Who Is Grace Dunham? Lena’s Sister Breaks Silence After Molestation Accusations Surface

Grace Dunham has broken her silence after sister Lena Dunham was accused of admittedly sexually abusing her when they were children. Grace did not directly address the alleged molestation, and instead denounced “heteronormativity.”
heteronormativity deems certain behaviours harmful, and others "normal"; the state and media are always invested in maintaining that
— Grace Dunham (@simongdunham) November 3, 2014
As a queer person: i'm committed to people narrating their own experiences, determining for themselves what has and has not been harmful
— Grace Dunham (@simongdunham) November 3, 2014
2day, like every other day, is a good day to think about how we police the sexualities of young women, queer, and trans people
— Grace Dunham (@simongdunham) November 3, 2014
Lena Dunham canceled two public appearances after she was accused of molesting her younger sister based off an excerpt from her new memoir. The “Girls” star will not appear to promote “Not That Kind of Girl” in Germany and Belgium after Kevin D. Williamson, a columnist for the National Review, and Bradford Thomas, who writes for the website Truth Revolt, claimed she admitted to sexually abusing her younger sister, Grace Dunham, when they were children, E! News wrote Monday.
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.
— Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) November 2, 2014
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.
— Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) November 3, 2014
There are two passages that have been deemed unsettling. In one, the star remembers discovering her younger sister had put several small rocks in her vagina after Dunham “carefully spread [it] open.” When she told her mother about the rocks, “my mother didn’t bother asking why I had opened Grace’s vagina,” Dunham wrote. “This was within the spectrum of things I did.”

Dunham also wrote in her memoir that she “took to bribing her for her time and affection,” giving Grace “three pieces of candy if I could kiss her on the lips for five seconds” and that “anything a sexual predator might do to woo a small suburban girl I was trying.”
The full excerpts can be read here, courtesy of E! News.
Lena Dunham has denied any wrongdoing and said her sister is laughing about it. She also unleashed a tirade against the accusations on Twitter. "The right wing news story that I molested my little sister isn't just LOL- it's really... upsetting and disgusting," she wrote. "Usually this is stuff I can ignore but don't demean sufferers, don't twist my words."
And by the way, if you were a little kid and never looked at another little kid's vagina, well, congrats to you.
— Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) November 1, 2014
I told a story about being a weird 7 year old. I bet you have some too, old men, that I'd rather not hear. And yes, this is a rage spiral.
— Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) November 1, 2014
Sometimes I get so mad I burn right up. Also I wish my sister wasn't laughing so hard.
— Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) November 1, 2014
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