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In 11/2017 @Stanford’s General Counsel sent me a letter that included the following detail, a detail still startling to me in the ugliest way: Prof Jay Fliegelman (the General Counsel wrote) assaulted me in 2000 after playing for me a “porno video.” 1/
documentcloud.org/documents/4323…
documentcloud.org/documents/4323…
My response (in 2017 & today): I have no memory of being compelled to watch a “porno video.” (Was I drugged?) I do remember being compelled by Fliegelman to stroke a rare & expensive book covered with waste sheets from an 18th-c pornographic novel called Fanny Hill. 2/
From a 2/2018 article: «“I wanted the full report to know more about this detail that jarred me so much… it was this new detail out of nowhere after 17, 18 years. It was like the story suddenly changed,” Chu said.» 3/
stanforddaily.com/2018/02/26/pro…
stanforddaily.com/2018/02/26/pro…
CW: harassment/violence:
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So there’s been a lot of talk at my institution recently about harassment and the lack of response from the institution. 1/n #MeToo #MeTooUvA
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So there’s been a lot of talk at my institution recently about harassment and the lack of response from the institution. 1/n #MeToo #MeTooUvA
There is now much collective hand ringing, promises of more robust complaints procedures, and we are being urged to report incidents. 2/n
They will be taken seriously. We are told. 3/n
