tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post6115103440628260443..comments2024-03-28T11:13:05.893-07:00Comments on The Rap Sheet: MWA Withdraws Fairstein’s AwardJ. Kingston Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17073921191624535912noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-58289744761565860042018-12-01T03:04:46.256-08:002018-12-01T03:04:46.256-08:00I resigned my MWA membership yesterday. I am embar...I resigned my MWA membership yesterday. I am embarrassed to be a member. Linda Fairstein has done more for abused women than any government official in New York, and is a beacon for these legal issues throughout the world. She helped more women of color than Locke will if she sells ten million books.Jack Getzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09516237388744739669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-86564614673845684322018-11-30T22:54:23.886-08:002018-11-30T22:54:23.886-08:00I couldn't agree more, those who have "mi...I couldn't agree more, those who have "mistreated women" (in a time of #Metoo or not) should have been called to task as well. Fairstein has doubled and tripled down on her stance that these young men "did something" to earn being railroaded into prison for years by the law. How then can you write about attaining justice as an ideal in fiction in that regard and be rewarded for such?Gary Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09122103460432424026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-16326318998052424482018-11-30T19:14:50.338-08:002018-11-30T19:14:50.338-08:00Thought the award was based on writing? Past winne...Thought the award was based on writing? Past winners have been alcoholics, druggies, wrote porno under assumed names, mistreated women and more but received the award based on writing. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-43591413800464040682018-11-29T21:01:12.278-08:002018-11-29T21:01:12.278-08:00I think Steph Cha's piece better encapsulates ...I think Steph Cha's piece better encapsulates the matter than the NYT's does.<br />https://www.latimes.com/books/la-et-jc-mwa-linda-fairstein-20181127-story.htmlGary Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09122103460432424026noreply@blogger.com