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Sarma Melngailis. Author of The Girl with Duck Tattoo: A Memoir. Formerly Netflix's #BadVegan. 😳 See https://nitter.gq/t.co/bXslB3BOg6 💙💛 (also #teampete)

 New York City
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Joined May 2007
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finally sitting down & diving into @sarma #TheGirlWithTheDuckTattoo so excited 📖🫶🏽 #booktwt #memoir #SarmaMelngailis
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Finished another book. Thanks for sharing your story, @sarma. And thank you for the best raw vegan lasagna, Caeser salad, and tiramisu I've ever had.🤍
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Imagine having voted for Donald Trump and claiming that Pete Buttigieg isn't qualified to be president. 🙃
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Depression is sleeping through the day in a dark room, depression is ignoring calls & text from family & friends, depression is feeling lonely, but not wanting company, depression is a disease. It’s called the silent killer for a reason. If you’re still here today, I love you.
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being depressed but still funny is actually a talent
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Sarma Melngailis’ book, THE GIRL WITH THE DUCK TATTOO ….now an audiobook!! Check out Amazon, & ITunes
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chyea ok@chyeaokFeb 22
This has aged well:
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The Truth About Netflix's "Bad Vegan" and a Crime Week Con, with @sarma WATCH:
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“It was validation bombing…”   The truth about the “Bad Vegan" story, from the woman at the center of the “con” - @Sarma   Watch below, and subscribe: youtube.com/c/MegynKelly/?su…
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This week on The @MegynKellyShow: CRIME WEEK - @LawyerYouKnow on Karen Read - @DM_Maureen_ on Israel Keyes - @Sarma and the real "Bad Vegan" story - The disappearance of Jodi Huisentruit Subscribe: youtube.com/c/MegynKelly?sub… podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… open.spotify.com/show/0awxEJ…
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Sarma@sarma5 Oct 2025
See thegirlwiththeducktattoo.com… for all the options re my memoir, including a copy signed to you—it comes w love and stickers. 🩷📚
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Fun fact: if you want to bypass Amazon, and get this book (thank you!) directly from the printer, that's an excellent option: shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?p…
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“They break you down, step by step, until ‘the easy option’ is to obey.” In this clip, restaurateur @sarma and I map the slow, grinding mechanics of coercive control, the same pressures seen in false confessions: isolation, escalating stress, and a voice in your ear that won’t let up. You’ll hear how “he pushes and pushes… and it eventually wears me down,” and why good people can be trapped into giving in, again and again. Click here youtu.be/y-BNJsKuUP0 to watch the full episode
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“Telepathy sounds crazy… until you live it.” Sarma (Bad Vegan) reveals her most intense thought-reading experience, why she believes autism is a superpower, and the wild story of doing LSD at 13 that Netflix never showed. @sarma
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“Netflix showed the scandal… but not the diagnosis.” Sarma (Bad Vegan) reveals the overwhelming fallout, her late autism diagnosis and struggles with sensory processing disorder. @sarma
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Episode 342 w/ @sarma is available now on YT & Spotify. Sarma is the subject of Netflix's Documentary, "Bad Vegan," whose narrative she disputes. Sarma was a prominent restauranteur in NYC who fell under the control of a con artist abusive husband that crashed her entire life.
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I interviewed @sarma , who was featured in the doc Bad Vegan. We talk about the mechanics of the narcissistic abuse she experience (how it works), and she opens up about the difficulty of moving on from such a devastating experience. youtube.com/watch?v=dO4noNp9…
The psychology behind “Bad Vegan”: How was Sarma Melngailis manipul...

The psychology behind “Bad Vegan”: How was Sarma Melngailis manipul...

For the transcript, see the episode entry on my site: https://behav...

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Chicky & I excited to read @Sarma's memoir "The Girl With The Duck Tattoo"!
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Sarma@sarma19 Aug 2023
Bad people can be charming and funny. Even goofy. They can seem shy and humble. I think our brains have a hard time reconciling those qualities with malicious intent. It lets them get away with so much and for so much longer, before we *fully* see it.
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I bought @Sarma's book The Girl with the Duck Tattoo. You may know Sarma from the documentary Bad Vegan (and you can see her criticism of that doc here: sarmaraw.com/writing/2022/16…). Her book: amazon.com/Girl-Duck-Tattoo-…
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