Thread by @reappropriate

So, I read the kidney thing. I have lots of “everybody sucks here” vibes, but one big concern is how in writing this piece the Times may be elevating and legitimizing what sounds like a stalking / harassment situation of an AsAm woman and writer, for the clicks.

It’s complicated. I think Sonya drawing so immediately and identifiably from an acquaintance’s personal experiences is absolutely not great. But I also think Dawn’s response is far disproportionate, shows signs of stalking, and to me crosses the line into vindictive harassment.

Especially as we learn that Dawn pitched this story to several major outlets, which - when considered alongside her other actions - feels like an attempt to weaponize a big media story to further hurt and harass Sonya.

https://twitter.com/pronounced_ing/status/1445526929809965059

I haven’t read the short story but it sounds like Sonya wrote a commentary on whiteness and benevolent racism, using as inspiration someone whose actions she felt embodied those ideas, and the subsequent over-response by Dawn feels a bit like fragility under criticism.

Either way, something like five years apparently ensues of Dawn making frequent uninvited contact with Sonya, attempts to sabotage her career with publishers and employers, stalking her at public events, and harassing lawsuits of questionable substance.

Five years.

And now Dawn enlists the Times to try and drum up public disdain for Sonya, someone who maybe at best is guilty of not changing the details of her story more in early public drafts.

This whole thing feels sort of violent to me, and I’m frustrated that the Times wrote this.