just all mistreatment of females.

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Dec 20 2019 11:28am
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all male female (or in this case former male female) interactions are subject to Metoo given how wide the Metoo scope has grown. in 2016 it had to be like a rape or assault case. now its just all mistreatment of females.


As judged by who? Hashtag frequency or somebody specific?
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