Chitchat Famous Writer Who Was Raped As A Child Now Rapes Others! Guess Race!

[JohnTan]

NEW YORK (WASHINGTON POST) - Prize-winning author Junot Diaz has withdrawn from a writers' festival amid allegations that he had forcefully kissed a woman and showed aggressive behaviour towards others.

Writer Zinzi Clemmons said the incident happened when she was a 26-year-old graduate student. She had invited Diaz to speak at a workshop, but Diaz "used it as an opportunity to corner and forcibly kiss me," Clemmons wrote on Twitter.

Other female writers have since come forward, accusing Diaz of mistreatment and misogynistic verbal abuse.

Diaz, who won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for The Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao, and his agent, Nicole Aragi, did not respond to emails from The Washington Post requesting comment on Saturday (May 5).

In a statement to The New York Times, he said: "I take responsibility for my past. That is the reason I made the decision to tell the truth of my rape and its damaging aftermath. This conversation is important and must continue. I am listening to and learning from women's stories in this essential and overdue cultural movement. We must continue to teach all men about consent and boundaries."

Sydney Writers' Festival announced Diaz's withdrawal from the days-long event, which ends on Sunday.

"As for so many in positions of power, the moment to reckon with the consequences of past behaviour has arrived," the organisation said in a statement. "Sydney Writers' Festival is a platform for the sharing of powerful stories: urgent, necessary and sometimes difficult. Such conversations have never become more timely."

Diaz is the latest in a long parade of well-known men to be accused of inappropriate sexual behaviour. The accusation from Clemmons, who teaches writing at Occidental College in Los Angeles, also comes as the publishing industry reels from allegations against other prominent authors.

On Friday, the same day Clemmons went public with her story, the Swedish Academy announced it will not award the Nobel Prize in literature in 2018 following a sexual misconduct scandal.

Clemmons first confronted Diaz during a live Q&A session on Friday at the Sydney Writers' Festival, where Diaz was a panelist. Clemmons stunned the crowd after she grabbed a microphone, not bothering to introduce herself, and questioned Diaz about the incident six years ago, when she was a graduate student at Columbia University, people who witnessed the exchange told BuzzFeed.

Clemmons also asked Diaz about a recent New Yorker article, in which Diaz revealed he had been raped as a child, and whether it was meant to preempt misconduct accusations against him, according to BuzzFeed.

Writer Alexander Luft, who watched the exchange, said on Twitter the audience "seemed to instantly rally around Diaz" and wanted Clemmons to "stop questioning him".

https://www.straitstimes.com/lifest...iaz-accused-of-sexual-misconduct-misogynistic

 

[mojito]

NEW YORK (WASHINGTON POST) - Prize-winning author Junot Diaz has withdrawn from a writers' festival amid allegations that he had forcefully kissed a woman and showed aggressive behaviour towards others.

Writer Zinzi Clemmons said the incident happened when she was a 26-year-old graduate student. She had invited Diaz to speak at a workshop, but Diaz "used it as an opportunity to corner and forcibly kiss me," Clemmons wrote on Twitter.

Other female writers have since come forward, accusing Diaz of mistreatment and misogynistic verbal abuse.

Diaz, who won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for The Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao, and his agent, Nicole Aragi, did not respond to emails from The Washington Post requesting comment on Saturday (May 5).

In a statement to The New York Times, he said: "I take responsibility for my past. That is the reason I made the decision to tell the truth of my rape and its damaging aftermath. This conversation is important and must continue. I am listening to and learning from women's stories in this essential and overdue cultural movement. We must continue to teach all men about consent and boundaries."

Sydney Writers' Festival announced Diaz's withdrawal from the days-long event, which ends on Sunday.

"As for so many in positions of power, the moment to reckon with the consequences of past behaviour has arrived," the organisation said in a statement. "Sydney Writers' Festival is a platform for the sharing of powerful stories: urgent, necessary and sometimes difficult. Such conversations have never become more timely."

Diaz is the latest in a long parade of well-known men to be accused of inappropriate sexual behaviour. The accusation from Clemmons, who teaches writing at Occidental College in Los Angeles, also comes as the publishing industry reels from allegations against other prominent authors.

On Friday, the same day Clemmons went public with her story, the Swedish Academy announced it will not award the Nobel Prize in literature in 2018 following a sexual misconduct scandal.

Clemmons first confronted Diaz during a live Q&A session on Friday at the Sydney Writers' Festival, where Diaz was a panelist. Clemmons stunned the crowd after she grabbed a microphone, not bothering to introduce herself, and questioned Diaz about the incident six years ago, when she was a graduate student at Columbia University, people who witnessed the exchange told BuzzFeed.

Clemmons also asked Diaz about a recent New Yorker article, in which Diaz revealed he had been raped as a child, and whether it was meant to preempt misconduct accusations against him, according to BuzzFeed.

Writer Alexander Luft, who watched the exchange, said on Twitter the audience "seemed to instantly rally around Diaz" and wanted Clemmons to "stop questioning him".

https://www.straitstimes.com/lifest...iaz-accused-of-sexual-misconduct-misogynistic

I thought he one of us since sinkies are raped everyday!

 

[Sir_Fcuk]

He looks like Roy Ngeryg's partner

 

[syed putra]

I lost count number of indians who won pullitzer prize, nobel, newscasters on cnn, bbc, mnsbc....

 

[glockman]

I lost count number of indians who won pullitzer prize, nobel, newscasters on cnn, bbc, mnsbc....

Surely they are less than the number of shitskin who have been charged for rape and murder.