curious about this too. the email from de leon is vague enough that it doesn't say whether she was part of the selection committee *that year*, though it certainly sounds like it
if there's any corroboration (or refutation) out there, lmk
trying to imagine sonya larson leading a town hall-style discussion about the politics of altruistic kidney donation, considering how little she sought to understand about the topic
i'm so relieved this terribly unrealistic short story did not, in the end, turn out to be the introduction to the topic of altruistic kidney donation that a whole generation of boston high school students got
for real: what the hell were the people who chose this thinking?
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This is such a cool, detailed thread about all the unexpected (suddenly, there's a pandemic!) sometimes hilarious (peeing in a... what? And WHERE?) ins and outs of going through a non-directed kidney donation
A year later, I see this tweet by Glenn Greenwald, showing that Matthew's donation inspired his Vox colleague German Lopez to give his own kidney to a stranger
In short:
- Larson gets lawyer involved in June 2018
- Lawyer tries to pressure Dorland into handing over the emails she sent to the BBF
- Dorland refuses to negotiate with Larson's lawyer without representation. She hires her own legal counsel. AS ONE SHOULD in such a situation.
Here is the link to Larson's original complaint, where she/her counsel ACKNOWLEDGES SHE GOT LAWYERS INVOLVED FIRST
What's most incredible, the author of the LitHub article LINKS TO THIS DOCUMENT
Imagine being a friend and work colleague of Sonya's, and a one-time instructor of Dawn's, and feeling like it's okay for you to publicly opine on this fiasco
thread on GrubStreet’s egregious dereliction of duty in failing to properly investigate Dawn Dorland’s extremely valid HR complaint against their employee, Sonya Larson