15 years after my wrongful conviction, the hate hasn't stopped: cunt, killer, slut, liar. I also have plenty of supporters who stick up for me. I posted a thread a bit ago about the strangeness of living in that dual reality...

/ a short thread

But the hate and support aside, I often worry that I'll never DO anything that will impact my own life as much as my life has been impacted by something I DIDN'T DO, something that happened to me, that was not of me or representative of who I am or what I care about.
It's a strange and probably uncommon situation to be in: to know that the actions of others, the actions of a killer, of poorly trained police and prosecutors, have shaped my life in ways that make my own actions seemingly irrelevant.
That's how it often feels, anyway. But then I get a kind message like this one, out of the blue. I asked if I could share it, and this person said yes.
I really hope what she said is true. I honestly have trouble believing it. But with every new subscriber to Labyrinths, every new patron who supports my work, that reality feels a little more real. So thank you!
patreon.com/knoxrobinson

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More from @amandaknox

29 Jul
Does my name belong to me? My face? What about my life? My story? Why does my name refer to events I had no hand in? I return to these questions because others continue to profit off my name, face, & story without my consent. Most recently, the film #STILLWATER.

/ a thread
This new film by director Tom McCarthy, starring Matt Damon, is “loosely based” or “directly inspired by” the “Amanda Knox saga,” as Vanity Fair put it in a for-profit article promoting a for-profit film, neither of which I am affiliated with.
I want to pause right here on that phrase: “the Amanda Knox saga.” What does that refer to? Does it refer to anything I did? No. It refers to the events that resulted from the murder of Meredith Kercher by a burglar named Rudy Guede.
Read 44 tweets
24 Jul
One of the unexpected gifts from my wrongful conviction is that I have become acutely aware of the cognitive biases that we are all susceptible to, and thus better able to avoid them in my own thinking.

/ a thread
One reason I still receive so much vitriol is THE ANCHORING BIAS: the tendency to rely on the first piece of information, regardless of its validity. The first thing most people heard about me was that I was a suspected killer. That colors everything else they ever hear about me.
The BASE RATE FALLACY is the tendency to ignore general information and focus only on the specifics of one case. Those who believe conspiracy theories about my guilt rarely look at general info regarding wrongful convictions. If they did, they’d see how common my case is.
Read 45 tweets
23 Jul
The reputational damage I still bear from my wrongful conviction is incalculable, but here's a taste. I make a joke about that time I was horrifically locked in a prison cell for 4 years for a murder I had nothing to do with, and I get these responses.
All these people think I'm either a killer or that I am not allowed to laugh at my own trauma. Why? Because of a decade+ of slanderous media coverage. Because of confirmation bias. Because of misogyny.
These are people lacking in compassion and imagination. They refuse to imagine what it would be like to be in my shoes: for my roommate to be murdered by Rudy Guede, a man whose name they likely don't even know,
Read 13 tweets
7 Jul
I live in two overlapping worlds. In one, I’m seen as a monster. In the other, people value my work.

/ A thread.
One of these worlds is based in reality. The other is not, and yet that false world often feels stronger, ineradicable.
The day I was acquitted and released from prison, I thought I had escaped the labyrinth.
Read 27 tweets
14 May
Father’s Day is coming up. What should I get Matt Damon?

I joke, but I do have complicated feelings about the fact that Hollywood continues to generate millions of dollars, usually without my consent or input, off the “Inspired by Amanda Knox” genre. I guess that makes me a job creator?
It’s not just this Stillwater film, but most recently, the Flight Attendant, & the Fox show Proven Innocent with Kelsey Grammer that was literally pitched as “What if Amanda Knox became a lawyer to fight for the innocent?”
Read 15 tweets
3 Feb
The poetry world is currently in an uproar over the Feb issue of @poetrymagazine, “The Practice of Freedom,” which is devoted to the work of currently & formerly incarcerated people, their families, & those adjacent to the carceral state. Why is everyone so mad?
The editors of @poetrymagazine chose to include a poem by Kirk Nesset, who was recently released after serving 6 years in prison for possession & distribution of child pornography.

poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine…
Nesset was in possession of over half a million images of child porn, including images of infant-rape. He stored & shared these images online. There's no evidence he himself produced any child porn or directly molested or raped any children.

alleghenycampus.com/19000/news/for…
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