I was 32 and my first novel hadn’t come out yet. I was invited to a dinner and sat next to him. I disagreed with him on a minor point. He shouted the word “rape” in my face to prove his. It was completely bizarre, disproportionate, and violent. https://twitter.com/zinziclemmons/status/992299032562229248?s=21 …
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I read that piece and thought: Did no one at
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He didn’t physically assault me. But shouting the word “rape” in my face after knowing me for maybe ten minutes is absolutely verbal sexual assault. I left that dinner halfway through. And I’d sat down so excited to meet one of my literary heroes.
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Ever since, I’ve kept an ear out for stories similar to mine. There are many. They are worse.
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If you have stories? Get in touch with me at monica@monicabyrne.org. I will absolutely protect your confidentiality.
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A fuller account of my experience with Díaz: https://www.facebook.com/monicabyrne13/posts/10105748635455288 …
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It makes me so ill that he wrote this to get out in front of revelations he knew were coming. I'm so sorry he did this to you, and that the other man played along. I have been there and, of course, I believe you.
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Thank you, Kristen.
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For so many women/femme/feminists that piece was so obviously a prelude to truths he knew were coming out... he was trying to pre-emptively apologize. My heart's been sinking ever since. Thank you for your honest, important thread.
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Damn. This was totally lost on me.
And this my echo chamber was only positive about his essay. Monica I’m sad I’m just learning your name and of your work in this way. But I’m following you now to hear you and the others.
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